AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The company’s artists and engineers needed a development environment with a storage solution that supported 15,000-25,000 Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) for reads and writes while compiling code and accessing project assets.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 22, 2024

Welcome to the unsettling world of Zoochosis by indie game studio Clapperheads. Behind all this madness is an indie studio, but not in the classical sense. “It At the same time, we consider gameplay to be paramount and strive to refine it so that all mechanics and assets are constantly reused.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 5, 2023

The shocking numbers Looking at store pages for games released after 2020 found that many assets have never changed. This happens a lot with indies in particular. Steam is quite unique in how easy it is to change store page assets like descriptions, images and videos.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. I approach painting the assets a bit like I would with traditional painting. Currently, we are in a phase where most of the art assets and the whole editor are pretty much done.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

To get the cars in Drift Type C well… drifting, Haman fixed a fundamental flaw in the Unity assets he used: “Two lines of nasty-hack later and the cars felt great and realistic.” The abysmal ideas about driving physics held by the indie community of course! Why did you become a solo developer? What inspired you to make Drift Type C?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. We are a very, very small indie studio working with a publisher (Assemble Entertainment) that cares about its titles, but is also small. We used assets from the Unity store, which helped us to improve our camera.

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Jaunty Bear Games

OCTOBER 9, 2022

For example, indie game developer DrinkBox Studios recently launched Guacamelee!, Today, digital downloads mean that indie game designers can sell their games directly to customers through digital storefronts like Steam. Step 2: Create Assets Once you know what platform(s) you’re targeting, it’s time to start thinking about assets.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Coming from an indie film background, I’m accustomed to thinking about ways to creatively squeeze as much production value out of a project as possible while working within my limits and not overstepping my boundaries. Now in the world of indie game design, I find it beneficial to take a similar approach.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2024

Kevin Brock , founder of indie game studio Pastaspace Interactive , is the creative mind behind Underspace. Besides me, there’s also a legion of contractors and commissioned artists that help make assets for the game”, he says. If someone complains that it doesn’t belong there, I double down on it.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Indie games developed by small teams constitute 42 percent of the sector while mid-tier productions with funding less than $10 million are at 40 percent. 83 percent of launches are categorized as games with on-chain assets, meaning that they “utilize blockchain to tokenize fungible and non-fungible in-game assets.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFTs are digital assets that are indivisible and unique. For instance, NFTs can be utilized to tokenize game assets, such as weapons, artifacts, and skins. Another reason behind their increasing popularity is that they offer a transparent and decentralized system for players to interact with various digital assets.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” You spent hundreds of hours painting all the art assets in the game. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game. It’s something different.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world.

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The Art of the Game

APRIL 21, 2022

Since I already have characters / assets / framework already in place for a game I want to make – how about bang out a mobile game that I can get out quick? And it avoids the failed KickStarter / Ko-fi / Patreon route that seems to doom a lot of indie devs. early ideas on the mobile game.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” You spent hundreds of hours painting all the art assets in the game. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game. It’s something different.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It was a lot of work to fix this since we already made so many assets. We never dared to dream that our game would be a part of Nintendo Indie World. Trust me, this is something we are consciously doing better in our current new project.” Shadow drop The game was released simultaneously on PC and Switch. “We

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Filmustage

APRIL 21, 2023

Filmmakers must gauge the extent and magnitude of their endeavor, taking into account the film's requirements and available assets, to apportion resources suitably. A comprehensive financial strategy assists filmmakers in managing their assets efficiently, making certain the project remains on course and within budget constraints.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog. We've got you covered.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is the dock that lists your active scenes assets. This is the window that allows you to manage your game’s assets and project files. However, we could import other assets down here to have on standby for when we’re ready to use them in one of our scenes. Notice here we have the scene dock. Want to Make Video Games?

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Filmustage

MAY 30, 2023

For instance, licensing a famous Beatles track for a pivotal scene would be considerably costlier than obtaining rights for an indie artist's song. Among its many beneficial features, Filmustage's AI Analysis stands out as a powerful asset for music licensing considerations.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2023

A hasty, and half-assed attempt to roll back the disaster did little to save what had once been a well-regarded brand, which supplied tools, assets, and sharing platforms that are especially useful to independent game developers, but also to larger companies. They are, basically, struggling artists.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

So if you’re in a smaller company working by yourself or in an indie team, the artist is going to be responsible for making all of the game assets and probably just doing that. The artist’s role will change wildly depending on the size of the company.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Hello, fellow indie gamers and RPG enthusiasts! link] 3D Asset Design. Last on our list for Asset Design updates are a couple models brought to you by the newest member of the Astral Clocktower family, Shelly! How's it going? We hope well. We're officially in the final development crunch for the vertical slice demo of Kristala!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls. 3D Modeling.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Over time, a number of situations are highly likely to arise: Assets are OK, but gameplay sucks. Game is OK, but the realization that assets could be done better happens and re-creating them is demotivating. This is where 99.99% of indie developers and studios make their main and most fatal mistake. Well not really.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

A large majority of the art was created from scratch, but Hartley admits having used a few asset packs to help speed up development. “I I have one rule regarding the use of asset store packages though, I’ll never use a package ‘as is’”, he says. “I The indie duo feels relieved and a little bit anxious.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you're new 'round these parts, let us help you get properly acquainted. Concept Art.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 27, 2023

Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. I love to make everything myself, using only my own or custom assets and my own shaders. When I discovered the indie movement, with games like Machinarium, Braid, Fez, Limbo, I saw that there was a way to achieve this.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The collage art style is a perfect solution for side-scrollers, indie, and puzzle-based games. To produce thrilling 3D objects, assets , characters, and surroundings, artists utilize top-notch software and technologies. . Collages also provide a perfect backdrop for engaging users in educational games and animations.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. For now, let's leave reality behind and take a step into the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

A presentation/discussion about the approach to the code and assets structure, and how it works for your team depending on the composition and experience of said team. As an indie dev, he also published Aequitas Orbis in early access, a multiplayer 2D space game using Godot 2.1. Talk: But where are your scenes?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. 3D Asset Design. Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts!

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AWS Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

Women in Games: Celebrating Your Achievements & How to Effect Change – leaders from studios, startups and indies alike will come together to join in a discussion on the state of the games industry for women, including how to celebrate victories and create lasting affirmations to career development in the gaming industry.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Kristala has been approved as an official selection for the 2020 Indie World Order digital convention, IWOCon! 3D Asset Design. In our last issue, Nick had rounded out the month of August by getting started on the assets needed for our Nasahara Ruins level. There will be rum!

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

We’ve talked with many students in our online game development course for beginners , and we’ve seen great examples of beginners using all four of these game engines to produce spectacular indie games. Essentially, these game kits come with every imaginable asset you need to make games. Want to Make Video Games?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. 3D Asset Design. If this is your first time joining us, we're super happy to have you! Kristala Featured at IWOCon 2020.

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