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Overwatch’s “Hero Mode” Needed to be a Spinoff

Deconstructor of Fun

A lot of ink has been spilled on the debacle of Overwatch 2 canceling their co-op PvE “Hero Mode”. Putting emotions aside, I think it’s worth re-examining why co-op PvE seemed like a good idea in the first place, and what went wrong in development. A more subtle challenge comes from character design.

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The Fast Life and Fiery Death of Vampire Survivors Games.

The Bottom Feeder

Both about game design, and about the indie games biz as a whole. Brotato has a great design. I’m sure they care about their game, but this title makes it seem like they don’t. Meanwhile, In Vampire Survivors The game made a ton of money. Steam Workshop could do INSANE things with this game.)

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Tile Busters: Leaving The Reddest Ocean To Find A Blue Spot

Deconstructor of Fun

So, Spyke Games showed how ambitious they were from the start with one of the largest seed rounds the games industry has ever seen… Of course, to secure this type of investment, you need an extraordinary team with unique backgrounds, and Spyke Games had just that. Thus, Tile Busters was born.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Having been the market leaders for years, these two are the main candidates for the title of the best game engine. So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Do you want your game to be available across multiple platforms?

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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

Panel: Recession vs game industry Host: Laura Taranto, Senior Director of Product, Big Fish Chris Petrovic, CBO and Board Member, FunPlus Dara Leung , Managing Director, The Raine Group Micha Katz , Managing Director, Aream & Co. Then, think about play diversity, mastery, depth and social features that make the game even stickier.

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10 Best Free Sci-Fi Games You Can Play for FREE

SOVEREIGN MOON

Sovereign Moon Studios is dedicated to helping game enthusiasts bring their creative visions to life by teaching them how to make a video game from scratch without having to know how to code or draw. . Top 10 Best Sci-Fi Games You Can Play For Free in 2020. Want to Make Video Games? Do you love game design?

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How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

Kristian Segerstrale : Kristian was a co-founder of Glu mobile, CEO of Playfish acquired by EA, was a seed investor in Supercell, was a senior exec at EA, and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp which will soon release their new MOBA shooter called Catalyst Black ( [link] ). Some content, I just record and publish.

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