PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

After a year in Early Access, a unique game now crashes into Steam that presents players a simple yet irresistible premise: build structures and crash them into other structures. Abriss – Build to Destroy is the brainchild of three German students operating under the name The Randwerk Cooperative.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 14, 2019

Then you place one building piece diagonally or orthogonally. The rules could not possibly be simpler, and yet the strategy of the game gets pretty heady. There are lots of reasons I love, love, love this game. Physical game presence counts for a lot. ” “Should I build toward the center or toward the side?”

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are many aspects to consider when building a game. This requires a lot of knowledge, skills and time to build and integrate all the components. Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2023

There’s one tool that is perfect for showing the non-refugees the life of refugees, and that’s video games!” Building and managing It prompted Ağaçdoğrayan to start his own game development studio Gyroscoping Games. It’s a city-builder game that revolves around building and managing a refugee camp.

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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. By playing it and studying it, we can learn more about effectively implementing asymmetrical game design. Not bad for a game about woodland creatures!

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. We’ve used PUN, Chat, Quantum, and more.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 7, 2019

Over time, you build up settlements and roads. The ultimate goal, as with many board games, is to score the most points, which you do by building settlements and cities, having the longest road, and a couple of ancillary functions related to development cards. The game can be adequately explained in 10 minutes.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

But first, here’s a brief explanation of how the game works, taken from the Board Game Geek page : The aim of Paladins of the West Kingdom is to be the player with the most victory points (VP) at game’s end. Points are gained by building outposts and fortifications, commissioning monks and confronting outsiders.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 28, 2019

It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. The dice are bright and pretty, as are the puzzle boards on which you build stained glass arrangements of dice. Yet adding an element of chance haphazardly can make the game feel like it’s playing you instead of the other way around.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

If you can give your game a story, you build a whole world of context that draws patterns in the mechanics and the theme. It made game development, artwork, and promotion all a lot easier. The post 10 Elements of Good Game Design appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. BONUS: A narrative.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 28, 2019

It has remained a popular board game since, regularly topping out the Board Game Geek Hotness and showing up multiple times as a giveaway prize in Pangea contests. Everdell is a worker placement, tableau-building board game. 3-D components are a gimmick, but they helped the game draw attention.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 27, 2020

Aspiring board game designers should take note of how the name and the theme tear down barriers that would otherwise keep would-be-gamers out of gaming. But this game leans into it, and instead of trying to shoehorn push-your-luck elements into a game where it doesn’t belong, it fully embraces it.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 14, 2019

With that in mind, here’s a quick overview of the game from Board Game Geek : In Dinosaur Island, players will have to collect DNA, research the DNA sequences of extinct dinosaur species, and then combine the ancient DNA in the correct sequence to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life. Take one good look at this game.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 13, 2020

Excellent at destroying buildings, less good at containing Explorers. Using Thundering Destruction tends to be a burst affair: a turn or two of position and build up Energy, followed by a really big turn. Lastly, the variable player powers are balanced in such a way that the game stays fresh for a long time!

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Unity Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Mairi Nolan, lead game designer at Eleven Puzzles, shares the importance of verbal interaction and how the team built communication into the studio’s latest release Unsolved Case.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Is doing game design professionally what you really want, or would doing game design as an amateur hobbyist be enough? The second major question you need to ask yourself is "Do I really need to go to school to study game design?" I'll tell you now that I never went to school for game design.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Final Factory blends factory building and spaceship design with RTS-style troop commanding and classic bullet-hell gameplay. Pretty impressive for a largely solo-developed game. “At At this stage the game is more like a cross between Factorio and Cosmoteer ”, explains Ryding. “I’m

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore how game developers are incorporating unique in-game ad features into the game design or, in some cases, have made ads an integral part of the game to enhance the user experience and drive revenue.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

“At Geometric we put gameplay first, and we will always build our games around strong gameplay ideas”, says Carlsen. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.”

