PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

It’s an open-world survival craft game where you tame monsters and put them to work. Both feature large open worlds and show the same exact environmental indicators (e.g., The hottest game these weeks is Palworld by Japanese developer Pocketpair. And it has earned more than $200 million in its first five days.

Open World 104

Open World Mechanics Concepts Development 104

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. I like to break down games, movies, books and pretty much anything that could relate to the world I want to build. Then I write down everything I consider relevant into spreadsheets to compare them all. This concept grew organically from a single idea.

Dev 158

Dev Playtesting Art Games 158

Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. 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. Compare two games Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring.

Games 136

Games Mechanics Fantasy Art 136

Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. “Open World Games" have the potential for countless hours of exploration and fun through their huge game worlds.

Prototyping 52

Prototyping Terrain Open World Rigging 52

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

Some concepts: More enemies could show up? Okay so that’s not a new concept, and kinda used generally throughout Cogmind for both clock and non-clock responses, so nothing special there and even kinda repetitive, not to mention it invites farming anyway.

Beta 52

Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52