Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The two companies will be functioning as one. This Diwali, the CTO, Sumeet Arora , and the CEO, Vijendra Chauhan , made this decision known to the workforce of the two companies. The time of the pandemic was challenging in ways the world was not prepared for, followed by high attrition, inflation and a looming global recession.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. In a career that spanned many years he worked at eleven different companies, from large overseas corporations to small scale startups. During that time he crossed paths with Cho Si-wook , now the lead game designer at Funnylocks Game Studio.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Chaosmonger Studios , based in Tallinn, Estonia, is a multimedia production company specializing in everything from documentaries, science fiction films and animations to music video, graphic design and video games. All the more impressive if you realize it’s actually a ‘one-man-band company’, as founder and CEO Nicola Piovesan calls it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 6, 2024

While seeing Annapurna jump onto the M&A bandwagon might seem surprising, this specific acquisition makes a lot of sense considering the very close relationship between the two companies. We started [porting] a lot of their more popular games, and just over time, the relationship grew. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Join us as we journey back in time to explore the roots of Dean’s entrepreneurial success. At 9, he ventured into writing compositions, then graduated to writing novels, inspired by a friend working on a novel. At 9, he ventured into writing compositions, then graduated to writing novels, inspired by a friend working on a novel.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“I went to school twice for game dev, both times did not work out. Working for a company also isn’t preferred, since I really like to have everything in my own hands. Besides, I like having my own company!” Full creative control, deciding on your own times, being able to travel.” And the biggest pitfalls?

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 9, 2024

Financial situations are never super stable, they are often feast or famine when there are tons of opportunities that your studio can't possibly field and then there are lean times when finding work can be difficult. They don't need to worry about securing IP rights anymore, since they're all owned by the same company.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

One day the idea simply popped up”, explains Carlsen. The transition when jumping into an orb world is very important, so a lot of time was spent on experimenting and refining it. Carlsen: “When Jakob and I founded the company, we did that first Coccon prototype over the course of 3-4 months.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Top image: Baldur’s Gate 3 by Larian Studios It’s time to look back at what the year 2023 has meant for the games industry. It’s a year with two faces: one, a blockbuster-filled period with many titles competing for the Game of the Year crown, and the other, the harsh reality of over 9,000 people losing their jobs. year on year.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I But why work solo? “I

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2024

This unique ability, previously unseen in Metroidvania games, represents a significant innovation for the genre that the creators at Canadian indie game company Lucid Dreams Studio so love. “In Lost in production “At one time we noticed that our zones were too similar in terms of colors. And it works great!”, says Berriche.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 18, 2024

There are certain things that studios and companies can ask us not to do but have a real hard time preventing, especially if the company is going through a death spiral process. Keeping a personal copy of stuff I worked on, especially in an age of remote work, is one of those really hard-to-prevent things.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Given these incredible tailwinds, it’s not surprising that mobile game companies have delivered the vast majority of gaming venture returns in recent years. The pivot into PC and GaaS is more interesting. The problem with the PC pivot One of the challenges of this pivot is that the PC market is also mature.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

The company moved into an office in Guildford, England where it expanded to a team of 28 people. There’s a healthy mix of experienced and fresh talent that worked on their debut game Classified: France ’44. “The founders and several of the team members have been in the industry for over 25 years”, says CEO James Brooksby. “We

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Joakim Achrén helps founders build successful games companies. I was, “Doh, we are a new company, and there are no legal docs yet. There’s a lot to unpack on how wrong I was. The investors are doing their due diligence to protect the company, the founders, and any investor participating in the company’s financing.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. This week, what is going on?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We did some collaborations and as things went very well, we took the leap to start a company”, says Gonzáles. One of the things I like most about Verne’s novels is the passion for exploration and the attention to detail. It was important to give the player time to explore, to wonder, and to feel the magic of the unknown.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the recent podcast, Mishka has a chat with the CEO of SciPlay, Josh Wilson , tackling the intriguing question of how the company achieved substantial growth in the social casino market amidst an industry decline and post privacy changes. SciPlay invested significantly in its data platform , allowing real-time decision-making.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? 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. What is the time frame?

