Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 11, 2023

But don’t worry, you can enjoy the sequel first, just like with Star Wars. This week, I will test this broader industry hypothesis against our very own gaming industry. Over half of the respondents (57%) work directly on game development. Over half of the respondents (57%) work directly on game development.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. Not games writing mind you, but copy writing – for pitches, store pages, press releases, & everything else.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game lovers can agree that the quality of a gaming application is the most exciting thing about a game setup. Game QA is an integral part of game development which ensures that the end products of console games are safeguarded against glitches. For developers and QA teams, their work is cut out for them.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 17, 2020

Through live-streaming, we can share videos of ourselves and our screens with a greater audience, who can communicate with us through chat. It’s tempting to think that the analog nature of board games would preclude live-streaming, but this is not the case. Need help on your board game? Why stream games?

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Game Errors

JULY 1, 2023

Cheating, hacking, and many other forms of malicious attacks can be extremely annoying and ruin the whole online gaming experience. However, some of the users reported having the “BattlEye client not responding Destiny 2” error. What is the “BattlEye client not responding Destiny 2” error?

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OPM Jobs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

You finally got that call, email or carrier pidgeon in with the news: You’ve been offered an interview at a game studio! So, how do you prepare for your first games industry interview and leave a great first impression? Is it face to face or through video call? Games What games has the company worked on?

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.”

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and one of them was about how much to spend on board game advertising. Need help on your board game? Basics of Board Game Advertising.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

Gamescom , the annual video game trade fair and conference held in Cologne, Germany, came roaring back in 2022 with over 265,000 consumers and industry professionals coming together to interact and get a glimpse into the future of gaming. Learn more and register for the event. Learn more and register for the event.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

Introduction: Game development is an intricate and dynamic process that involves multiple stages, including design, development, and testing. Among these stages, game testing plays a critical role in ensuring the quality and stability of the final product. But a new trend of automated game testing has evolved over the last few years.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 29, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and two of them were about knowing when to pivot during a game design project. Need help on your board game? Save your old work.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across different sectors, including gaming. Generative AI has experienced increasing usage in game design as it accelerates and streamlines different aspects of game development. As a result, they allow for a more personalized and dynamic gaming experience.

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Game Errors

APRIL 4, 2023

Many Star Citizen fans have been complaining that after downloading the game, as they click the launch game button, and the game won’t launch. While it may show that the game is still running, the game refuses to launch. It may also crash on launch, show a black screen, or throw an error. Get DriverFix 2.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the reasons why hyper-casual games are so popular is due to how quick and easy they are to make. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Because choice is how you can differentiate a book from a game. Let’s dig in.

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Game Errors

APRIL 12, 2023

It is not uncommon to run into issues like the Roblox error code 525, especially when it comes to video games that are as popular as this one. Restart the device Sometimes, the device you are trying to access the server from may not be responding or some apps on it may no longer be working.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Lesson 11: Game Difficulty Summary In this video, Aaron delves into the nuanced topic of difficulty in video games, emphasizing the role of a game designer in setting the difficulty level to align with the narrative and the intended player experience. Now, if you’re making a game that doesn’t matter.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 15, 2017

Whenever I saw a complaint from a game dev pop up on my Twitter feed, I recorded it in Excel. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. So many of the struggles that we deal with in game development are shared by others in the industry. Exhaustion.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 4, 2020

I want to take a break from talking about board game development today. After all, this is one of the most important qualities you can have when in the middle of a long haul board game project ! Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Traditionally, digital humans have been widely used in media and entertainment, from video game. Traditionally, digital humans have been widely used in media and entertainment, from video game characters to CGI characters in movies. They can see the users that are talking to them and look and respond accordingly.

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Game Errors

APRIL 24, 2023

Many gamers are unsatisfied with this game’s optimization and wonder why they have to struggle with ARK Survival Evolved low FPS. Enable Game Mode: This neat feature comes with Windows and should be enabled for the best gaming performance. Close background apps Update the graphics driver Verify game files Clear cache 1.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 29, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. What makes these strange hybrid “casino battler” games tick? And this isn’t a one-off anomaly. How To Play?

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Game Designing

AUGUST 23, 2023

About Scripting Scripting is an essential ingredient in all games. Even the simplest game needs scripts, to respond to input from the player and arrange for events in the gameplay to happen when they should. Learn more about scripting in Unity: Creating and Using Scripts Lesson 4 Video Transcript Hey there everyone.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 11, 2023

The video game industry is a huge and consistent segment of the market. Video games are the first choice for millennials as well as adults who can’t get their childhood gaming addiction off their heads. Every day, new games are released across all platforms, each focusing on a distinct genre.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 27, 2022

Janeway recognizes that the events of “First Con-tact” have not only shaken her young crew’s confidence but have proven to be divisive. Janeway blips back in Dal’s quarters, where Dal is playing some sort of video game. Janeway responds that she was on her own for too long. Once again, the core breaches.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

and my notes are obviously going to spoil some of the game's structure, but all these spoilers are pretty vague and anyway I don't name any names. This is a business model I've always wondered about -- make a big complicated game, but then earn revenue from selling ads on the wiki for your own game? Anyway, here's my notes.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 7, 2018

I’ve talked about how board game developers can get big on Twitter and use Facebook to its fullest potential. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This represents an enormous opportunity for board game developers like yourself.

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Game Errors

JULY 11, 2023

The game was released a few days ago in the ‘early access game’ version, and because of that, it has a lot of bugs and issues. Additionally, you have the full guide on how to fix the new expansion pack ARK: Scorched Earth in order to enjoy the updated game on your own PC. Why does my ARK keep not responding?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. You can find edited highlights of each talk below, and videos of each session – just hit play to start watching. Shooters got creamed”, too, he said – down 33%.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Much like my old staple How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev , I’ll be covering everything you need to know to get started on Facebook as a board game developer. Getting Started.

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Game Global

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A video game can only attract a global user base if it doesn’t compromise on localization quality: 3 industry experts reveal how to get ahead of the game. Which best practices can help make your mobile game a global hit? What does “quality” mean in video game localization? Challenge no.

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AWS Games

MAY 25, 2023

Introduction Document database is one of the fastest growing categories of nonrelational database that makes it easier for game developers to store and query data as JSON-like documents. DMM GAMES uses Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) to store user data, friend data and battle data for two of our popular game titles.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 8, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the tenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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AWS Games

APRIL 25, 2023

This blog post shares how gaming customers can use health metrics to more easily monitor game performance using Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor. Several gaming companies are taking advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services, covering breadth and depth in hardware as well as software components.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

This progress report will be split over two posts covering 4 projects each (for diverse reasons we had to stop the GSoC programme for two students after the first month, so we now have 8 active projects with great progress). We are now at the middle of the coding period, so students have around 6 weeks left in the GSoC programme.

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AWS Games

MAY 4, 2023

Building dedicated servers is challenging, and developers need the ability to quickly test and iterate on their games. The plugin makes it easy for Unreal Engine developers to use an Amazon GameLift Anywhere fleet to test their game server on a local workstation without the need to upload a build to Amazon GameLift.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

“Roguelike” was definitely a buzzword among game developers last year in China, and the shockwaves made by the boom can still be felt today – for example, still in May 2022, we spotted three new games that claimed to be “roguelike” entering the Chinese iOS top-grossing top 200 list. source: Wikipedia).

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