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Actually talk to the (author-led AI) murder suspect in Dead Meat by Meaning Machine

PreMortem.Games

His debut game Unknown Number was the first game in what its creator Tom Keane called the ‘First Person Talkers’ genre. Now he’s ready to take talking games to the next level with his new project Dead Meat. But on a gameplay level, simply talking to a game is not inherently fun by itself.

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Mordhau on consoles: “A lot of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit”

PreMortem.Games

This is a completely different beast from a shooter.” “ Mordhau at its core has always been about melee combat”, says Jonathan Dunn, Game Designer at Triternion. Over the years the team grew to an international and fully remote team of 9 developers that released Mordhau, the studio’s first title, in 2019.

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The Story of Battlebit Remastered with Max Fink (theliquidhorse)

Game Dev Unchained

Pham and Max delved deep into the world of indie game development, discussing everything from the inception of the game to its surprising success. In fact, their team took a lot of inspiration from games like CS:GO and other tactical shooters, such as Battlefield. “I don’t think [we’re] number one.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

Anyway I didn't mind the incompleteness so much because I was playing less for fun, and more "for work", as a first person game developer. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. So this post will focus on my read of the general game design and player experience.

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10 Best Free Sci-Fi Games You Can Play for FREE

SOVEREIGN MOON

Destiny 2 is a first person shooter (FPS) with action packed gameplay and an engaging narrative. You actually have a business to run, which in my opinion makes the game a lot more immersive because it requires a great deal of strategy beyond the moment to moment battles. Want to Make Video Games? Do you love game design?

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

I've written previously about murder in Skyrim , epic Skyrim fan game Enderal , and a very bushy Skyrim mod called The Forgotten City. Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. From a game dev perspective, it's been fascinating to play. The Forgotten City (2021).

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10 Best Free Space Games To Play in 2020

SOVEREIGN MOON

From time to time you’ll need to dock with space stations in order to upgrade your ship and buy and sell supplies, but for the most part you’ll experience the game through a first first person perspective. Vendetta online requires a lot of skill and quick reflexes if you plan on staying alive within this game world.

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