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Solo dev Evan Polekoff of Critter Crossfire “Motivation is a limited resource” 

PreMortem.Games

For the last five years, off and on, he worked on Critter Crossfire , a turn-based tactics and first person shooter hybrid. With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. I do a lot of solo playtesting, either against myself or against a CPU player. “I

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Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

Game Analytics

Being able to actually play as an Impostor or Crewmate in first person was just so appealing to players.” Playtesting is crucial at this point. Aside from making it first person, which was incredibly important, the next big one was adding spatial voice chat. Among Us VR is similar here, too.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

I wanted to try to merge these design sensibilities with my first person gay sex aesthetic, paired with the old tradition of retro grid-based first person CRPGs like Wizardry / Ultima Underworld / Legend of Grimrock where you crawl through dungeons step by step. You play as a sex angel. L gain, cop attacks inflict a -1.0

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