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What Game Should I Make First?

DameDev.tv

(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production

iXie gaming

Moreover, AI algorithms analyze vast amounts of data, including player behavior and preferences, to create personalized and adaptive gaming experiences. AI-driven tools generate dynamic content, adapt game mechanics, and customize aesthetics, resulting in more engaging gameplay and new storytelling possibilities.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

Gradually all these advancements and upgrades add up to a NPC-driven town that can maintain and feed itself automatically. Until then, you're forced to actually play the game, chopping wood and grinding for materials. It takes good parts of other good games, and skilled talented people spent lots of time and money on it.

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Unity Bolt Tutorial: How to Add Triggers & Switches

SOVEREIGN MOON

In today’s tutorial, we take things a step further by teaching you how to use triggers and switches in order to help you create more interesting game mechanics. Triggers are powerful tools in the world of game design because you often use triggers to accomplish common game objectives. Do you love game design?

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The joys of the anti-farm sim: "Before the Green Moon" by turnfollow

Radiator Blog

But the game doesn't tutorialize this or dispatch an NPC to spell it out. The game also hides a bigger unexplained mechanic: a relationship gifting system. You're just an NPC in their story. Your problems are your own, and the first step is realizing you have a problem. It's hilarious that gifting feels secret.

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The three most important qualities in an RPG

Keith Burgun

As this video talks about, as players play more and more games, it becomes more difficult for them to find this sense of wonder in new games – even more so when they become game developers themselves. Setting that up properly is an effort in storytelling, a discipline all its own distinct from game design.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.