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GameDev.tv Community’s Top 10 Games in 2023

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Whether you're a fan of heart-pounding action, deep narrative adventures, or enchanting fantasy worlds, there's something here for everyone. This remake retains the essence of the original while offering a fresh experience with updated mechanics and deeper narrative elements. Final Fantasy XVI 7. Hi-Fi Rush 8.

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4 Lessons from Everdell for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

As the name suggests, Everdell has a fantasy setting, and is indeed named for a charming valley within the game’s world. Cute fantasy themes go a long way. I don’t know what exactly it is about fantasy themes, but board gamers love them. The shared lineage between science fiction and fantasy is on full display there.

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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art

PreMortem.Games

I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. The Swap The initial idea that ignited the project was the core mechanic: The Swap. It was also important that the environments would be suitable for various gameplay scenarios and mechanics.

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Sirlin on Game Design, Ep 18: Fantasy Strike

Sirlin

Fantasy Strike is our new fighting game. This podcast explains what Fantasy Strike is all about. We cover the high concept about making a fighting game more accessible from top to bottom than anything else we've seen, the specific game mechanics we chose to accomplish that, and the resulting dynamics of how it plays.

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Godsworn

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Economic mechanics for this fantasy RTS are revealed

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Solo dev Mario Malagrino “The psychological pressure is the worst part of game development”

PreMortem.Games

I sketch many times, not only my concept art but even game mechanics. Additionally, I love fantasy movies, which is why the entire game is themed around a fantasy world.” I have to constantly motivate myself with little tricks, such as posting stuff on Facebook and receiving compliments.” What’s your creative process?

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The 10 Best Board Games of All Time and What We Can Learn from Them

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You can see this reflected in the 9 and 10 scores of Board Game Geek, where people repeat some variation of “I really can’t explain it” and rattle off mechanics while trying to explain it. It has incredibly clever area control and hand management mechanics. This is not some sci-fi fantasy world.

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