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Gorilla Softworks’ debut game The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism

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The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where players lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. They have to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance the technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve their civilization.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

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Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1.

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Upcoming Panel at SXSW Online 2021

Game Design Aspect

This panel discusses how designers and storytellers can build in empathic elements that can be found and engaged with even when the larger narrative gets delivered out of order. Meet the panelists: Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the game industry. Matthew Farber, Ed.D.

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? Join us for a discussion on what strategies game designers can use to create safe virtual spaces that are enjoyable for all players.

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Flavored by Authenticity: How Personal Experiences Amplify Narrative

Game Design Aspect

Sande Chen Profiled as one of the Game Industry's Top 100 Most Influential Women and a 2020 Women in Games Global Hall of Fame winner, Sande Chen is a writer and game designer with over 15 years of experience in the industry. You can find her on Twitter at @Ing3nu or on her blog at www.ungerink.com.

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Bucking the Recession in Mobile Gaming

Deconstructor of Fun

Privacy changes have also contributed to vertical integration as mobile gaming publishers have acquired advertising technology to have more ownership over their data. What’s really noticeable in the Merge Mansion’s stride is the investment into the narrative in both game design and the creatives.

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3D Art Styles For Games

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This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games. Fantasy realism is used for games full of movement, action, and drive. Games developed with the fantasy realism art style often involve aliens, races, and creatures that aren’t “real” yet are depicted realistically within the game world.

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