PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

The idea for New Heights emerged as a personal prototype, driven by the desire to create a game focused on exploration rather than violence. Boogaard’s passion for climbing led them to develop an elaborate climbing system that closely resembled the real-life experience. It is great to see that it’s working out so far.”

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Now, she’s navigating the world of game development, where each day brings new challenges and exciting discoveries. Let’s take a trip back memory lane and find out when the seed of game development was planted and how each part of Kamo’s past adds up. African Game Dev Prototype Fund They say the best leaders lead by example.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2024

The vertical slice is a big milestone in a game's development because it shows the entire game coming together in a cohesive play experience. Similarly, the vertical slice also serves as a proof-of-concept for an internal project and used to get the green light for continued development. Call of Duty, Pokemon, Madden, etc.).

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JULY 31, 2023

askagamedev : Whenever I look at any game’s online community, be it official forums, reddit, twitter, or some other form of social media, I’ll often see fans demanding the developers to tell them certain common things. I invariably chuckle and shake my head because I know that the devs are almost certain not to respond.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

Let’s start with three roles: board game designer, developer, and publisher. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. The first thing you need to know about designer, developer, and publisher roles is simple. Developers bring the game to life. Need help on your board game?

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JUNE 30, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week in the Dev Diary, I talked about how board game development is a long, ongoing process with a lot of different stages. In short, I need a prototype board to do efficient play-testing.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

askagamedev : Whenever I look at any game’s online community, be it official forums, reddit, twitter, or some other form of social media, I’ll often see fans demanding the developers to tell them certain common things. I invariably chuckle and shake my head because I know that the devs are almost certain not to respond.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 15, 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. Years ago, at the annual Penny Arcade Expo games convention, I was showing off an advanced prototype of Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They are both well aware of the irony of two engineers developing a parody engineering game, but that hasn’t stopped Cillín Farrell and Neil Mackenzie from devoting the majority of their spare time doing just that. As the scope of the game evolved naturally over time, the dev duo assessed each feature addition to the game very carefully. “We

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I’ve been in board game development for a bit over two years now and many people are surprised to hear I’ve not attended a convention prior to then. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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MAY 15, 2017

Whenever I saw a complaint from a game dev pop up on my Twitter feed, I recorded it in Excel. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. So many of the struggles that we deal with in game development are shared by others in the industry. Game development is very demanding.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One common mistake I see with young devs is that they invest too much of their identities into what they do for work. I was the game dev. I would caution young devs to avoid this. an economic recession), that gap in my sense of identity from being a game dev encourages depression and melancholy to occupy that space.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

” As a result, Kunta Content’s title ‘Hiru’ has been in development for a decade, but it wasn’t until 2020 that Dean and his team actively began developing this story-driven game. This means there hasn’t been a strong business case for game development in Africa. That game is now Hiru.”

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It's generally easier to prototype and develop ranged combat that feels good than it is for melee. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Melee combat lives and dies by the animations and systems we build.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, I posted A Crash Course on Selling Board Games , which is my way of helping demystify that which terrifies many first-time game developers. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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MAY 14, 2018

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Failure can involve missed deadlines, lost clients, scrapped prototypes, controversial public statements, or no-show events. We’ll use the game development process – from start to finish – as an example.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 3, 2023

So to get his advice and learn his secrets, we sat down to hear his story and journey as a solo-game developer. Having a full-time job ate into Sergio’s personal dev time. And that resulted in the first prototype of Dreadhalls. Being a solo developer means you have very few resources to hand. Here’s what he had to say.

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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. The newsletter is free but you can support the existence of LTPF with a small subscription fee.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ The purpose of the vertical slice is to persuade the executives that the rest of the game is worth making. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see This new beta 5 comes with 4 weeks' worth of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. see recent devblogs on glTF 2.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see This new beta 4 adds a new round of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. This new beta 4 adds a new round of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds (new in 3.2.4 HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). branch for the upcoming Godot 3.2.4. Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Just understand that you don’t have to spend $15,000 on games like that gamer to be a good game dev.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 4, 2021

Welcome to the fourth developer interview following the introduction of the Godot Showcase page ! I prototyped a little top-down Zelda clone and showed it to my friend Jeff one night while we were hanging out at his apartment. Which parts of the game development process did you enjoy the most while working on your project?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. HTML5: Synchronous main, better persistence, handlers fixes, optional full screen ( GH-42266 ). iOS: Fix multiple issues with PVRTC import, disable ETC1 ( GH-38076 ).

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MAY 19, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. prior to and during its Kickstarter campaign, but it is also my favorite rapid prototyping tool. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2022

I have years of random experience in development with my first games made way back for Commodore 64. Since the path of a game developer is rarely straightforward, I ended up as an academic at the university doing PhD in skin cancer research, and as a part of not doing the PhD I started writing my own game engine.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

We are delighted to announce that the game development studio Kefir is giving the Godot Engine project a USD 120,000 grant to fund further development of the engine. They're currently using Godot for internal prototypes and are considering using it more in the future. Alyosha Stalin, Chief Business Development Officer, Kefir.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. ” “I wish I could Photoshop as good as Brandon the Game Dev,” said no one. .” Click here.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.

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MAY 22, 2023

This is a story about one of my forays into development hell. Normally, I’m fine with this kind of iteration early in the development process - it’s totally normal to try a lot of things with prototypes when you’re in preproduction. Not all war stories are fun or amusing. That’s what preproduction is for.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

The brutal and bloody combat game from Slovenian developer Triternion has already been very successful for the last 4 years on PC. To make everything working smoothly during the massive online battles requires some very specific skills from the developers.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Welcome to the third developer interview following the introduction of the Godot Showcase page ! My name is Cheese, and I'm an Australian independent game developer/Linux porter/freelance generalist based in the small island of Tasmania. Which parts of the game development process did you enjoy the most while working on your project?

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MARCH 22, 2021

Yet I want to make it absolutely clear that Kickstarter is not the only, or even necessarily the best, way for indie board game developers to self-publish their work. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. It just happens to be the flashiest way to make your dreams come true.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Prototype - A playable example of a single gameplay system to prove out the concept. The above screenshot is from the Breath of the Wild systems prototype - wind, fire, etc. was modeled in this prototype before being translated to the 3D game world.

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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. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs. Brandon: How I imagine teams as a solo dev.

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