Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We're heading into spooky season, and there's no better way to celebrate an eerie action-adventure game than diving into the newest issue of the Kristala game dev blog. As we move into the final quarter of 2020, our (incredibly good-lookin') dev team has been churning out new and exciting updates that we can't wait to share with you.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

Welcome back to the Kristala dev blog! We know we've promised you bi-weekly dev blogs, but in truth, there's been a lot happening lately here at ACS headquarters. We know we've promised you bi-weekly dev blogs, but in truth, there's been a lot happening lately here at ACS headquarters. We're happy you're here. We promise. ;).

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Brand Game Development

MAY 14, 2018

Operational failures come from a problem in your plan’s implementation, but not necessarily the core concepts of your plan. Concept Design: The creation of initial ideas based on what hobby board gamers are currently interested in. Concept Design & Market Validation: Did the core concept of the game resonate with customers?

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JULY 6, 2020

Kickstarter communities are loosely-defined concepts. They consist often of the Kickstarter comments themselves as well as the publisher’s social media. Kickstarter backers often use comments, messages, and social media to request customer service. Kickstarter Community Managers Have Three Responsibilities.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 29, 2021

From time to time, I see board game creators on social media who have been working on the same design day-in, day-out for years on end. “Do I care about the basic concept of the game?” The post 3 Signs It’s Time to Quit Working a Board Game Design Idea appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. 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. This concept grew organically from a single idea.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

To understand if my suspicion has merit, I recently distributed a survey on the Deconstructor of Fun slack, the Mobile Dev Memo slack, and on LinkedIn (the complete survey with results can be found at the end of this post). have worked on other apps (ride hailing, news, lifestyle, social media, traveling) only. Response: 7.9

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 30, 2017

When you share screenshots or videos of your game on social media, please use the #GitHubGameOff hashtag as well as #GodotEngine , to show the community what great projects are being worked on! Some are standalone tutorials about a given feature or concept, while others are series that will lead you through making a simple game from A to Z.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

Willem Delventhal, a seasoned game developer and founder of the Indie Game Academy, joined Brandon Pham on a recent episode of Game Dev Unchained. ” The pandemic has also led to the concept of the “third place” becoming increasingly relevant. So every new form of media gets a lot of pushback from the previous forms.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

After a year of documenting the Highways & Byways development process through the Dev Diary, this is not the post I wanted to write. Was it the basic concept? I handled the operations much better this time, but the core concept didn’t work. I’m going to stop running so many social media accounts.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Apart from running the one and only MobileDevMemo , he also runs a strategy consulting firm for media and consumer technology companies - Heracles Media. If you enjoy this type of analysis, you might consider subscribing to Mobile Market Monthly , a new research product from Mobile Dev Memo and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 19, 2018

I’ve mentioned this before in How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev and A Crash Course in Board Game Marketing & Promotion. Here is an example of a sales funnel: Use social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to “generate leads” or garner Attention. You need to create a “sales funnel.”. No, no, no.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog! We'll be sure to keep you posted on all the sweet deets as we near our Patreon launch date, so be sure to stay tuned to our socials and public dev blogs for updates and announcements (including an exciting kick-off contest where you can snag a FREE PS5 ).

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“Accessible” is a loaded word in board gaming, but the basic concepts are simple: make games for as many people as you can. Build up one or more social media accounts on a site such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. Facebook is, and has been, the biggest social media network for a long time. My first game, War Co.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Hello, and welcome back to another issue of the Kristala game dev blog! Stay tuned at the end of this dev blog to get a peek at all the progress we've made on Kristala in the last 12 months. But first, let's dive into what the dev team has been up to over the course of the last sprint. 3D Asset Design. Check it out! Programming.

