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Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres”

PreMortem.Games

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Super Fantasy Kingdom is my first gaming project. How did you get the idea for Super Fantasy Kingdom? “I Actually, the roguelite city builder is a mashup of different genres that Beer somehow managed to glue together. Out of necessity.

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Fulfilling fantasies and building investment: The narrative design of Alan Wake 2

GamesIndustry.biz

Last year's Alan Wake 2 released to critical acclaim, winning awards such as the game Award for best narrative at the 2023 Game Awards, and this year's BAFTA Game Award for Artistic Achievement.

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The Heart of Gaming Is the Power Fantasy

The Bottom Feeder

Video games function best as power fantasies. Not all games are power fantasies, and not all gamers want that. What Do We Mean By "Power Fantasy"? Power Fantasy" is usually used as a pejorative term. In other words, all video games take place in Fantasy. (In They are power fantasies. Art is a slippery thing.

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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

PreMortem.Games

Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. This is his story.

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In a crowded market, Pioneers of Pagonia demo boosts fantasy game’s profile

Game Daily

Pioneers of Pagonia is a fantasy city building and economy management game from Envision Entertainment. Volker Wertich: It’s an important tool to build up the hype for the game and to generate fans. But of course, you build up trust with people who liked the games you created in the past.

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TNT: Amazing Village Building Volume 01 by Kuzu Shichio

Game Industry News

It’s Amazing Village Building Volume 01 by Kuzu Shichio! Plot: Where Fushi no Kami is a heart-warming tale of a boy with memories of a past life determining to uplift society from the dark ages, Amazing Village Building is very different. For those who like: Fantasy, Nation Building, Action, Adventure, Romance.

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Ramen VR builds Zenith: The Last City at the intersection of MMOs and VR

GamesIndustry.biz

The studio's chief technical officer and co-founder, Lauren Frazier, sits down with GamesIndustry.biz to explain how the Final Fantasy XIV-inspired RPG found a home on different headsets and became a PlayStation VR 2 launch title. Read more

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