Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

She recalls playing table tennis and tabletop games such as Ludo, Chess, Draft and Monopoly. The Commodore 64 console was her first gaming experience. Her favourite game then was 2D side-scrolling space shooter Gradius, which she enjoyed playing on the Nintendo. Bukola grew up surrounded by siblings and cousins.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2024

We had plenty of time and opportunities to talk to each other, so we came up with an idea to make a game that tells a story of the occupation of a Ukrainian city.” The team consists of 20 people that provide full-cycle development for mobile, PC, consoles, VR/AR platforms, and porting services. Unfortunately.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

URP provides artist-friendly workflows that let you quickly and easily create optimized graphics across a range of platforms, from mobile to high-end consoles and PCs. Dreamteck Splines is designed to feel like a native part of Unity, leveraging familiar tools and interfaces. Third Party Tools. Tiny Dragon by Suriyun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty would find its feet on mobile. So is COD Mobile dead?

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iXie gaming

MAY 23, 2023

Find your calling in the array of jobs that encompass the Game Lifecycle ! Video games on various platforms like Gameboys, consoles, personal computers, and mobile phones being mere sources of entertainment are now officially a matter of the past.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It involves a multidisciplinary approach that combines creativity, design, programming, and technology to bring virtual worlds to life. Game developers conceptualize, design, and build games for various platforms, including consoles, PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality systems.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

These adjustments touch upon various facets such as gameplay, user interface, and overall game design. While most of the decisions are made from within the confines of the development studio itself, developers place considerable importance on a specific form of game testing to gather invaluable insights.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Subscribe here!

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the reasons why hyper-casual games are so popular is due to how quick and easy they are to make. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Because choice is how you can differentiate a book from a game. Change: 7/10.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 10, 2023

Driving force behind the upcoming action-platformer The Devil Within: Satgat is Manze Lee, Creative Director and CEO of Newcore Games. The South Korean studio was founded in 2020 by a team of game veterans. ” He further explained, “Then the game designers refine the ideas to completion.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Quoting Mishka, Chris is hailed as "a true game executive starting from the beginning of your career." The conversation covers a gamut of topics, ranging from macroeconomics and behavioral economics to generative AI, Unity's strategic shifts, the dynamics of the console market, and much more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Role-Playing Games on Mobile The RPG market is a high risk, high reward genre walled by a robust entry barrier. RPG games on mobile in the West reached new heights during the lockdowns. The in-app purchase (IAP) revenues for Mid-Core games in the Western markets reached $10.4Bn growing formidably by 26% year-over-year.

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Jaunty Bear Games

OCTOBER 9, 2022

If it’s been a while since you visited your local arcade or bought an Atari game console for your home, then chances are you have forgotten just how simple video games used to be. Designing a retro game. Let’s take a look at some of them below. The Gameplay is Simple: When was the last time you played Pac-Man?

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2023

The pitched game is for a platform you’re scaling back on (or not supporting altogether). Maybe you decided that VR isn’t working or mobile marketing costs too much, or that there just aren’t enough sales on the Nintendo consoles to justify it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

TWiG #231 - Xbox Admits Defeat in the Console Wars + Riot & Activision Gender Discrimination Lawsuits How did Metacore land one of Hollywood's hottest stars at the absolute peek of his fame? You see, 91% of Sega’s revenue on mobile comes from Japan. Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got: ? USD Rovio: 24.9M

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A computer science degree teaches computer languages which is essential when designing games. Game designers must know various coding languages to create levels, interactions, progression, etc. Computer science in gaming will help you develop games. Video games are also available at different price points.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Building hyper-casual games is a great way to get into game development. With their short cycles and simple gameplay, crafting a hyper-casual title means you can learn important skills across game design and monetisation, which you’ll need for success in the mobile games industry.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2023

Conclusion In conclusion, game designers, skillful gamers, and researchers keep up with the newest versions and features of the Unity engine. of Unity 2023, includes a number of improvements and bug fixes designed to improve the platform’s steadiness and speed. The latest update, Version 2022.2.11

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Indeed, a Twitter parody account called Peter Molydeux regularly posts amusingly bats-arse game design ideas. The badly botched launches of Kickstarter game Godus, and mobile game Curiosity further damaged his reputation. “‘In days gone by, I would have already announced the whole game design.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This technology improves various aspects of eSports gaming, enhancing player and viewer experience. But how is ML being used in eSports gaming? Well, machine learning is used for various purposes, such as game design analysis, player behavior analysis, optimization, and media streaming analytics, to mention a few.

