AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

Session-based multiplayer games are a popular form of online game, as they provide players with a quick, engaging experience that they can jump into at any time. However, building a scalable and reliable session-based online multiplayer game is not easy, since there are many components that need to be developed.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

I say more about each game on the podcast, so make sure to check that out. Sadly, also a way overly complicated combat system and overall it has “modern videogame over-smoothed-ness” IN STARS AND TIME – Very cool game that I recommend you go check out. Here are some quick bullet points, though!

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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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The Knights of Unity

JULY 28, 2020

As we wanted to keep the game simple but also very dynamic, we needed to be very creative while designing the tracks in order to make them differ significantly. Another task that required a lot of attention was balancing the game. One of the tasks that were particularly challenging was level design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Unlike the years before, we decided to really leverage our fantastic community of senior games industry folks to present you with trends that will shape our industry during the year. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. Is it the artwork in itself that is not selling the game? Exit mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2022

How to grow your games in diverse markets Many Western publishers focus their efforts on English-speaking countries because they are most familiar with these markets, which tend to command a higher average revenue per paying user. When we talk about the US and the UK in some of the more popular gaming categories, CPIs start to creep up.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This is a process I follow to ensure a game’s quality. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like. Need help on your board game?

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Game Errors

JULY 21, 2023

Let’s say you like unusual games that are quite specific and made with love. Mon Bazou (free translation from French – my crappy car) is a game about earning money by doing odd jobs to turn your junk car into a real racing car. Verify and repair game files. Enable Game Mode Time needed: 3 minutes.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nintendo, a household name in the gaming world, has a long-standing tradition of delivering high-quality, immersive gaming experiences to its fans. Thorough testing is a crucial part of the game development process to achieve this level of excellence. But what does Nintendo game testing entail?

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

However, I don’t want to leave things too abstract - game design is about taking an idea and translating it into real game rules and mechanics. This kind of choice tests the player’s ability to evaluate and predict the game state over a measure of time. That’s what makes it interesting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

If you have been following the DoF newsletter and blog for the last year, you might have seen some of my articles on blockchain games, including a prediction piece. Blockchain games are still early. Should you have tokens or only NFTs in your game? Do you want to learn about how blockchain games are doing at a glance?

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Interesting fact: Did you know that science-fiction games like The Invincible often have intricate storylines and mechanics that can be sensitive to the slightest system changes, leading to launch problems? Overlays and Services Interference : Overlays from other applications and certain services can interfere with the game’s launch process.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 4, 2023

Since the game was released, gamers worldwide have been racing to learn as many BG3 facts as possible. Although the people from Larian claim they did everything possible to deliver the game in the given timeframe weeks before the release, the situation during most of development was different. Why this sudden shift?

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Game Industry News

APRIL 6, 2023

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS As the action amps up, you can really tell that Star Trek: Picard ’s final season is racing into the endgame. The post Fan Collective Unimatrix 47: Star Trek: Picard’s “Surrender” Episode appeared first on Game Industry News.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article in our prediction series will cover the Sports & Racing category. It is made up of four sub-genres - Realistic Sports ( such as MADDEN, FIFA, 8 Ball Poll ), Arcade Sports ( such as Golf Clash, Fishing Clash ), Realistic Racing ( such as CSR ), Arcade Racing ( such as Mario Kart ).

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Hobby Board Games. Tasty Humans is a 30-60 minute, tile-laying, pattern-building game for 1-4 players. Description from Board Game Geek.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

There’s a myth about an ancient race that had powerful magic as well as advanced technology beyond even our own, but then they disappeared from the realm. They are now able to exist in our time, which shifts the balance of power in the realm significantly. They are called the Vortoss. They’ll have to deal with it again next turn.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. While Hypercasual games account for less than 1% of the total IAP revenue of all Casual games, it drove well over half of all downloads for the category during 2019.

