PreMortem.Games

MARCH 14, 2023

Experimenting with track design Work on the game began in January 2020 as a basic concept that had the player piloting a hovercraft and clearing traffic with weapons in an attempt to escape the authorities. I’ve always had an affinity for sci-fi and ship design. Naturally I incorporated those aspects into Deathgrip.”

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Knowing the age, gender, location, income level, and other characteristics of potential players allows them to make sure that their games are targeted to specific groups and that the game content resonates with their audience. Demographic information also influences game design decisions.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

“I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. ” It also inspired him to come up with a setting for the game. “We

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It involves a multidisciplinary approach that combines creativity, design, programming, and technology to bring virtual worlds to life. Game developers conceptualize, design, and build games for various platforms, including consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality systems.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

And are there potential challenges that developers should be aware of when using generative AI to build games? Join us as we thoroughly explore the potential of generative AI in the gaming landscape and how it will influence the industry. This content may include synthetic data, audio, video, text, and imagery.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Here's the panel description: Title: Creating Touchstones in Emergent Narratives When: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 Time: 11:15 - 12:10 Eastern Time Games have a unique ability to establish empathy between a player and a world and characters, but game players don’t always follow the path the narrative lays out for them.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Thus, you should spend money on graphics and artwork that are in keeping with the concept and aesthetic of your game. You should carefully consider the character design, animation, and environment because doing so improves the gaming experience. This will give you insights into game design, mechanics, and user experience.

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iXie gaming

MAY 8, 2023

The gaming sector uses game analytics in the following ways: Player Behavior Analysis: Game analytics can give information on how players interact with a game, including which levels they find challenging, how long they play for, and which features they use most frequently.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? Join us for a discussion on what strategies game designers can use to create safe virtual spaces that are enjoyable for all players.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Keynote Panel: Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative Digital storytelling is a currently evolving medium and the push-and-pull nature of player interaction in video games provides an opportunity for the inclusion of personal touchstones in order to more deeply connect with and engage a broad audience.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Interactive puzzle games, lesson plans, animated games, skill-building games, worksheets, storybooks, and many more make learning fun. In addition, the game allows engaging activities to assist the kid in practising for better concept retention. Client Requirements.

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Yobob Games

OCTOBER 10, 2020

It allows you to progress through the story and allows you to build tools needed to catch certain animals. It can also be used as a construction material to build in the game. One of the requirements in the story is you must build a pier which cost bless. The game becomes really fun because of this new concept.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

So author Reki Kawahara drew on his familiarity with the games of the day and their systems to create what he thought would be a super-cool virtual reality game. Once consumer VR hit in 2015, we discovered a lot about VR game design. But this is kind of a holy grail of game design for me, so I’d love to see it work.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

With the increasing complexity of video games, the need for efficient and effective testing methods becomes paramount. In recent years, game automation has emerged as a promising solution for testing games. Scalability: As game complexity and scope increase, the number of tests required also grows.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

I’m a strong believer in starting out by crafting a clear vision for what kind of game and world you want to build, and sticking to that vision throughout development. That I keep revisiting this aspect whenever I add new content shows that it is indeed an ingrained part of the vision. Difficulty.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

We didn’t yet know what reasonable limits to put on such a feature, as in what’s the absolute furthest it could go without compromising other parts of the game design. I’ll cover that part of the design in my next article, along with mockups and a more detailed look at just what we need to change.

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Even though the technology sector is constantly advancing, the core concept of animation remains the same. To the well-known 2D animations belong the following examples: Cuphead, a classic run & gun action game. Mark Of The Ninja, a stealth-based platform game. 3D art is predominantly seen in movies, TV, and video games. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. This is most certainly not easy and it’s not hard to see why the average time to market with new puzzle games is increasing. Last Year’s Predictions - Scorecard.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

“Open World Games" have the potential for countless hours of exploration and fun through their huge game worlds. Procedural generation of game content by computer software is therefore becoming more and more important as a design technique. Just with other designs. What was the Thesis about?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team. We want to build ambitious games players may not expect from Supercell. This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art. I won’t forgive you for that, Supercell!)

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. The main difference between a game and a puzzle is that a puzzle has one real solution, an optimal way through the challenge. Set, however, uses essentially numbers as its stats.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Similarly, look for a wave of new titles from established companies—both in the casino and in other genres—as they strive to build growth. Signup for the newsletter.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you really care, the MUD Wiki on Fandom , started in the wake of the great Wikipedia purge of MUD content, has you covered. There were creative worlds such as MOOs where anyone could build anything. All the content in the game was just data in fields. Vaguely “themeparky” content in UO.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

The definition and feasibility of “true ownership” as a concept in web3 is vastly misunderstood and played fast and loose with for fun and profit. Indeed that’s the expectation for almost any game, that the majority of players can participate and experience most of the content (at least in theory). You’ve found one.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“I loved the concepts, the design. I recalled another architect-turned-developer Roger Lundeen who transitioned into the world of gaming during the early days of Valve and Half-Life. Eric’s foray into gaming began late one night in an architecture studio. It’s a game molded by various influences.

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Game Designing

JANUARY 23, 2023

This article will cover everything you need to know about building your digital portfolio, the tools to use, and why you should start making a portfolio now. First is a personal website that houses your art portfolio, and the other are tools designed to help create online portfolios, also called ‘portfolio builders’ or ‘website builders.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 10, 2017

However, I think it’s also promising evidence that there is an appetite out there for this content – a desire to view and evaluate gaming through the lens of impairment and exclusion. That’s a conclusion that should matter to any budding game designer, because it suggests what I believe to be a huge opportunity for the whole sector.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. It’d sure be nice to resolve that!

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

The first part of this so-called “Great Utility Update” began during Alpha 12 with a few fundamental mechanical changes, but since then the project remained on the to-do list until 1) even more content was added to the game, and 2) we collected more info about what items people were and were not using, and why.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

Before I get started, I should make it clear which context it is that I’m talking about: single player, somewhat narrative driven videogames, like RPGs or adventure games. This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. What are secrets in videogames?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Supercell’s previous entry, Spooky Pop, had a lot of design mistakes that prevented it from competing with the Saga model. Hay Day Pop however shows that Supercell has learned their lessons and clearly understands how to build on the genre. Both models start with an empty space and the player completes levels to afford to build it up.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

However, even back then, Chinese players would spend a substantial amount of money in microtransactions which, thanks to a massive gamer population, were driving multiple franchises above the annual billion dollar revenue mark, making the free-to-play model the only way to build a viable business.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Also, worth listening to my conversation with Pete Seicienski on his “Adventure Games” concept, which is very much related to this Sense of Wonder thing ). This newness and ambition was a big part of why, as a player playing the game back then, it was so good at inspiring a sense of wonder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Executive Summary Sky Mavis’ mission is far more about spurring economic opportunity through play rather than about building an amazing game. The Sky Mavis team knows all this, which is why there are several new developments in the pipeline: a F2P version with (potentially) greater distribution, land, user-generated content, and more.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The interesting part is that you can see all these statues on the way in, foreshadowing potentially difficult bottlenecks on the way out (assuming you can’t directly confront and outright destroy all the living statues, a decent assumption for many builds).

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Gamesbrief

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

I think the only way to understand this bubble – and to identify whether there is real value to be had here – is to understand the components, and then evaluate each scheme, investment or idea based on whether it benefits from the underlying opportunities from these four concepts, or whether it is simply a confection of ideas with no true substance.

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