Game Developer

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With Fortnite now focusing on user-generated content, industry devs have formed Barnyard to get in on the trend.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 23, 2024

Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I I don’t think I could do the whole solo dev thing again – it’s just too stressful and too much work. Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2024

“Solo and tiny dev teams have a lot of superpowers, but we have some weaknesses too”, he explains. Here Below is an attempt to pool resources between small devs. You can be a solo dev, but you need the right partners to push your project forward.” I’m not a solo dev. Strategic partners are crucial.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

Three former Pixelberry devs have banded together to form Candlelight Games, a new studio dedicated to "heartfelt, character-centric narrative games". Co-founders Andrew Shvarts, Megan Schwarz, and Royal McGraw say they've "put together a dream team of Pixelberry alums who are dedicated to making games that surprise and delight". "I’m

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Game Developer

JULY 22, 2024

Player First's debut game has done enough to impress WB to bring the studio into the fold alongside Rocksteady and NetherRealm.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2023

Inc describes its tool as a "generator of generators," that lets devs iterate on 2D art assets trained on their own art datasets.

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Game Developer

JULY 22, 2024

The new studio is already developing its first project, and will echo its founders' previous work in being a 'character-centric ' narrative game.

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Game Developer

JULY 10, 2024

Pixelberry wants to use Series to get highly requested features out the door, while Series is looking to add its proprietary Rho engine into the developer's pipeline.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 1, 2024

The last dev snapshot for 4.3 before feature freeze is a big one after 6 weeks of work!

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

PICO, a leading VR brand with independent innovation and R&D creation capabilities, will kick off the 2023 PICO Dev Jam on 25th of Sep, its first-ever global challenge for emerging virtual reality developers

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Game Developer

MARCH 16, 2023

Devs have been sharing their thoughts on the deal with UK regulator the CMA, and have thrown some rather interesting opinions into the mixer.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Game Devs of Color Expo (GDoCExpo) has announced that its presentation will return for its ninth annual showcase. This year's show will be online from September 18 to September 21; submissions for panels, speakers, and games are now open. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 7, 2024

Some devs don't really get the chance they deserve so we thought we could help out a bit." Entitled Outersloth, the project was announced on stage during today's Summer Game Fest Opening Showcase, where the studio said it wanted to share the success it has enjoyed with Among Us by funding other indie developers' games. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 29, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Days of the Devs has announced that it is now an independent nonprofit organization. It also has launched its first fundraising initiative, which aims to support venue fees, equipment, staffing, and video production. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2024

Solo dev Tuomas Auronen , operating under the name Redbeak Games , looks pretty relieved three days after the launch of his game Mortal Glory 2. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs. Especially since he recently became a father. How do you deal with that? “I

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2023

So here's a second dev snapshot to test recent changes! We're well into the development phase for Godot 4.1, with a little less than a month left before we move to beta.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 14, 2024

It was right at the beginning of the pandemic, in early 2020, when Austrian indie dev Dominik Hackl started working on Summit , a 2D mountain-climbing Metroidvania. Without much game dev experience he relied on YouTube dev vlogs to help him along. Take enough time off for non-game dev related hobbies.

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Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

Concept art for Phoenix Labs' cancelled game reveals a fantasy crafting-RPG in the vein of Minecraft and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The cash has been handed out to devs working on projects with a budget of less than $500,000.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 26, 2023

Devs weigh in on the uptick in harassment aimed at creators.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Hanover, Germany based solo dev describes his creative process as ‘a mix of perfectionism and empathy’. The post Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” appeared first on PreMortem Games. Beer has been learning some valuable lessons along the way.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 3, 2023

dev snapshot before we enter the beta phase, and it's absolutely feature-packed!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2024

Sneaking one more dev release in for testing before the team heads to GDC!

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 6, 2024

French solo dev Matthieu Houllier , operating under the name Brute Force , has been making games by himself for five years. I was lucky enough to release my first game Crumble as a solo-dev, it did way above what I anticipated and allowed me to live off of gamedev.” In that time he has released the 3D platform game Crumble. “It

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 21, 2023

release with its first dev snapshot! We're ending the year with an early sneak peak at the upcoming Godot 4.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

dev snapshot brings improvements to Android plugin API, the Tilemap editor, and, well, practically everything else — making it ready for beta testing next month. Penultimate 4.2

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

The post Solo dev Jason Nicot on his new project Sanctua “A more mature party game” appeared first on PreMortem Games. As in all areas of life, single-minded relentlessness has its limits and ends up being counterproductive. But I’m not complaining; I work every day to make the game I truly believe in.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

dev release means that many more fixes and improvements are on their way!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 25, 2023

and this dev snapshot aims to give you as many new features to test as possible. The end of May means the approach of the feature freeze for Godot 4.1,

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code C# Dev Kit and Unity Tools Microsoft recently announced they are killing off Visual Studio for Mac and the replacement is clearly the C# Dev Kit and updated Unity extension for Visual Studio Code.

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Game Developer

JULY 9, 2024

With $55 million from Microsoft, Amazon Alexa and others, Volley is looking to build even more voice-controlled, AI-powered games to be played at home.

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Game Developer

APRIL 17, 2024

With more than 70,000 units sold and over $500,000 in gross revenue dished out to developers through Catalog, Playdate continues to grow.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 20, 2023

Devs weigh in on the potential impact of M&A activity.

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Game From Scratch

MAY 20, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Low Poly Game Dev Humble Bundle There is new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Low Poly Game Dev Bundle is a collection of low polygon game assets from Eldamar Studio and AnimPic Studios.

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Indie DB

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our very first dev blog with more to follow. Hope you like it :) The first dev blog focus on creatures and building.

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Game Developer

JULY 18, 2024

Microbird Games cofounders Regina Reisinger and Philipp Seifried say devs can take inspiration from "vacationing" in games.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Dev diary video explains a lot about this "atmospheric adventure"

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