Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer? Let’s jump in!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

When the allure of game development clashes with the necessity of a traditional job, the only choice is to juggle both endeavors simultaneously. So, I ended up living a dual life, working my day job and moonlighting as a developer.” Why did you become a solo developer? How do you stay motivated through (years of) development?

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. Understanding the difference between the two is vital if you are an aspiring game developer, a passionate gamer, or you are considering hiring a game development company to develop an immersive video game.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 14, 2018

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Failure can involve missed deadlines, lost clients, scrapped prototypes, controversial public statements, or no-show events. Operational failures come from a problem in your plan’s implementation, but not necessarily the core concepts of your plan.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). This work deals with the development and design of an open world game with a high. The Mechanic I. Watch the new trailer for GenoTerra right here: 96.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But going through 3 years of development by himself has made him realize that solo is not really for him. “I Why did you become a solo developer? “I I became a solo developer 3 years ago after losing my job just before the pandemic hit. “I I became a solo developer 3 years ago after losing my job just before the pandemic hit.

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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’ve been in board game development for a bit over two years now and many people are surprised to hear I’ve not attended a convention prior to then. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Yet I’m a bit of an odd beast in the board game development world since most people prefer to work in teams. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs. That’s how I do things.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 29, 2024

Each of the terms are the same basic concept - a demonstration of gameplay - but they each have small but important distinctions. Prototype - A playable example of a single gameplay system to prove out the concept. Examples might be character movement, a combat combo system, or a specific game mechanic.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021. The most epic public post-mortem ever.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If you’re an avid gamer who loves computers, you may be thinking about pursuing a career as a game developer. Game development is a specialized, comparatively small, and lucrative industry. It can help you get entry-level jobs as a computer programmer, web developer, or computer systems administrator. billion in 2023.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. What are game mechanics?

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

For month after month, I tried fixing them with different supporting mechanisms, different ways that cards were obtained, different ways damage was dealt, and a lot more, but nothing really fixed the fundamental problem. Once I realized that we were going to have to ditch the core mechanism, that kind of meant something like starting over.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

As we were prototyping there was still a feeling the game needed more action. A large majority of the art was created from scratch, but Hartley admits having used a few asset packs to help speed up development. “I ” “For just two developers I think we took on too much work”, shares Hartley. But that’s not all.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Short-term mechanic testing.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. Card games count, too!

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

A decade of development into a huge project is almost unavoidably going to accumulate some amount of cruft. 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. Categorical Approach.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 24, 2023

You want a really simple, fun concept at the core of your game. Make sure you can describe it in a single sentence and make a prototype. Then build on that one core mechanic that’s unique – because that’s your hook.” But remember, prototypes are never perfect.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Need help on your board game?

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Tom Francis

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’ve been tweeting GIFs of a game I’m prototyping in Unity for a while now, codenamed Tiny Ex-Cons, and recently did a video blog about the core elements I’m hoping to combine if I go ahead with it. And I’ve been holding back part of the concept, and indeed the name. And hey, you know who’s good at art?

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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. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates? Click here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 12, 2023

I find the comparison unavoidable: They share many similarities and core concepts. This consumable item mechanic is the same in Squad Busters, which speaks of knowledge sharing between the teams. This seems to be Supercell's solution to avoid gacha mechanics in upcoming games.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

History Most people in the western hemisphere may not be familiar with Call of Duty: Online (CoDO), a project kicked off in 2010 and announced in 2012 as a partnership between Activision and Tencent, with Activision in charge of development and Tencent as the Chinese publisher of record.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

They get to a prototype level. Now it's moved to concepting. But, the world's changing such that you can do it iteratively, and ship lots of little pieces of your game and get some of that signal throughout development. But even then, it's really interesting. They haven't yet shipped anything. So I think that's true.

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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

In her excellent book Narrative As Virtual Reality , Marie-Laure Ryan outlines some common understandings of virtual: virtual as "digital": inspired by computer concepts like virtual memory. During development, I wrote these cryptic phrases in my notebook: Don't let police ponder cupcakes. Why can't we just say what we mean?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Our partner ironSource builds technologies that help game developers take their games to the next level. Royal Match Royal Match is a perfect example of finding success through improvements - not step-change innovation - cherry-picking the strongest mechanics from the best games to create a new top game.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

That includes the unexpected depth of the board game industry as well as the surprising variety of responsibilities which a self-publishing developer must handle. I’ve written about the five levels of communication game developers must master. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

Game developers and artists can also use AI upscaling to enhance a game’s graphics and image quality. Although humans still produce the finished design, AI art speeds up design stages like brainstorming, idea generation, conceptualization, prototyping, and client pitches. Art Many new artists are experimenting with AI art.

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

Could just be theme/art/flash, or perhaps a mechanics change? This is just a quick prototype, it has lots room for improvement. A lot of people have trouble understanding this concept or just don’t like it. Do you have a better idea for scoring it? Should Jokers do something different? – Old Version.

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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. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player. L of semen for each one.

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