Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When it comes to game development, visuals do matter. However, when choosing a method for the game’s visual presentation, many people reach a dead end, and numerous questions arise. You may wonder what kind of game art will suit your project, highlight its essence, and meet the purpose. . Leading 3D Game Art Styles.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Because, let’s be honest, creating games is hard. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. “I Her upcoming game, Spilled! ,

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Sirlin

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Join Now Here are things I’d like to do: Add more characters and features to Fantasy Strike Create new tabletop games, and possibly more content for Codex Create digital versions of those tabletop games with good production values. About twice per month, I’m going to share new content / characters / games etc.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. The game started as a demo shown on Reddit, but picked up momentum when Badland art director Juhana Myllys offered to mix and match his distinct artwork with the gameplay.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

If you’re looking for ways to improve player retention for your mobile game, hosting a collaboration event with a well-known franchise as part of your LiveOps might be the answer you’re looking for. As an example, collaboration events are used by more than 70% of the top 10% of highest-grossing games in the China iOS market.

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iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Virtual Reality (VR) gaming has taken the world by storm, offering players an immersive and unforgettable gaming experience. With technology constantly advancing, the gaming industry has been able to create some of the most amazing VR games in recent years. Beat Saber Beat Saber is a rhythm-based VR game.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re a casual gamer looking for some entertainment or a dedicated hardcore game enthusiast, today, we have curated a list of the best high-graphics games for Android just for you. Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! So, are you excited to take a look?

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Game creators today, release a large number of video games based on the taste and budget of their customers. Some of these games are not as famous as their creators and publishers would like, while others are increasing in fame and sales. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA.

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Sirlin

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

I’ve been working on things behind the scenes for quite some time, as has our team behind Fantasy Strike. Most of this content is for new tabletop games. If you’re a fan of Puzzle Strike or Yomi, I hope you’ll like these new things too. Some of it is for the video game Fantasy Strike which also has some exciting things coming.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. We could not be happier with how the campaign turned out, and the game is available for pre-order now ! Need help on your board game? Mid-Development. Late Development.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

When the Nintendo GameBoy was first released in 1989, it was a revolution in personal gaming. Other handheld game systems came out around the same time, including Sega Game Gear, NEC TurboExpress, and the Atari Lynx. Fortunately, the DS was backward-compatible, meaning it could play GBA games just fine. That’s okay.

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Part 2 covers the beginnings of Fantasy Strike, Yomi strategy including what to do on the first turn, a little about Pandante’s updated version, Puzzle Strike’s emphasis on player interaction, Puzzle Strike and Codex’s solution to free-for-all games, and the toughest design problems in making Codex.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

His journey took a remarkable turn, at a game-changing moment at Nigerian-based Africacomicade’s inaugural digital creatives event three years prior giving him the mental fortitude and stamina to juggle the three balls gracefully. It was the year that his adventure into the world of games began. He recounts, “I was very happy.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Our tiny company has been earning (well, "earning") a good living making indie computer games for 27 years now. We write super-retro, super-low-budget games that don't look great. Our game design is quite solid, but the stories we tell is what keeps us in business. I'm not a great fantasy writer. Never have. Never will.

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

The new anticipated game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, won’t launch on your PC in specific situations. The fantasy world, puzzles, and amazing storyline of this LOTR game can blow your mind. Enable the game and high-performance mode from Windows Settings. Navigate to the game library. Relaunch Steam.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

This week, we jump into what it takes to design great Match 3 games and how we would improve Makeover Match. Case: Makeover Match Making games is hard. As player expectations rise and market conditions become more challenging, creating a successful game and maintaining that success is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We follow up and expand upon the Playtika and social casino-discussion that took part in the latest “This week in games”-podcast by going through the latest earnings reports from Playtika (you can find the link to the podcast below) On the go? Kress’s Corner #2 How do gaming Venture Capitalist really work? Eager to play a new game? ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review. Concept Art.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

I want to show you some of what I'm working (Codex, Flowchart, and a Fighting game) and tell you about Patreon. During Pandante development, I posted dozens of versions of the game board, cards, rules, etc. Right now, in addition to my podcasts, I have three main game development projects in the works. Instead.it's fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

We originally created a taxonomy together with Game Refinery dividing the games market into four different categories: Casual, Mid-Core, Casino and Sports. We pulled the data of top 1000 games from last three years from the one and only App Annie and aligned the data with the categories, genres and sub-genres.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Stay tuned to future issues of the Kristala game dev blog for updates.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Welcome, beautiful creatures! Kristala at Play NYC 2021.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Video games today are far more immersive than ever, and that isn’t simply because consoles and PCs have gotten more powerful. A lot of the beauty and appeal in modern games comes down to a less quantifiable factor: Atmosphere. What Is Game Atmosphere? Compare two games Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design.

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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're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!), 3D Modeling.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. ✉️ Received this email from a friend?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

Pattern building board games are really popular among the hobby board gaming crowd. Board Game Geek cites Azul , Sagrada , A Feast for Odin , and Quadropolis as pattern building board games. These titles earned – and keep – respect in the hobby gaming community. Need help on your board game?

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. And that’s exactly the case with the chart toppers Stumble Guys and Eggy Party, two mobile clones of the 60-player knock-out party game, Fall Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

Full disclosure: both of the authors are decade-long fans of Supercell and their games. While our analysis may to some seem harsh, we assure you that it’s only reflective of the expectation Supercell puts on their games. This week, Supercell soft-launched a new crafting tycoon game called Everdale.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

As I’ve gone through the Final Fantasy series recently , it’s notable that the games used to have secrets, and now, they pretty much don’t anymore. Somewhere in the late 90s, and certainly by the mid 2000s, it was decided that secrets are bad and games shouldn’t have them. What are secrets in videogames?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Greetings, friends and fantasy aficionados! Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. Here in the screenshot, you can see how our position in the Top100 US App Store grossing games has changed from 2017 to 2020, according to data.ai. The schedule is filled.

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