PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

The debut game Dredge from New Zealand-based indie studio Black Salt Games oozes atmosphere and manages to combine multiple genres into one haunting adventure. They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

Then the first wave of really successful indie games appeared on Steam, in the late 00s and early 10s. People who follow indie/solo devs on social media tend to be really nice and positive, but even so it takes a lot of effort.” When I have an idea I consider viable, ideally I go straight to prototyping and develop the game from there.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And seems it provides a solid ground to start hiring the rest of the team, while they start prototyping their ideas. It’s well-documented that the R&D process at Riot involves prototyping with small teams , which in turn could resemble the famous (Super) cell structure. The profiles make me think of something indie-looking.

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Filmustage

AUGUST 30, 2022

We don't aim to compare them by functionality, because each platform prioritizes certain features or may complement each other. Script summary feature will not let you lose any key information. Our magic Scheduling feature is not revolutionary but presents a solid and stable performance.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005). This final release now has gay sex, smoochin', and other important new features. Three years later, I've finally finished it. It already feels so fraught to me.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. Moreover, it features a very user-friendly interface and straightforward architecture. But is there an ultimate winner?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 27, 2018

The aim of CSG in Godot is for it to be used in level prototyping. Unreal has always offered similar boolean CSG, while Unity has recently acquired ProBuilder (which is a different type of tool, but still aimed at prototyping level geometry). For indies or small companies, it may even involve outsourcing to third party artists.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

FNF is the most recent smash hit indie rhythm game (which is also open source!), After graduating (around summer 2020), I decided to search for a game engine that was easier to use and still just as feature rich. The first prototype of FNFVR was made in around two weeks if I remember correctly. which I'm pretty happy about.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The first big mistake most developers make is starting with pretty art, making a simple prototype, and then expect to develop the rest of the game the same way. Wait, shouldn't a prototype come first? After a good idea, the most natural action is to prototype it. An Indie or Experimental Game : Steam, GOG, etc.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 26, 2018

It was bare bones, but it got the job done for the simple prototypes I was working on at the time. They did have Indie pricing where the first platform was free if your budget was less than $500K. In the beginning, it was pretty simple, but as we proceeded we got a lot cockier and wanted more complex features in the sound system.

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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Some of these features are common to video games, and some of them aren't.) My first prototype were sim-heavy, based on basic cellular automata , a technique popularized by Conway's Game of Life (1970) where cells (or anything, really) live or die based on crowding, However this felt too fiddly, with small shapes that changed too quickly.

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