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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

“The first four years were almost absolute happiness. Solo dev Dr.Kucho fights for true video games: “People play guided tours now” Mario Malagrino , creator of the recently released game Crude , knows exactly why he is working solo. “My I enjoyed what I was doing very much. The last four years were hell.”

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. Before you begin the zombie-filled Palace quest, the game UI helpfully advises, "if you're not a fan of action or horror gameplay, feel free to decline this quest." The Forgotten City (2021). but what to cut and what to recreate?

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Reality, Upgraded: Navigating VR/AR Gaming with Alex Silkin

Game Dev Unchained

His experiences have led him to focus on the development of VR games based on popular intellectual properties such as Creed: Rise to Glory and an upcoming sci-fi horror game inspired by the Alien movies. He concluded, “I think there’s obviously enough space for these two to kind of fight it out.”