iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Building multiplayer games can be rewarding and exciting for aspiring game developers. In this article, we will guide you through the fundamentals of multiplayer game development to help you kickstart your journey to creating your first multiplayer game. Also, define your game’s genre, interaction modes, and gameplay mechanics.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

Drawing inspiration from their own experiences in bouldering, the team sought to incorporate the exhilarating mechanics of climbing into the game. Boogaard’s passion for climbing led them to develop an elaborate climbing system that closely resembled the real-life experience.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

“We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. Keeping things vague and mysterious not only adds to the atmosphere of the game, but gives us space to adapt and build on top of things later in development.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

“We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. Keeping things vague and mysterious not only adds to the atmosphere of the game, but gives us space to adapt and build on top of things later in development.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

While the gameplay mechanics reflect the search for historical accuracy, the team of Gorilla Softworks didn’t try to go for realism in the visual presentation. We are a team of 5 developers”, says Şakar. “We There are plenty of indie developers that say this and it’s possibly the most crucial part of game design and development.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Game development isn’t as smooth and glamorous as many newbies imagine. It comes with challenges like tight deadlines, production obstacles, publisher pressures, and long work hours, which are just a glimpse of every developer’s hurdles. Many newbies ask the question, what are the stages of game development ?

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2023

White Star Studio, a small and ambitious game development studio based in Shenzen, China, has captured the essence of ancient China in their game Thriving City. Combining these elements with sim mechanics meant we could come up with some exciting, innovative gameplay.” But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 31, 2017

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I’ve created a playtesting log and I’ve done 11 tests so far. If you want to learn more about record-keeping and playtesting, I’ve got a great article for you to check out. In short: I have completed the first draft of the board.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 7, 2017

I’ll be explaining my development processes for this game so that you can learn from them. My hope with the Dev Diary series is that by being really direct and transparent about my own development experiences, you’ll see how I respond to real problems. I used a rudimentary card drafting mechanic to decide the destinations.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

But going through 3 years of development by himself has made him realize that solo is not really for him. “I Why did you become a solo developer? “I I became a solo developer 3 years ago after losing my job just before the pandemic hit. “I I became a solo developer 3 years ago after losing my job just before the pandemic hit.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Therefore, as a developer, you must thoroughly test your video game to ensure it works as expected and can effectively handle overload. Unity Test Tools Unity is one of the most used game engines globally, with about 70% of developers using it for mobile game development. Well, it automates repetitive testing processes.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When I was a neophyte game developer, I found an excellent article by Wizards of the Coast, creators of Magic: the Gathering , called Ten Things Every Game Needs. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. one place I’ve encouraged surprise is the facedown card mechanic.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 3, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This type of journey mapping, from a mechanics perspective, is extremely helpful when understanding the feelings and emotions the players may go through during the game. Playtesting in this stage of game design is related to user research in UX design.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Development Time As of the latest tally I’ve reached a total of 16,785 hours of work in these 10 years. Sure even now I still spend lots of time engaged directly with the active player community (which has other benefits for development like feedback!), Numbers go up. The first three years there are Alpha, followed by Beta.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Gameplay testing is done before launching the game to identify and mitigate issues in the game’s design, controls, graphics, and mechanics, to mention a few. Gameplay testing , also called playtesting, is the process of having testers play a game to identify issues, collect feedback, and enhance its quality before official release.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 9, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. ” Besides, when we – as gamers and game developers – put aside our frustration for a moment, we can actually see Monopoly for what it is: a solid concept with bad execution. Watch your playtesters’ reactions.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beta 11 was a huge milestone in Cogmind development, having completed a comprehensive review of all items and their stats and mechanics in order to rebalance where necessary, a process I wrote about in detail last year. As part of this drive, for months I’ve been creating over 100 new items, most of them including new mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 27, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Two groups that come to mind are the Tabletop Game Playtesters Guild and Card & Board Game Designers Guild. In this post, I’ll set my sights on a very specific question: “how do you find play-testers?”

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Like software testing, console game testing plays a crucial role in the game development process. This mainly involves testing for incomplete interface design, audio and video issues, and mechanical shortcomings, among other problems that may lead to missed colors, freezing, and inconsistent animation, among other bugs or errors.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. As I said last week , “rules regulate the way mechanics are implemented. A mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance.” Playtest a Ton. Need help on your board game?

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

For month after month, I tried fixing them with different supporting mechanisms, different ways that cards were obtained, different ways damage was dealt, and a lot more, but nothing really fixed the fundamental problem. Once I realized that we were going to have to ditch the core mechanism, that kind of meant something like starting over.

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Brand Game Development

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. Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But for you, if it’s too much work to develop further, then remove it. Playtesting is crucial at this point. That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding. A lot of developers go in thinking they’re the same. You may have to get creative.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Whether it’s game development , every aspect of creating games has experienced new trends in recent times. Game test automation has the potential to revolutionize how developers and testers test video games. Embracing game test automation can significantly improve the game development sector today and in the future.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Companies have limited resources and can only spend their time developing the best of the best. There are mechanics in there that nobody’s ever seen!” They could be manufacturers, retailers, designers, or playtesters.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 16, 2020

To get the Start to Finish series going, I’ve spent some time discussing games, game development, and the amount of careful messaging that is needed to create and sell a great game. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This is true for solo developers and small groups.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

At that point, Second Dinner revealed that their first project just so happens to be a licensed Marvel IP, which the team has been working on for six months already and is currently beginning to playtest. This intro makes it easy for players to get started and feel comfortable with the game mechanics.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

This work deals with the development and design of an open world game with a high. You can also read about procedural generation in general and how my self-developed Shape Based TFFT-Method is being used to create a more coherent visual language in open world games. The Mechanic I. degree of design coherence.  

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 25, 2021

I’ve written before about the usefulness of documenting your playtesting. It contains both pragmatic advice and a primer to the mindset I want you to take into playtesting. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Now your game is ready for blind playtesting. Correct your rules.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I am the developer of The Bears and The Bees and Cover Your Kingdom , published by Grandpa Beck’s games. Let’s be honest though – as any developer knows, even your friends and family won’t buy your game unless it’s truly entertaining.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021. Sharp criticism and failure is what hones your design sense.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. Playtesting, bug fixing, incorporating or giving feedback, and keeping an ever-watchful eye out for ludo-narrative dissonance. This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Need help on your board game?

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

During Pandante development, I posted dozens of versions of the game board, cards, rules, etc. Patrons helped playtest and also just point out errors or give suggestions how to improve things. Right now, in addition to my podcasts, I have three main game development projects in the works. Ok, and what about a fighting game?

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

A decade of development into a huge project is almost unavoidably going to accumulate some amount of cruft. I must say this has been an exciting time, having the opportunity to revisit everything to iron out as many kinks as possible, in many places adding new build possibilities or even whole new mechanics.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you've been digging these development breakdowns, we'd love to hear from you! Concept Art. Take a look!

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