PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 21, 2024

I have a YouTube channel about design. Game design mostly, but sometimes design topics in general. Please do the usual “likes and subscribes” if you like my content. It also includes a new video podcast series. Sirlin's YouTube

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2023

He was followed by Spry Fox lead game designer Alicia Fortier, Blizzard Entertainment lead content designer Osama Dorias, and The Outsiders lead UX designer Anna Brandberg sharing their own experiences with occupation burnout and what they've learned from the ordeal.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Use Unity Timeline to create cinematic content, game-play sequences, audio sequences, and complex particle effects. . The post Accelerate your Game Design, Development and Build with Unity Asset Store appeared first on Jaunty Bear Games. TextMeshPro is the ultimate text solution for Unity. Universal RP.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 25, 2024

This data includes player preferences, interactions, and in-game actions, to mention a few. By analyzing player behavior data, you can gain valuable insights that can help improve the gaming experience and player engagement and optimize game design. The outcome? A more satisfying and engaging gameplay. The outcome?

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

She highlighted the shift from scheduled TV programs where TV was on between 4 pm and 10 pm when she was a child to on-demand content today. She observed an evolution in her children’s preferences from traditional Disney shows to influencer and gameplay content. Access to the internet and video games has changed.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Good DLC story content tends to be stuff that meets these general criteria: Is self-contained (i.e. Good DLC story content tends to be stuff that meets these general criteria: Is self-contained (i.e. We also can’t always repurpose old content for the story DLC. What is the FANTa project?

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Things were getting serious three years later when Ryding decided to quit his job as a software engineer and work full time as a game developer. One of my close friends, Ches Denison, joined me working 5-10 hours a week as a playtester, game designer, and just a general jack-of-all-trades-guy.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2023

If they had wanted the players to be better about it, they should have done more to make it better for the D&D players and content creators - maybe more permissible licensing to allow use of official settings/characters/monsters/etc. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Lost Garden

MAY 18, 2023

(Note: This was written for the Games of 2020 content put on by Game Developer magazine. The massive success of WiiFit was a wakeup call, not for the game industry, but for Maytag and Whirlpool. With a dash of simple game design, a simple bathroom scale outsold […] I won a free ticket to GDC 2009.)

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Game Daily

MAY 15, 2023

GameDaily: What are the most important features in Meta World My City that you consider to be genuine innovations in blockchain gaming design? Min-Kwan Kwon: We developed Meta World: My City in a way that anyone can enjoy both board games and virtual real-estate collections.

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OPM Jobs

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

” Kim Parker Adcock | Owner and MD, One Player Mission MEET THE MCV/DEVELOP 30 UNDER 30 Melissa Larsson | Marketing Manager, Square Enix Max Louis | Founder and Studio Director, MLC Lucy Hale | Brand Video Creator, Square Enix External Studios Vijay Gill | Producer, Rocksteady Studios Katy Wood | Senior 3D artist, Hyper Luminal Games Jupiter (..)

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lesson 1: Game Designer vs Game Programmer Summary In this video, we’re breaking down the jobs of game designers and game programmers, showing you how sometimes, they wear each other’s hats, especially in small teams. Now in a game development team, there are lots of other roles as well.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

“We are aiming to have a constantly shifting and engaging gaming experience where the visual look and game mechanics are always changing, and everything you come across feels fresh and intriguing.” He’s also planning the overall game design. Now it’s mostly about creating the content of the levels for me now.”

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Lost Garden

MAY 18, 2023

(Note: This was written for the Games of 2020 content put on by Game Developer magazine. The massive success of WiiFit was a wakeup call, not for the game industry, but for Maytag and Whirlpool. With a dash of simple game design, a simple bathroom scale outsold […] I won a free ticket to GDC 2009.)

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Through mobile game analytics, you can identify pain points, personalize content based on players’ preferences, and improve game mechanics. These insights help you as a developer to make informed decisions, refine gameplay, deliver tailored experiences that excite players, and optimize in-game economies.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Through mobile game analytics, you can identify pain points, personalize content based on players’ preferences, and improve game mechanics. These insights help you as a developer to make informed decisions, refine gameplay, deliver tailored experiences that excite players, and optimize in-game economies.

