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Midnight Girl by indie studio Italic is a cool cat – Cat burglar that is

PreMortem.Games

The point-and-click adventure unfolds in a stylish 1960s Paris that exudes both an inviting and eerie ambiance. Funny then that the game is made in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer.

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5 Lessons I Learned at a Play-Testing Convention (Protospiel Atlanta)

Brand Game Development

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario.

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How Many Blind Play-Tests Does Your Board Game *Really* Need?

Brand Game Development

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

Game Daily

Flying Sheep was founded by German friends in 2014, with a specific goal of making html5 browser games. Initially, the company struggled to compete in a hyper-competitive global market, and in a development sector that lacks sophisticated off the shelf game engines. ” Flying Sheep was acquired by iCandy June 2022.

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How To Play-Test the Rules of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Click this picture for some backstory! Sean: Sure!

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How to make your dream game, publish it and not die in the process

Mircosoft Game Dev

Today I'm reinstalling my development computer, so I can't do much programming. Compiling Godot takes increasingly more time, so I guess a new setup is one more way to accelerate Godot development. I didn't become rich (yet :D) making games, but I learned a lot in the process. Making games is very fun, but very difficult.

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My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

Designer Notes

Welcome to My Elephant in the Room: An Old World Design Postmortem. Here are the games that I’ve worked on. Spoiler alert: Civilization 3 and 4 are going to come up a lot in the presentation… I also do a podcast where I interview game designers about why they make games, so check it out if you have time for 4-hour interviews.

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