Brand Game Development

MAY 1, 2017

Drama aside, it truly is difficult at first because you have to identify reviewers, send prototypes, make sure your game is ready enough, cross your fingers, and hope they like it. Game reviews build trust. If something slips through your playtesting, it might very well be caught in the review stage. Probably not.

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Games Playtesting Prototyping Dev 130

Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. ALMOST PRODUCTION (episodes 14 - 17) The core concept is set, so now they can start building out the game.

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Art Concepts Dev Studios 59

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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Dev Playtesting Art Games 156

Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

We've had Mac builds as well as PC builds from day 1 on Fantasy Strike, though I can't comment on other platforms right now. We could certainly add more to our controls scheme if we need to, but so far it's gone over fantastically in playtesting exactly how it is.) I'm glad to bring them into the fold.

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Fighting Fantasy Games Build 52

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Observance is a game of stargazing, engine building, and time management. Every iteration of each game has to be created somehow and there are A LOT of iterations – usually a new one after each playtest, especially in the beginning. Carla: There’s making the review prototypes themselves. It’s all outreach!

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Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

I must say this has been an exciting time, having the opportunity to revisit everything to iron out as many kinks as possible, in many places adding new build possibilities or even whole new mechanics. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0,

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Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping 52

Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I've created an online prototype for playtesting that has seen almost 2000 games completed with at least a dozen players clocking in at over 100 games apiece. The rapid feedback and iteration cycles enabled by this level of playtesting mean that the game is currently in fantastic shape. Limited play decisions.

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Build Tile Point and Click Games 40

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Building a brand Cilingir used League of Legends and Genshin Impact as examples of brands that have resonated outside games, and stressed that community-building has never been more important as it lowers your UA cost. So how should publishers think about launching new games right now? What is the next big thing?

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Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

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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Content FPS Mobile Mobile 52

Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret: I have been making games all my life, from building and tweaking Amiga Basic examples from a textbook when I was 8, to making Quake2 mods in my teens, to redesigning an all new dynamic version of Axis and Allies with my friends in university. Some are just a few lines of an idea, some are in design, others are being prototyped.

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Prototyping Games Playtesting Dev 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

After all, he created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! In my first prototype, I had special “Draft Leaders” cards shuffled into segments of the Adventurer deck. In playtesting, the time between turns has rarely been an issue. His unedited original post can be found here.

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Tile Games Playtesting Balance 130

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. Originally this was prototyped as "Saugzwang" and I made it for the 7 Day Broughlike Jam back in 2019. Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? Building up huge group sessions is the key to completing later levels.

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Code Educational Education Prototyping 52