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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design. Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration.

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En Garde! by Fireplace Games is the right blend of cheesy, slapstick and endearing

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With graphics that wouldn’t look out of place in a Dreamworks animated movie and sword fighting action that would make Zorro blush. The developers of Fireplace Games made an early prototype of the game while still in school, but are now well on their way to release it as a full-fledged game.

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A New Era of Fighting Games

Sirlin

Former Street Fighter designer / Evolution staff member / writer of competitive gaming guide is working on a new fighting game focusing on easy execution, great online play, and will be free to play." It's clear that we're cut from the same cloth and have similar experiences with competitive fighting games. Did you hear the news?

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I’m making an RPG!

Keith Burgun

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 Random Encounters that are Encounters (not just fights). Some of my earliest, most enchanted memories of games were in some early RPGs.

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Enticing mix of genres in Ghibli-inspired The Brew Barons by Lifetap Studios

PreMortem.Games

As we were prototyping there was still a feeling the game needed more action. We never want the player to feel too powerful, playing more of an underdog role, thus our heroes fight back and repel the pirates with water based weaponry and equipment normally used for farming irrigation. But that’s not all.

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How to make your dream game, publish it and not die in the process

Mircosoft Game Dev

The first big mistake most developers make is starting with pretty art, making a simple prototype, and then expect to develop the rest of the game the same way. Wait, shouldn't a prototype come first? After a good idea, the most natural action is to prototype it. Making a prototype. Well not really. are on the right path.

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

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I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. This concept grew organically from a single idea. By September 2022 I had most of the design and lore elements of the game ready, including several prototypes, but it all looked terrible.

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