PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2023

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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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. There was a bunch of things she wanted in the game.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

He decided to start his own indie game development studio, Overwrite Interactive , and create a video game from scratch. For Alan's video game to come to fruition, he needed a team of capable artists to help him. The game's narrative was inspired by the strong women in Alan's life. featured]. [My Dogyeong L.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

So, a turn-based-tactics game based around sabotage and assassination operations felt like something fresh to us”, says Senior Game Designer Lee Brimmicombe-Wood. The concept and emphasis has shifted over time as we learned more about what people expected from a game on this subject.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 10, 2023

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. First time game developers Max Nielsen and João Martinez form Grenaa Games , a Sweden based indie game studio. “We

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 5, 2023

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. First time game developers Max Nielsen and João Martinez form Grenaa Games , a Sweden based indie game studio. “We

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

But the end is here, the game is out now on steam. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Naoum calls himself a jack of all trades, a master of none, so going solo on game development made a lot of sense.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 14, 2023

Experimenting with track design Work on the game began in January 2020 as a basic concept that had the player piloting a hovercraft and clearing traffic with weapons in an attempt to escape the authorities. I’ve always had an affinity for sci-fi and ship design. Naturally I incorporated those aspects into Deathgrip.”

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But the end is near, the game will release on steam sometime in the foreseeable future. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!” Game development takes so long!

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

is one of the most striking indie games coming out this summer. 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. has to be the visual flair of the game. We feel like En Garde!’s

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? Join us for a discussion on what strategies game designers can use to create safe virtual spaces that are enjoyable for all players.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“I loved the concepts, the design. The principles and design tenets he acquired in architecture seamlessly blended into his game design. Drawing inspiration from the cinematic worlds of both the East and West, the upcoming game, “Lucid”, has captured the attention of many.

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OPM Jobs

JUNE 9, 2022

Are you passionate about video games and want to try creating your own for a living? The gaming industry is no longer a niche, and there are lots of opportunities from major studios through to indie developers. Here is our guide on how to get a career in video games. Update your CV and portfolio for hiring managers.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I sat down with John Krajewski , the man behind the unique and forward-thinking game, Eco. The conversation shifted from the nuances of game development to the larger, looming concept of the “metaverse.” “The community’s voice is invaluable; it helps shape the game,” he remarked.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It takes good parts of other good games, and skilled talented people spent lots of time and money on it. But if you're already familiar with all the game design deities invoked here, there probably aren't enough design risks nor genuinely subversive ideas. The cult of the game industry is most powerful of all.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sande Chen Profiled as one of the Game Industry's Top 100 Most Influential Women and a 2020 Women in Games Global Hall of Fame winner, Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the industry.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Some of my earliest, most enchanted memories of games were in some early RPGs. 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 Over the course of my late 20s and much of my 30s, I sort of parted ways with RPGs.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Outside of game design, there's a growing tide against "design thinking" style methods, see "Design thinking was supposed to fix the world.

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Interesting Choices

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

I had been playing lots of FIFA10 at the time (well, I still play it a lot), and to me passing is by far the most interesting mechanic in soccer games. The whole bar was watching the game, and when the Canadian team beat us, the entire place broke into “O Canada.” What game designers inspire you the most and why?

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Yobob Games

OCTOBER 10, 2020

It can also be used as a construction material to build in the game. It’s a fun little concept to add mostly because bless can be treated like a currency or like a prayer points which has huge implications towards the story. The game becomes really fun because of this new concept. Harvest Island Progress.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. So this post will focus on my read of the general game design and player experience. Similarly, you can see where the core game design wanted to hit. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Rather, each game is made great by a purposeful use of atmosphere that helps to communicate the developers’ vision for the world and how the player should feel about it. This is the power of the game atmosphere. Atmosphere’ vs ‘Game-Feel’ In game development, there is also another closely related concept of ‘game-feel’.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

How to Venture in Your First NFT Game Development Here is a step-by-step guide to help you build your first NFT game: 1. Understand Blockchain and NFT Concepts in Gaming As initially stated, NFT games are based on the blockchain concept. Develop smart contracts.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Kevin J Bray (Game Engineer) , another professional with years of entrepreneurship experience (CEO at now defunct Byte Canvas; Executive Director at Tonk Tonk Games), who previously was a developer and lead engineer at League of Legends (about the same time as Maya). The profiles make me think of something indie-looking.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

This talk highlights important points about functional programming, including advantages and disadvantages, brushes over some theoretical concepts, and shows how those can be applied when programming in GDScript. Talk: Visual Vertical Slice - Not just concept art, but not yet a demo | Matejs Balodis.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 9, 2022

The games ends after xxx amount of hours you play into it. In stardew valley, you can put 400 hours in and still not “beat” the game. Same goes with harvest moon, and most other indie farming simulators out there as well. This is what we call, “open ended” game where the game never ends.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Back in 2019 when I was making the original prototype, there were also two other gay cowboy things on my mind: Orville Peck's hit single "Dead of Night" and the gay indie romance film God's Own Country. More recently, Angela Washko's "The Game: The Game" effectively merges PUA tactics and conversation trees as a powerful critique.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The collage art style is a perfect solution for side-scrollers, indie, and puzzle-based games. Collages also provide a perfect backdrop for engaging users in educational games and animations. Over the years, we’ve been growing our experience and gaining skills in 3D game art creation. 8 minutes read.

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It was scary, thrilling, amazing and… we won the Dev-Play Indie Pitch! Alex and Ovi receiving the Indie Prize at Dev-Play. Ovidiu Mantoc – Level Design, 3D Art. Gabriel Tanko – Concept and 2D Art. Meeting other indie devs is really cool. For the game itself, here’s what’s coming up: Multiplayer! What’s next?

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Okay, I got you to do all of this because we often find in our more advanced online course that we teach, students learn abstract concepts better if they first get their hands dirty working with the materials first. Okay, but before we jump into theory, let’s first play the game we’ve created. Want to Make Video Games?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Starting over, is the game commercially viable? This is where 99.99% of indie developers and studios make their main and most fatal mistake. And no, it's not the scope that makes the game viable or inviable. A lot of articles you read about making a successful game will tell you to keep your scope small to avoid risks. .:

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Tom Francis

MARCH 11, 2017

They’re both games where you move around a grid of different tile types, and the one you’re standing on determines what you can do there. I’ve also been playing a lot of XCOM 2 lately, and dreaming up my own indie equivalent to solve its clarity problems. So I started to worry: am I less original now?

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