PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

A lot of the time though, it doesn’t feel like I’m working solo because I’m in constant communication with some close peers about our games, and while we’re all solo or have small teams, talking to each other and passing knowledge around makes it feel like we’re part of something bigger together. Having a solid, realistic plan is everything.”

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

All advice for new game devs is to work on small projects, and make as many as you can. We’ve always chatted about our projects together, communicated well, and so being able to work together was wonderful.” If I could pay for employees tomorrow, I would, but for now the solo dev works best. How do you deal with that? “It’s

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

All advice for new game devs is to work on small projects, and make as many as you can. We’ve always chatted about our projects together, communicated well, and so being able to work together was wonderful.” If I could pay for employees tomorrow, I would, but for now the solo dev works best. How do you deal with that? “It’s

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Brand Game Development

JULY 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. While you definitely want players to mentally engage with your games, you want to remove unnecessary decisions and make your components and board communicate super clearly.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 26, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ The purpose of the vertical slice is to persuade the executives that the rest of the game is worth making. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. Rami Ismail Click away in seconds Working in games is a communication minefield: multidisciplinary communications, both internal and external, with the purpose of alignment or selling ideas.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 13, 2023

My ideal candidate will have the necessary skills to do these tasks in a timely fashion and be able to work with and communicate with the rest of the dev team. Gameplay systems that are data-driven and have built-in extensibility for adding new functionality are even better - that's starting to creep into senior dev territory.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 15, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. The newsletter is free but you can support the existence of LTPF with a small subscription fee. Describe it!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Thanks for joining us for another exciting and epic issue of the Kristala Dev Blog. The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Greetings, beautiful beings!

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I released Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. This, too, is a good way of improving the way the board communicates.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2023

I like to think of games as a means of communication”, he says. “I Also, being part of a community of devs helps a lot. When you work on a project completely alone, it helps you to focus if you have some contact with other game devs. Salo wanted to take action, but how? “I

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The cost of any content in game dev is directly proportional to how much new stuff needs to be created for that content. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The Godot Foundation is onboarding a person in charge of Community & Communications, and there is a feedback form for you to fill out.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. My ongoing development of Highways & Byways has got me thinking about the way that we, as game developers, communicate with gamers. The mechanic stands almost alone in communicating what happens in the game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

That's why we were super excited when we learned that this year's fifth-annual Play NYC convention would be held in person (with tons of awesome precautions in place to ensure all devs, speakers, and attendees were kept safe and healthy). Welp, that'll do it for another exciting installment of the Kristala Game Dev Blog!

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Brand Game Development

MAY 22, 2017

I am thrilled that many of you enjoyed Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course. Getting Started Getting Noticed Refining Your Approach Using Twitter for More than Just Tweeting Key Takeaways for Game Devs. This is comprised of three different forms of communication: sharing, talking, and self-promotion.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 4, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. You might need to work with your artist to find a clearer way to communicate important rules.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 16, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I prefer testing alone first to make sure the game functions, with my brother next to make sure the game feels like it plays well, then with family to eliminate communication issues. Key Takeaways for Game Devs.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Don’t believe a dev who says “I’ve never wanted to flip the table because of some useless play-testing feedback.” Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? Click here.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 2, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. ” Art is the most powerful marketing tool for board games and one of the most powerful tools for communicating game information. Communication is key. Key Takeaways for Game Devs.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

” Rules are really tricky to do right because you have to serve two purposes: balance the game and communicate clearly. Speaking of communicating clearly, let’s draw a distinction between rules and rule books. The post How to Make Board Game Rules appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Rules vs. Rulebooks.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Clear communication builds trust. That makes clear communication extra critical. Be consistent in your communication. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? Click here.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

He also recommends keeping your application details as up-to-date as possible during the application period and maintaining good communication, via email, with the MegaGrants team regarding those updates (without spamming them). About Overwrite Interactive's global game dev team & their roles.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Under such circumstances, it’s important to communicate to the player that there are more than one solution and which solution each clue belongs to. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent questions: The FAQ. Got a burning question you want answered?

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Brand Game Development

JULY 14, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. When I talk about game design itself, I often talk about the relentless play-testing , balancing , and different levels of communication that you must master so that your game is understood and enjoyed.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

Communication is key. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. That’s why I developed a theory which I refer to as the Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. The following excerpt is from Games Speak through Mechanics, Not Rules (Dev Diary: 04/28/17).

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I’m also very skeptical about the return on investment that game devs can expect from a typical con. Games need to communicate very clearly through metaphor and halfway-read rules. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Instead, I’m going to borrow from the model I used in Five Levels of Communication through Game Development and use the term “internal narrative” from this point on. Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. We can all agree that clear communication is critical in game development and marketing.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Board game boxes serve not just as beautiful objects for their own sake, but also as critical means of communication between you and your potential customers. Your box communicates not just through its cover, but also its size, and the information you provide on the back. The box art itself communicates a massive, complex world.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

We believe in fostering an environment that encourages open communication and diverse perspectives and ideas”, explains Dunn. Plans for a new IP Mordhau has a really dedicated player base, and the dev team at Triternion wants to be there for them. “We

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Game Global

MAY 21, 2021

Communication and “keeping it all together”. Much of localization project managers daily work revolves around communication. Streamlined processes, together with clearer, more structured, communication allows one to be more in control as a localization project manager in an environment with many channels and many stakeholders.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 18, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. We’ve worked hard to take 72 real scenic roads and make them communicate well on a board. The post Everything You Need to Know About Highways & Byways So Far appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These changes were announced in the vaguest, most stress-inducing way possible, with lots of changes and no clear communication. A few devs are still salty, but life appears to go on. Though reading all those devs tweeting that they were switching to Godot and tweeting 5 minutes later, "Oh no! It was spectacular.)

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2023

So our solution was to 3D scan all the things we built in order to then process them in a more conventional game dev sense.” The communication paths between characters were part of the outline but dialogue was written a little bit later along the way by Danny Wadeson.”

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve split it into five sections for your convenience: How Ben, Sarah, and Will Got Started How Working in a Team Feels The Downsides of Teamwork Communication in a Team Advice for New Game Devs. This is unusual for most game devs, I think. Brandon: How I imagine teams as a solo dev. Communication in a Team.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

You need a game backend that provides management of player identity and storage of player data, and a way to communicate with the game backend from your game. Then, use “ MegaFrogRace ” for the game name and use the existing “ GameDeployment-MegaFrogRace ” role for the Dev stage, then select Create. Deployment.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 6, 2018

Yet the benefits of clear communication make it worthwhile all the same. Do you have any advice to pass onto new game devs? The post 5 Things I Wish I Knew About Law & Tax Before Kickstarting My Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. You need to know how to reduce the potential for legal troubles.

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