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 31, 2010

But onward we march, content in our ignorance. So, my question is: would you rather be a game designer that is also an artist, or a game designer that is also a programmer? The Internet is a house of cards ready to come down with one seldom used Chinese character.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 10, 2024

“If you’re doing a video game campaign, you should not send T-shirts, posters and whatever” For a successful Kickstarter, developers should have a bug-free, visually impressive demo or vertical slice ready, aligning with the final game’s visual standards. Funding goals, influenced by Steam’s pricing trends, are shrinking.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Is it well-defined?

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Knowing the age, gender, location, income level, and other characteristics of potential players allows them to make sure that their games are targeted to specific groups and that the game content resonates with their audience. Demographic information also influences game design decisions.

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Game Design Aspect

JULY 30, 2021

In this video from 2021 CIMFest, game designers and community managers discuss how to remove toxicity from game communities. Originally scheduled for 2020 GDC, this roundtable on Designing Non-Toxic Game Communities was canceled due to the pandemic.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As the name suggests, generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI technology that can generate different types of content. This content may include synthetic data, audio, video, text, and imagery. Generative AI models can produce high-quality content depending on the data they were trained on.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve held many different titles over the course of my career - scripter, technical designer, system designer, combat designer, game designer, gameplay engineer/programmer, client engineer/programmer, and software engineer/programmer.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Whereas if 90% of the people in a bar were women, the idea is that the environment is more appealing than the actual content. When it comes to female game developers, it’s not only about the quality of their work but also about the environment they work in. They created videos, and I could see them playing the game.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2023

They are the primary content source for Building Hope. But also popular media, books, interviews with refugees, and personnel working in humanitarian programs shape our game design and content creation process.” So I carefully studied the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) reports.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 21, 2023

Driven by his desire to immerse himself in game design, Kimani rejoined Wits University. Cukia Kimani & Ben Myres He explains, “The reason for me to go back to Wits and do a post-grad in Game Design, to be honest, was the community. I was not just like, ‘hey guys, I made a video game.’

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 2, 2023

To justify my point on why these changes are aimed at improving monetization, I’ll explain the exact changes, why I think they did them, and give my prediction of how successful they will be and if we will see more games replicate them. Why Brawl Stars made these changes?

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Sirlin

MARCH 16, 2015

The core game has simplified and streamlined rules and we go through each one and explain why we made these changes. We also cover all the new (optional) content and what it adds to the game. The core game has simplified and streamlined rules and we go through each one and explain why we made these changes.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's The Game or The Story? (57:33 Which Comes First?

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

So far, Unity and its unique AI ecosystem (Unity AI) have been offering AI-powered game development tools to its creators which is a great opportunity for all of us to create real-time 3D content and experiences. Unity AI and its Innovative Approaches and Solutions The game designers and developers at Logic Simplified are very excited!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 14, 2023

Young handles everything from overall game design to art and audio, and Ditton does the programming. Our intention for Early Access is to get the game in a place where the only thing we need to do is add content. Like many self-published indie games, a lot depends on success so we have our fingers crossed.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 29, 2023

Remember, customization is key to making the games truly yours and overcoming small challenges will make you a better game designer. Lesson 3 Transcript So all throughout this course, we’re going to be creating three games. We’re going to be doing lots of design discussions and programming discussions as well.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Generally, dying and resetting in game releases all of the tension that's been built up to that point in the player. The specific game design determines how we want players to deal with losing. The determining factor of how the game handles it is how quickly the player gets right back into things.

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Game Design Aspect

AUGUST 12, 2020

In this article, game designer Sande Chen reports on Sam Barlow's presentation at PLAY NYC, in which he describes how the digital world is transforming the art of storytelling. Content creators can no longer package neatly wrapped story content, i.e. a container, in this digital world.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When creating a game, game app developers analyze player behavior to improve their interactive scenarios, by identifying what works and what doesn't for the players in a game. This is done to refine the game design and create a more enjoyable experience for their audience. Optimize game performance 3.

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