PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

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. But while everyone was working at larger studios or freelance, the En Garde! has to be the visual flair of the game.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. For any e-mail relating to sales, pitching, or decision-making, try using the concepts of BLUF.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Supercell announced over a year ago that they will be opening a studio in North America. TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team. In Today’s Email ? Subscribe here!

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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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. Episode 02: “Not in the Cards” looks at the Psychonauts VR spin-off game Rhombus of Ruin and DF's bizdev strategy.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s likely that if you’re reading this right now, you’ve already considered the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing game art. Cost Efficiency Game Development Companies can greatly decrease their expenses by outsourcing game art production.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

Virtual Reality’s Second Surge As the first decade of commercial virtual reality (VR) draws to a close, we caught up with seasoned game developer, Alex Silkin , to discuss the twists, turns, and future of the VR and augmented reality (AR) industry. “Right now, the quality of games and experiences, it’s just not there.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At some point, Ora (one of the founders) had a dream about a field of breasts, and when she mentioned it to her son, who is the CEO of the company, he decided to develop a prototype. The result of tapping on others is either reward or punishment 100 Mystery button games This trend didn’t go unnoticed by game developers.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 3, 2023

You can have a brilliant idea for a game, but without the right skills, tools and resources, it can be near-impossible to tackle by yourself. Being a one-man studio, Sergio managed to produce, release, and publish two successful VR titles. Oculus was also running a game jam at the time, which I entered. Build on your strengths.

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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. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Brandon: So is Undine Studios just the three of you?

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Greenheart Games

AUGUST 30, 2018

Our intention was to make a game dev simulator where the player would have finer control over the decisions of what to focus on during game development. Game Dev Tycoon started, as many games do, on a single piece of paper. Back then, we imagined the game as a turn-based game with almost no graphics for phones.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

In game development, your initial implementation of gameplay is always broken, and needs iteration to improve. " As much as an engine might help a specific use case, truth is that success depends above all else on how feasible your development process is. Starting over, is the game commercially viable?

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

It improves the visuals and the performance of game simulations and provides more realistic, interactive, and immersive gaming experiences. AI art makes games look and feel more natural and life-like while recreating new digital gaming environments and worlds with real-time lighting.

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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. Each of these “new” obstacles could be used and/or combined in ways to create unique levels - a critical part of making a puzzle game feel fun. Signup for the newsletter and apply for our Slack group.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

installment, bringing dozens of major features and hundreds of bugfixes and enhancements to bring our game developers an ever-improving feature set with a strong focus on usability. We recommend that new users start with our official Step by Step tutorial to learn the basic concepts of Godot. Download Godot 3.2 x release.

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