AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

However, building a scalable and reliable session-based online multiplayer game is not easy, since there are many components that need to be developed. Once you’ve specified your messages, you can write handlers for them using GameSparks’ Cloud Code functionality. In this sample, we use Amazon GameSparks for this purpose. Unity 2020.3.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Understanding that a game wasn’t going to build itself, I quit my job and just went for it.” He spent two years building Oakenfold after a successful Kickstarter campaign got him part of the necessary funds. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. Then he discovered the Unreal Engine and everything changed.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. Another layer of uneasiness A big factor in the game’s atmosphere and world building are the visuals.

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The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 12, 2024

I wanted to write a third and final article about Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3 for short), a really great game that most people have moved on from, but I want to talk about the most important part of any RPG: LOOT. That said, the balance in this game is very strong. Making money writing helps the self-esteem. The reward. Me, I sold it.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. Another layer of uneasiness A big factor in the game’s atmosphere and world building are the visuals.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

She scores by constructing buildings in the Woodland. They score each turn by building and protecting roosts in the Woodland. Seem like a monster to balance? As you scroll, you notice people write reviews in a way that implies the balanced nature of the asymmetrical design is surprising. Really enjoyed.”

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

And although I don’t usually go into building such a mode with the intent to test ideas potentially applicable in the regular game, the results often do inspire such features down the line. but to me it wasn’t the sort of tech that the game was ready for, be it for balance, architectural, or lore reasons.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Great art, great music, good writing. Minigames are an important thing to have in an RPG: they can break things up, they can open new routes for worldbuilding and character building, and they can contribute to the worldishness of the game. I was going to write “too long”, but there is no correct length for an RPG.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How to Venture in Your First NFT Game Development Here is a step-by-step guide to help you build your first NFT game: 1. Learn a Relevant Programming Language Building an NFT game requires you to properly understand a relevant programming language. As one of the latest technologies, blockchain presents new challenges.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 11, 2023

My assumption is that the more junior folks would gain from working on-site, both in terms of skill development as well as building their network in the industry. This might be because the majority of employees are working on projects they like and have already found a good work-life balance. An increase in pay would make them happier.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Voice actors breathe life into characters, and developers write thousands of lines of code. It’s the phase where anticipation builds up for the game’s grand entrance. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. And generally I maintained a pretty healthy work life balance for the most part of it.

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Real Programming

JUNE 16, 2022

All the hurdles and difficulties related to COVID-19 have only made this balance harder to strike. Let’s check out the ways RP4K balances fun and education. These languages are practical because they were used to build things like Netflix and Minecraft. Young Teachers in Small Groups. Longer, Immersive Classes.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

You can write rubbish code and there’s no one to complain. I saw someone else mention a work life balance and being a solo dev can become all consuming. Sometimes it comes from seeing a particular feature in a game and wondering how they did that and then recreating it and building something completely different around it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2022

We are a small team working on our first team project, Lumencraft, which is released as I'm writing this. Lumencraft is a top-down shooter with base-building elements where you're a lonely little digger sent into bug infested underground caves. Also Linux build works almost out of the box on Steam Deck console.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 4, 2023

Remote is a great lifestyle, not a way to build a great company” - David Sacks former PayPal Holdings Inc. Or even better, write your own analysis and have it published in this newsletter. Remote workers report a worse work/life balance. When people are not in the office, every interaction has to be planned in advance.

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Real Programming

DECEMBER 7, 2022

At RP4K, that mostly means learning how to write code in Python. Kids can build up their fundamental coding skills free from computer-related distractions like file-folder navigation, file-paths, and others. A Building Block for the Next Coding Language. We recommend they begin from the start! Python is Attainable.

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 11, 2022

Balancing One Game Is Hard. Balancing Two Games At a Time Is Impossible Allegedly, Elden Ring doesn't have different difficulty levels. In Elden Ring, this is very difficult, because the encounters are balanced to be tough when you have a friend. No matter who you are, Elden Ring is balanced to be unsatisfying.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Marrying Mr. Darcy : Deck Building Game. The deck-building aspect to the game is collecting cards of different virtues – beauty, wit, friendliness, reputation – and having the minimum amount needed to pique the interest of your preferred bachelor. After all, nostalgia is a big part of why some games become very popular ! Poor Bingers.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

This recap post / viewing guide covers only the first half of the series (episodes 01-17) and I'll try to write-up the second half later. Tim Schafer also has to refresh his writing workflow; should the blockout dictate the script, or the other way around, or how do you manage that back-and-forth?

