PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

Of course we are developing the additional content promised on the Kickstarter campaign!” And all the relationships and life lessons you’ll build and learn by talking to the townspeople of Orilla Town.” “But that doesn’t mean it’s going to be better and sustainable.

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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. The Swap The initial idea that ignited the project was the core mechanic: The Swap.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. A game designer designs the overall concept of a game. Who is a Game Designer?

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

We adopted USD to streamline our content pipelines and have something that performs well with large amounts of data and can be easily extended. We saw that all our various asset concepts such as levels, prefabs, templates, or presets could be unified as they are all hierarchies of property containers.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Think AI that helps you build landscapes, real-time 3D sculpting like magic, and coding made accessible even for total newbies. We’re also zooming in on trends that’ll have your game soaring across platforms, rocking real-time multiplayer, and even letting players team up and build together. But that’s not all!

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ever since my first design docs from Cogmind pre-alpha, written back in 2013, I always wanted a projectile deflection mechanic. Every few years I think about the concept again, and it finds its way into my ongoing notes in yet another location in some slightly-altered form or alongside some other content idea, begging to be implemented.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beta 11 was a huge milestone in Cogmind development, having completed a comprehensive review of all items and their stats and mechanics in order to rebalance where necessary, a process I wrote about in detail last year. There’s already a ton of core content--many hundreds of hours worth. Lots and lots of fun.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Game developers conceptualize, design, and build games for various platforms, including consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality systems. The game development process typically includes designing the game’s concept, characters, and mechanics, followed by programming to implement functionality and create interactivity.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Let us unveil valuable tips and insights to guide beginners in building their iPhone games. When venturing into the concept of how to make an iOS game , it’s essential to grasp the industry’s dynamics and market conditions. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

New mobs were also unveiled, including a wind -powered baddy called “Breeze” Additionally, players who love to craft, most especially when using the mechanical Redstone features, will enjoy the new Crafter feature, which simplifies and automates crafting. Last year, Microsoft said that more than 1.7

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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? As the name suggests, generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI technology that can generate different types of content. This content may include synthetic data, audio, video, text, and imagery.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

You must think creatively to develop mechanics that surprise and excite the gamer. Thus, you should spend money on graphics and artwork that are in keeping with the concept and aesthetic of your game. Start Small It would help if you started with the small, simple game projects to grasp core concepts.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Although it is a library designed for video production, USD’s mechanism for supporting large and complex pipelines could be used for in-game production. As USD already provides the functions needed for building pipelines, such as compositions, asset resolvers, file format plug-ins, and custom schemas, we adapted it to fit our pipeline.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. Cart Crash is an incredibly satisfying game that relies much more on timing than any other mechanic. That’s the core concept from Voodoo.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

From our sponsors: RECUR is a world-class NFT platform working with game creators looking to build with NFTs. Don't go through the time, hassle, cost, and risk of building your own tech. As well as by adding deflationary mechanics (sinks) that would limit the potential speculation. UGC (Content Creators and Spenders).

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Different teams collaborate – writers shape the narrative, engineers discuss technical details, artists align visuals, and developers plan in-game mechanics. It’s the phase where anticipation builds up for the game’s grand entrance. Pre-production In pre-production, the creative brainstorming comes to life.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This month, in addition to our typical development sprints, we've also been hard at work prepping a super special convention build of Kristala for the upcoming Play NYC convention. Concept Art. We really liked the concept of the existing logo, but we wanted to see what it would look like with a more realistic clock tower.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. Well, we've been carefully and strategically saving some of our best content in anticipation of finally launching the official Kristala Patreon campaign. Concept Art. Why, you might ask? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You have to build VR experiences the right way to make this happen. It’s clear that simulation, as both a genre and concept, is far more popular in VR than in Console and PC games. That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In its first year of Alpha builds Cogmind gained two such varieties of what we could call “intermaps,” in the form of Waste and Garrisons. Strong theme : Intermaps are tightly designed around their own unique mechanics and theme. Comparing the total accessible area between main maps, select branch maps, and intermaps.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

The game also lacks sustainable growth with poor retention due to limited in-game content, weak end-game, and grindy progression. The game also lacks sustainable growth with poor retention due to limited in-game content, weak end-game, and grindy progression. Such gameplay can be coupled with monetization mechanics like gacha.

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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You'll read a lot about the work that went into making our Play build smooth and seamless in this issue of the blog, but check out this article from our friends at NoobFeed and the following video from Piercing Metal that explain a bit more about the exclusive build of Kristala we exhibited at Play NYC. link] Concept Art.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This blog explores the concept of game automation, its potential benefits, challenges, and its role in shaping the next generation of testing in the gaming industry. Additionally, automation allows for the establishment of a reliable baseline for testing, enabling accurate comparisons between different game builds or versions.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series. I think character permadeath (my watered-down version of Aincrad’s lethal stakes) is bad for building the community that you want in an MMO, though it can work great in smaller-scale multiplayer games. Worldwide Gated Content.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

In particular, we focus on game mechanics that encourage community-oriented behaviors, the pros and cons of automated reporting, and how to minimize griefing. Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities?

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. gatcha mechanic, piggy bank, etc.). Ten years ago, people would not pay for digital content and overall wanted to own things. Finally, subscriptions offset risk in developing and launching new content.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 19, 2018

Common Marketing Strategies Don’t Focus on Methods, Focus on Fundamentals The Basics of Marketing * Audience * Product * Branding Gaining Attention Building Interest Creating Desire Using Calls to Action Bringing it All Together. Over time, you build up a brand, both for your company and your individual products and services.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

But what’s unique is that an actual villager needs to be assigned to the crafting building or construction site to finish the task. In other words, villagers are the pacing mechanisms in the game. And players can arrange their buildings’ positions to make resource transportation faster.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

The naive designer may lament that board gamers are only looking at the surface, not seeing the mechanics or the potential for incredible gameplay. This is a really complicated concept. Underneath that, though, there’s a complex game with mechanics such as engine building and area control. That’s a smart move.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Procedural generation of game content by computer software is therefore becoming more and more important as a design technique. The Mechanic I. I was looking for suitable solutions for having both views in the mechanic of the game. The idea of a helping instance was indeed present in a very early stage of the concept.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Gone are the days where a reasonable attempt at a core mechanic and a saga map were all you needed for 6 figure revenue. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Last Year’s Predictions - Scorecard.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

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. Event- and content-specific currencies is a trend we’re across all the genres.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 12, 2020

Clash of Clans drew heavily from Backyard Monsters on social but improved the mechanics for mobile. Poker was Zynga’s first game and they have leveraged that early success, scale, and optimization to develop a portfolio of games that today, unlike other forms of entertainment content, can continue to stack free cash flow over time.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unity DOTS’ game development framework seeks to transform how developers build games in Unity. It also helps fine-tune and build on the Unity DOTS ecosystem as developers learn from each other. It delves into using Unity DOTS for building games or real-time simulations while optimizing CPU usage. What Is Unity DOTS?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

It was a very tranquil concept at first, though we found our prototype didn’t offer enough things for the player to do.” It’s a competitive market, though I’m hopeful the game does well enough so we can build upon it further with more content, refinement, localization and a console release if it’s in the cards.”

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