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There were days when the game developers had to build a flawless game and launch it in the Play/App Store, and the rest was taken care of by the users. But in today’s competitive world, the players are unaware of about 80% of the games, while 20% of the games are unprofitable and are removed from the online medium.

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iXie gaming

MAY 23, 2023

There are opportunities that could interest you in every stage of this gaming lifecycle! If your interest lies in creating a world whose magic exists only in your head, the much-coveted position in today’s gaming market, Game Designer , is the right fit for you!

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This action gives you access to more resources, like animals, additional farmland, buildings, etc., which will help you progress in the game. The currency or resources help you win levels faster and dictate your position in the game. This in-game currency may or may not be connected to real-world money.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Here are some tips to help you build a portfolio that stands out! Stay Current and Relevant The field of game art and design is constantly evolving, with new tools, techniques, and trends emerging all the time. The post Building a Portfolio for a Career in Game Art and Design appeared first on iXie Gaming.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2023

There are plenty of city building games around but Fabledom adds a fairytale twist to the genre. Set in a storybook kingdom filled with magical creatures, kings and castles, the game gives players the opportunity to build their own kingdom and find their true love. Making games is hard!”

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

Through initiatives like mobile game jams and interschool esports, she aims to foster girls’ interest in STEAM fields. She encourages early exposure to career possibilities like game design, game development, and shout casting and believes this early desire motivates them to persist.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 10, 2024

Using Kickstarter for a game shouldn’t be solely about the campaign but about building a company working on multiple games. View Kickstarter as a tool, not the end goal”, says Michael Liebe , Lead Outreach Games Europe at Kickstarter on the IndieGameBusiness podcast. People appreciate creativity.”

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Sirlin

JANUARY 10, 2016

There's a new episode of my Raw Game Design podcast up for my ($10+) patrons, here. That same podcast link also has links to all the other episodes of Raw Game Design too, btw. This is "raw game design" in the truest sense in that we are lost in the forest here. Which modes even exist? How are they arranged?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s the debut game of Turkish studio Gorilla Softworks. “We We are building a historically accurate survival strategy game” Gorilla Softworks co-founder Deniz Şakar explains how the team has tried to accurately portray the challenges early humans faced while they looked for ways to survive and thrive. “We

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A community manager and new game designer. A game filled with cute armoured babies on a brave mission to save their daycare from a goblin invasion. Estelle Makhoba, the founder of Tiny Baby Crown Games, introduced Kamo to the video games world. This knowledge helps me create architectural designs in games.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This doesn't have to be designing systems for video games - a lot of system designers I know are extremely proficient card, board, and tabletop game designers too. Remember, the purpose of system design is to create an elegant set of game rules that convey a game experience to the player.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process. To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2023

There are plenty of city building games around but Fabledom adds a fairytale twist to the genre. Set in a storybook kingdom filled with magical creatures, kings and castles, the game gives players the opportunity to build their own kingdom and find their true love. Making games is hard!”

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 5, 2023

There are plenty of city building games around but Fabledom adds a fairytale twist to the genre. Set in a storybook kingdom filled with magical creatures, kings and castles, the game gives players the opportunity to build their own kingdom and find their true love. Making games is hard!”

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. If you’re looking for an Unreal Game Development Company, there are some key factors to consider in order to make an informed choice. Research: Research is important to the game design process.

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iHobo

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Over the next few months, I'm going to write a little about each of these motives and how to apply knowledge of these motivations to your game design process - but first, it's probably worth explaining how this model came about.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They could check logical problems in the game design itself by using custom design events. Now that Splitting Point had the data they needed, they were able to fix bugs and game design issues with every new update. Building out difficulty using data. Dive into your own games.

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iXie gaming

MAY 8, 2023

With WebGL, developers can harness the power of the GPU to create immersive gaming experiences that can be accessed by a wide range of users. Whether you’re looking to build the next big hit game or simply interested in exploring the possibilities of 3D graphics, WebGL is an exciting technology that offers limitless possibilities.

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