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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. I’m a designer, and I do development and social media outreach. This is unusual for most game devs, I think.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 7, 2018

It’s the easiest social media site when it comes to passively pulling people to your page. Instagram is the last major social media network on which you can reliably break 1,000 followers within three months. Lastly, Instagram has a much more global audience than any other social media site I’ve used. Dirty Deeds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 29, 2018

When you share screenshots or videos of your game on social media, please use the #GitHubGameOff hashtag as well as #GodotEngine , to show the community what great projects are being worked on! Some are standalone tutorials about a given feature or concept, while others are series that will lead you through making a simple game from A to Z.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 3, 2017

In it, I’ll be guiding you through every step of the process of creating board games: core concepts, ideas, design, development, manufacturing, crowdfunding through sites like Kickstarter, selling, and marketing. They have a beautifully complex media landscape rife with videos, podcasts, blogs, and forums. Where do I begin?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Brainstorm game concepts for 30 minutes. Share your progress on a board game design social media group or chat server. The post Make a Board Game in 28 Days: A Challenge by Brandon the Game Dev appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Make a Board Game in 28 Days: Printable Download. Stuck along the way?

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The conversation shifted from the nuances of game development to the larger, looming concept of the “metaverse.” As social media platforms continue to proliferate, there’s a palpable yearning among users for genuine human interactions. This sentiment resonates with the growing hunger for connection in the digital age.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Targeting Attention, Interest, Desire, And Action Product Your Niche Price Process & Logistics Core Concepts of Promotion Outreach Reviews Distribution Kickstarter Advertising. This concept is called product-market fit. Until you have a big media presence, you can’t really use “the hype machine” to your advantage.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

That concept had been floating around the studio since 2017. After launching Jumplight Odyssey in August of 2023 the studio failed to secure additional funding and was forced to lay off the entire game’s dev team in November. One was an easy choice, Jumplight Odyssey. The second game was Solium Infernum.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. “Fun” is a nebulous and weird concept for game developers. At this point, I don’t even chase “fun” because it’s a vague, poorly defined concept. Click here.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

” However, he admitted that the market was muddied by the “mad dash to the metaverse,” an idea that intertwines VR and AR technology with the concepts of Web 3.0 The concept of the metaverse, which originates from Neal Stephenson’s novel Snow Crash , is still nebulous and subject to interpretation.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game.” Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? Click here.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. I tried to contact many of the devs to ask them what the reasons were and, in most cases, they were not technical but related to the scope of the project being difficult to manage. Many games were released, but a large amount were abandoned.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. The analogy is morbid, but the concept is simple. Even after finding out about the hobby board game market, I still focused primarily on an untargeted social media approach. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game. I’ve listened to so many designers describe how through play-testing, a game came out dramatically different then their initial concept because the new version was more fun.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“I loved the concepts, the design. Such exclusive content often ranges from in-game items like skins and talismans to digital rewards like wallpapers and physical media. The transition, however, was not without challenges. It teaches you how to think about traversing through spaces and color and shape,” he explained.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

We used the term actively on MUD-Dev back in the day, making the distinction between simulation and “stagecraft.” You might enjoy this MUD-Dev post from 1998 , which contains boggling moments like “nobody’s really tried a good storytelling MMO” and astonishment that “there’s now an EXCHANGE RATE between UO gold and real world money…”.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 13, 2018

While trends are always changing, there are a few basic concepts that do not. The page follows this basic structure, which is tried and true: stretch goals, description, list of components, how to play, rewards, stretch goals again, add-ons, reviews, backstory, social media, shipping rates, and a thank you section.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 23, 2017

It’s a simple concept with profound implications. It’s the behemoth concept with which so many people tango on a day-to-day basis on forums and social media. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. So let’s talk. Has the controversy started yet? Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Brandon: That’s a lot of different projects over a lot of different forms of media. Your theme is that critical in order to nail down some concepts first, before diving into game mechanics. The post How to Find Artists for Your Board Game appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. It’s true. Let us know in the comments.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

A pretty interesting and challenging concept, as you control each car using a single key, so it's not your typical driving game! The art and music were made during the jam and are simply awesome - we hope Novastrike Media will continue working on their jam entry and turn it into a full game! Website link and source repository.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Brode is a very public personality (for game dev standards) who has leveraged his personal brand into this new game by appearing in ads. IMHO, this will appear sooner or later, and I’m a bit confused why the devs chose to not introduce it from the beginning. So it’s likely that devs from other cosmetic-driven games are taking note.

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