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Cocos

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, based on the BlitScreen solution, we can only write the simplest post-effect Shader. If we want to support more complex Shaders, such as Blur, Depth of Field, and other effects, we need to work with the code to build it. Today Kylin will use Gaussian blur to demonstrate how to write a multi-pass post-effect shader.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Mistral 7B fine-tuning reference project showcased in this post highlights how to leverage the power of AI Workbench to build a basic coding copilot on a system of your choice. Additionally, AI Workbench early access members can contribute and use third-party community project examples.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Reigns does a good job balancing this information while leaving enough mystery for unexpected twists. And Kaigan Games did a great job building relatable and believable characters. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. Change: 10/10.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 22, 2024

User-centered design took a human approach to building websites, applications and products, and not just a technological one. It is a kind of “conscious” design that gains the users’ trust, builds brand image, is socially inclusive, acknowledges diversity and values privacy. Data collection and privacy concerns are a balancing act.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 21, 2017

If you make a game about building skyscrapers, this is equivalent to making a mechanic around gathering building permits. It gives you a chance to strategize, interact with your opponents, and write your destiny. It upset the whole drafting balance. Sign 3: the mechanic conflicts with other tested and liked mechanics.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 4, 2018

It's basically where you write programs that feed data (sometimes random data) into program's functions or modules and make sure you get the expected results or proper errors. No one of going to die or lose their entire bank balance because of our bugs. Why don't we unit test games like you would other software? But maybe I'm wrong.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

aoemica continued expansion of Cog-Minder , including not only the build and combat simulator and tons of raw searchable data but now also with an amazing new wiki including maps, encounters, strategies, and all sorts of good stuff. and the heavy combat guide , a style which leiavoia is very good at ;).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

We want to thank the community for participating in writing these predictions. Many of us remember 2007 when Mark Zuckerberg said 'build your business on our app platform and you can keep the profits’. Previously you could spend $2M and build a game with a half-decent chance of making between $25M and $100M in lifetime revenue.

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Game Industry News

APRIL 6, 2023

Episode eight, “Surrender” ( Surrender (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom ) races from plot point to plot point, and while some of the pacing doesn’t quite work, the episode still manages to balance necessary character development with the action. There is such a thing as too much build-up, after all.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Trier was tired of writing pictures with elusive content, so he radically changed his style. Trier tried to recreate the screen America with chalk, placing inscriptions on the hangar floor and inviting viewers to imagine building walls on their own. Art must evoke emotion, even if it is uncomfortable; otherwise, what is it for?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This post is written by Sophie Vo who’s building a kick-ass game team at Voodoo Berlin. With each experience, I perfected my approach to building highly creative and effective teams. Building teams is like cooking to me, my other passion. I want to share my journey of building my team. Both are a mix of art and science.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 11, 2024

Traditionally, a machine learning practice that accurately predicts player churn required a team of data scientists with a supporting team to manage the infrastructure to run those ML predictions—all of which takes cycles away from building and improving the actual game. Download the game-features-balanced dataset to build the model.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

In fact, at the moment I’m writing this article, it’s the third most popular website in the world, bested only by Google and YouTube. New game devs: don’t write off Facebook because it’s expensive. You have strike a balance. You can’t automate relationship building. What is Facebook Good For?

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Brand Game Development

MAY 22, 2017

There’s lots of blog articles about building a Twitter following, but I think they’re largely half-baked. I want to see you build your account organically into the thousands. Building a Twitter following with a lot of real, engaged people is a slow process. You have to very slowly build your reputation.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Categorical Approach. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Tom Francis

MARCH 11, 2017

Have I gravitated towards building on other people’s ideas? I used to write about where games went right or wrong, now I actually try fixing their problems and find out if I’m right! Building phase vs build-as-you-go. The big one is scrapping the build phase. That moves it to a different genre.

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