Game Industry News

AUGUST 12, 2021

The physical assault brings Ransom under control, and judicious application of a large rock on Ransom ends the flare-ups that occur. “Strange Energies” builds upon the strengths established in season one to great effect. However, a summons from Captain Freeman interrupts the simulation and leg day.

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Game Industry News

JULY 23, 2021

The episode opens with Odo happily engaging in his favorite pastime, harassing Quark in the bar. He notes that a Miradorn Raider has just docked and wonders if Quark has any ties to the raiders, which Quark vehemently denies. Further discussion gets cut short by the entrance of Ah-kel and Ro-kel, who nod at Quark. Croden fires, killing Ro-Kel.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala at Play NYC 2021. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. in net revenues during 2020, while holding the top games on mobile. These games were rewarded with some of the best retention curves in the industry.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

and try your luck at winning a FREE PS5 Disc Edition, courtesy of women-lead indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you're not familiar with the event, Play NYC is New York City's premier gaming convention. Why, you might ask? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! Kristala at Play NYC 2021.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts! Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. 3D Asset Design.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third 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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Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Taught By Thirst is a new Mesoamerican themed single player Quake map that I made for Remix Jam , a 3 week community level design event where we all adapted multiplayer maps from other games for Quake. Like a lot of Counter-Strike Source, it often feels more like a game engine tech demo rather than something for humans to play.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you really wanna go nuts, try to define what a “game” is. I mean, Hidden Object Games barely even count as an activity. And yet, we know they are games, because they have “game” in the name. things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 18, 2022

This same effect appears in a few other card games and it’s usually weak. You don’t have to wait half the game to add it then later draw it. If the game goes long, this crushes them more and more so they better beat Argagarg soon. To give you a taste of these characters, here’s just one card from each of them. Not here though.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

I've written previously about murder in Skyrim , epic Skyrim fan game Enderal , and a very bushy Skyrim mod called The Forgotten City. From a game dev perspective, it's been fascinating to play. The game plays with this a little: there's a treasure door that opens only during the fail state. (A The Forgotten City (2021).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

While you can probably make some assumptions as to what roles each Pit will play in the game based on their names, we're keeping the exact details under wraps for the time being. Welcome back to another exciting issue of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog! We really love the contrasting blue and orange tones in this piece.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 19, 2022

Axie Infinity, the former poster child of blockchain gaming and the game that coined the term “Play to Earn,” has fallen on hard times as this “digital nation” reels from a recession prompted by declining player growth and plummeting token values. Use code “NAAVIKDOF” to receive a -10% discount for the first subscription year.

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Sirlin

APRIL 26, 2019

I leave this prediction post up for reference anyway —- I’m going to give my predictions for how Game of Thrones ends up. As of this writing, we’re in the 8th year of Game of Thrones seasons with only 4 episodes left, and yet there are numerous major reveals still left. Game of Throne is, on a casual viewing, a very complicated show.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Both of the authors are true fans of Command & Conquer franchise and both of the authors understand all to well how hard it is to ship a hit mobile game. No matter how you look at it, Command and Conquer Rivals is a good mobile game and the team behind it should be proud of the game they shipped. It’s polished.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). HELLO, FRIENDS! Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here.

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Game Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Tendi goes rock climbing with Dr. T’Ana, and Mariner, predictably, spends her time engaging in phaser-centric games on the holodeck with her mother. T’Ana, and Mariner, predictably, spends her time engaging in phaser-centric games on the holodeck with her mother. HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. “

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Filmustage

MAY 17, 2022

Early work The first short film - "Xenogenesis" (1978) - brought James Cameron to the set of " Rock 'n' Roll High School" (1979) by Allan Arkush & Joe Dante , where he worked as a production assistant. In 1984 "The Terminator" was released, which deservedly awarded Cameron the title of a master of sci-fi action films.

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Grumpy Gamer

FEBRUARY 14, 2005

Why not paper-scissor-rock. Of course, one of my dreams has been to make the worlds first Massively Multiplayer Paper Scissor Rocks game (MMPSRG). The in-game maps stink. In the interest of brevity and for all the executives and marketing people that read the Grumpy Gamer, I figured I'd just bullet point my feedback.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Early this year the Turkish mobile startup Dream Games has raised $50 million in new funding ($57.5M total funding), despite having only soft-launched its first game, Royal Match. Dream Games was founded by two of Peak’s former Product Directors. Thus a full breakdown of the newly released game is warranted.

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Sirlin

APRIL 8, 2020

Edit: It turns out that a once-in-hundred-years pandemic rocked the world so hard, and Trump fumbled it so badly, that that one factor lead to Biden winning by the narrowest of margins. If just 42,000 people in key states had voted the other way, Biden would have lost. But he didn’t. It’s a dark day. Joe Biden But first, Joe Biden.

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