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

Support for Several Different Platforms Unity was first made available for Mac OS X, but it currently supports over 25 other platforms, which increases the number of people who can play video games. Developers can deploy their works on major platforms and devices, including Android and iOS, as well as consoles and web plugins.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

I wouldn’t feel comfortable working on a game if I had to just follow someone else’s ideas. I also like not having to convince other people, especially management, about a game design decision or artistic choice. Solo developed games have much more room to be experimental and weird, and I love that.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It can be difficult for producers and game designers to accept the fact that they’ve overlooked something. I’ve encountered plenty of assumptions in my day that have prevented game design professionals from listening to specialists from other fields. Another important checkpoint is reviewing pre-release versions.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. Pros of Unity Game Engine Advanced cross-platform interoperability allows for games to be launched on all significant mobile, VR, desktop, console, and TV platforms, besides the Web.

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Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

“While our games were web2 focused, we had been following the development of the NFT market,” says Rössig, who also serves as iCandy’s head of Europe. “I’m personally very interested in the idea of digital items, as I started my career in F2P monetization and in-game shop management.”

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Game Designing

MARCH 1, 2023

In this article, we will go over what exactly a game engineer does, what kind of education you will need to become one, and how much money you can expect to make. Game Engineer vs Developer or Designer? It is not uncommon for the titles game designer, developer, and engineer to be used interchangeably.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. Because of that, the game failed to reach critical scale vis a vis its initial gargantuan aspirations, in a market with entrenched incumbents armed with endless resources to create new content.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 7, 2022

Here are some more specific examples of gacha-ism mechanics that we see all over our games, gacha and otherwise: The (dreaded) crafting system. It seems that just about every 3rd person console game, adventure game or RPG these days has to have a crafting system. More and more things “level up” in some way.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

We didn’t yet know what reasonable limits to put on such a feature, as in what’s the absolute furthest it could go without compromising other parts of the game design. The differences start at the lowest level, converting what has always been a 60-row terminal console to one that only requires 45 rows.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Thus we refer here only to games with explicit currencies (gold, crystals, etc) and item economies (like weapons, items, potions). This only applies to game items or assets formally organized in a clear increasing power or utility progression as part of the game’s core design (Diablo / Wow Loot, Animal Crossing rooms & furniture, etc ).

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

The realms of gaming and the film industry are coming together in a harmonious convergence, as the technology and expertise of both fields are being shared and utilized to create impressive results. This was the primary discussion during the latest episode where I invited the accomplished filmmaker and game designer HaZ Dulull.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Console support. For low-end systems or mobile devices, we provide a more classical lightmapping workflow. Godot will pick the right compression for textures when importing for mobile, and supply them over the network. WebAssembly and WebGL 2.0 New editor theme and customization. Auto-tiling in tile maps. Font oversampling.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Key components of a Battle Pass Pricing When it comes to pricing, most mobile Battle Passes range from $5 to $15 in the basic tier, which is fairly cheap but not the regular ultra-low conversion offer price. This is a significant margin and the exact right price will depend on the specific game audience. Pass Gifting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This guest post is written by Gordon Rowe , an experienced product leader that has spent 10 years building and operating free to play games on mobile, web, and consoles. Proven : The first merge games in the app stores were the immensely popular 2048 and the game design darling Triple Town (also by Neskin).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Publicity for a mobile game is out of the question, it's too expensive. You can get a publisher, but most mobile publishers are scammers. If they tell you they will gladly publish your game, don't believe them! Yes, they will launch your game and use it for their own benefit, not yours. to finalize the game.

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