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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same. In this blog, we will discuss the difference between game art vs game design and how each plays a unique role in game development. Who is a Game Designer?

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4 Lessons from Everdell for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

Everdell is a worker placement, tableau-building board game. As the name suggests, Everdell has a fantasy setting, and is indeed named for a charming valley within the game’s world. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Cute fantasy themes go a long way.

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Sirlin on Game Design, Ep 18: Fantasy Strike

Sirlin

Fantasy Strike is our new fighting game. This podcast explains what Fantasy Strike is all about. We cover the high concept about making a fighting game more accessible from top to bottom than anything else we've seen, the specific game mechanics we chose to accomplish that, and the resulting dynamics of how it plays.

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I’m making an RPG!

Keith Burgun

Starting somewhere in 2020, I started this huge dive into the Final Fantasy series – strangely enough, starting with the XIII trilogy. This article , in particular, from Nintendo Power, I have a distinct memory of reading and being totally transfixed by the concept of the world of Final Fantasy 1. (I A cool, fun game.

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Finding your true love may win the game in Fabledom by Grenaa Games

PreMortem.Games

But I was missing a really good city builder in a fantasy setting. Once I decided that this was the general idea for the game I tried to come up with what it might actually look and feel like.” “João does all the art and shaders. He also helps come up with ideas and cool concepts and we cooperate very closely.

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Tape to Tape by Excellent Rectangle is the world’s first hockey roguelite

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Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. Combining the world of ice hockey with a roguelite may seem like an odd match, but for game designer Hugo Julien and his fellow co-founders Jean-Nicolas and Mathieu Fortin, it was a natural choice.

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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art

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“I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. He’s also planning the overall game design.

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