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Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres”

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Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Game development began as a hobby but became serious very fast. “I The game is slated for release sometime next year. Super Fantasy Kingdom is my first gaming project. Only a few weeks in I had the fundamental concept.

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The sense of wonder in Verne: The Shape of Fantasy by Gametopia “It’s a tribute”

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In Verne: The Shape of Fantasy players take on the role of famous sci-fi writer Jules Verne and venture into a fantastical, parallel world built from his own imagination. At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. What you create is a representation of a concept, an emotion.

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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

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Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story.

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

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There are plenty of city building games around but Fabledom adds a fairytale twist to the genre. Set in a storybook kingdom filled with magical creatures, kings and castles, the game gives players the opportunity to build their own kingdom and find their true love. He never worked on a ‘real’ game either. Making games is hard!”

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Solo dev Mario Malagrino “The psychological pressure is the worst part of game development”

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On his company Twitter account Next Game Level , he introduces himself with a great sense of humor. Game developer from Italy! Although his first game Remote Life was quite successful and his next game Crude already amassed thousands of wishlists on Steam, Malagrino admits to sometimes struggle with motivation.

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4 Lessons from Everdell for Aspiring Board Game Designers

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Last year, Everdell by Starling Games raised nearly half a million dollars on Kickstarter. It has remained a popular board game since, regularly topping out the Board Game Geek Hotness and showing up multiple times as a giveaway prize in Pangea contests. Everdell is a worker placement, tableau-building board game.

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

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Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. 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.