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 5, 2023

This connection can be simply because these companies simply have more time/budget for marketing therefore a better chance at success, or maybe changing your store page can help you get more success. A-B testing your store page is one way, but on Steam that’s not possible, and you would instead do sequential testing.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 3, 2024

It makes sure your web content is simple enough for most people to use, its workflow options allow administrators to permit particular users to serve in certain roles, and it provides a means of presenting content online, generally on a website. It is built on the WordPress SaaS platform and offers users several free themes to get started.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Without friends, family or any form of external support it can be really hard at times”, Almar admits. It took me a while to figure out exactly what I wanted to do in life, but I knew from quite early on that I would love to create something in some way. Working from home proves lonely sometimes, lacking professional feedback.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

A role that she holds dear and that inspired her to establish her company Kucheza Gaming. In 2020 she decided to channel her decade-plus entrepreneurial experience into her current venture leaving everything behind to focus on gaming. The Kucheza family Bukola’s childhood was filled with a lot more physical playing than video games.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. That’s when he started working on Q’Redux that’s out now in Early Access on Steam. More of a ‘nice to have’.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. The ‘ just give talented people the freedom to do amazing games’ mantra sounds easy to implement, yet no other company has been able to apply it successfully.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 11, 2024

There's really only a few ways the industry can feasibly cut costs - either companies don't hire as many people, enact sizable pay cuts for employees, or both. Many companies have also been looking at utilizing generative AI and other new workflows to reduce the headcount needed to produce games. The other option is to enact pay cuts.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 17, 2023

This was the first time I really noticed the conversation around mental health in games start to move from a reactive approach – one where games companies develop initiatives to help employees after the fact – to a proactive approach, one that looks deeper into the 'why' of the industry's mental health concerns.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 28, 2023

"This dream is done, Imagendary Studios has deeply restructured, and most of us were laid off," artist David Luong posted on LinkedIn. "I I remained on as one of the last skeleton crew members to tidy some things up." An inquiry to Imagendary parent company FunPlus was not returned as of the time of publication.

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Studios 84

GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The group had managed, eventually, to persuade their parent company to let them make a football game. EA was a US-centric business at the time and football had collapsed in the country, so the publisher was hesistant. The creation of FIFA is a remarkable trans-Atlantic story, and one for another day. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2023

One year later Alwa’s Awakening was released. Now, with the new game A Void Hope coming up on almost 3 years of development, Forslind finds himself juggling his roles as both CEO and Game Designer of his company called Elden Pixels. Time is limited, so it can be quite exhausting.” But that was declined too!

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox GameMaker has announced that it will be free for non-commercial use on all non-console platforms. Read more

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 15, 2024

Bar none, every business needs to prioritize customer engagement as it enables businesses to foster trust, build brand advocacy, and maintain a competitive edge by delivering exceptional experiences that keep customers coming back for more. With just one click, you can quickly create new contacts from existing users on your site.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

In a moment of dissatisfaction, while working at a prestigious engineering company in Turkey, Dorothy Orina made a decision that changed the course of her career. Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. My favorite is Kenya at 50.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The deal remains controversial and opinions on what happens next vary. Analysts, on the one hand, focus heavily on the business strategy and market positioning advantages that Microsoft gains from acquiring Activision Blizzard, including benefits for Xbox and Game Pass. Many of them do a fine job, of course.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 23, 2023

Games-as-a-service refers to a monetization model in which the game is developed and released as a continually evolving service, rather than a one-time product. However, over time, many gamers have become familiar with predatory pay-to-win mechanics and loot box gambling. Read more

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

I've been writing these State of Indie posts for a long time. I'm a tiny, tiny figure in a big world, my time is past, and I'm writing depressing things. But I still have a new RPG to sell ( Geneforge 2 - Infestation , coming March 27), so the current grim conditions are very much on my mind. Dark times come and go.

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Rocket Brush Studio

JANUARY 31, 2023

Outsourcing certain business functions allow your business to flourish as you direct your time and effort into more valuable activities. Hiring an offshore quality assurance (QA) team is one way to help your business succeed. Offshore QA teams can be invaluable assets that help reduce costs and expand your company's reach.

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