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Interesting Choices

AUGUST 5, 2011

No one was completely happy with how they worked yet, and the balancing of a new card type was proving tricky. And since the only way to get most Magic players to care about a character is to put a card depicting that character into their hands, it was time to add them to the game. Race and Class.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. Here in the screenshot, you can see how our position in the Top100 US App Store grossing games has changed from 2017 to 2020, according to data.ai. The schedule is filled.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Many superhero blockbusters use a combination of these two techniques to achieve the perfect balance between naturalness (as much as it is possible in movies about superhumans) and fantasy. Car Chases & Racing. Game of Thrones" set a record of sorts, with 73 people on set on fire at one time for a scene where a dragon attacks.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Oleg has built his data driven product management expertise working on some of the biggest games as well as some of the biggest social platforms in the World. 1 How to make an analytic global launch decision So, you have soft launched your game. But at what point will your game be ready for a global launch?

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AWS Games

JUNE 6, 2023

As the developer behind popular video game franchise “Super Mega Baseball,” the studio has taken each installment to new heights, growing its own capabilities and talent base in tandem. Centralized development on AWS has also made it easier for the team to deploy the game across platforms and facilitate cross-platform play.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

Game developers look for ways to improve online multiplayer experience while balancing availability and cost effectiveness. Containers and Kubernetes help modernize game server hosting running on virtual or bare metal machines to improve compute allocation density, optimize data-transfer cost and maintain high performance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 15, 2024

Guest Post by Ken Landen , an experienced figure in the gaming industry, currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of a startup that's currently in stealth mode. With a career dating back to 2012, Ken has contributed to renowned gaming companies such as Blizzard, Scopely, and Kongregate.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

This might have some very light spoilers, but… honestly, one of my main criticisms is that there isn’t much to spoil in this game, at least not in the 27 or so hours that I played. But the rest of the game that I saw, was not like this intro at all. It seems like maybe the problem here is how long the game is.

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Game Industry News

JULY 8, 2021

While the episode has some serious, glaring flaws, the story did try and accomplish something interesting by subverting our expectations of games in science fiction and alien cultures. During the course of the games, they begin to lose, and the Wadi deduce, accurately, that Quark has been cheating. Quark rolls.

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The episode does a solid job of maintaining the tension, mostly due to the arbitrarily created deadline, but there’s never any real question as to whether the DMA will destroy the colony or if the balance of the prisoners will accompany Burnham and Book to Discovery. appeared first on Game Industry News.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. These games have a huge leg up in terms of organic downloads. At that time, Shenzhen-based Jade Studios created a massively multiplayer PC racing title for the Chinese market called QQ Speed. billion in 2018, making it the highest-earning mobile game of 2018.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This analysis is written by my friend, Buğrahan Göker who focused on 4X games, and Yours Truly. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Strategy games also represent nearly a half of all Mid-Core revenues.

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Designer Notes

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here. I don’t think it’s possible for a 4X game to consistently provide a satisfying, climactic ending; the genre’s strengths come from the vast possibility space, the lack of guardrails, and a commitment to reward smart play fairly.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Written by Enrico D'Angelo Enrico was VP of Product at Activision Publishing running the Free to Play game portfolio and is currently a VP of Product at Roblox. The game was developed by Raven, one of the historical CoD mainline studios, and Activision Shanghai, a local team assembled for the project.

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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

all drawings by Eleanor Davis "We Dwell in Possibility" (WeDIP) is a new queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape. The game should take about 5-10 minutes to play. I made a browser game? Does this game represent a shift or break from my existing work?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As much as we love exciting new features, we also want to see people create games on the full spectrum of devices for everyone to enjoy. Volumetric fog is making its first appearance in Godot 4, balancing a realistic look and fast performance, thanks to the use of temporal reprojection. Of course, the 4.0 Gui and Text.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

We look into the interesting world of creator royalties and whether games, especially those in the blockchain space, will join the race to the bottom. And what does this whole debate mean for blockchain games? This is what happened with most of the early blockchain games and I don’t think anyone would argue against it.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Perfect board game pacing is one of the most underrated aspects of board game design. Somewhere between overwhelm and ennui, there lies a middle ground where a game is perfectly paced. A great board game feels challenging and interesting throughout. Need help on your board game? But how do you do that?

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