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Solo dev Dr.Kucho fights for true video games: “People play guided tours now”

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Manzano endured the rough times though and managed to finish the game and release it on Steam. The games he finds on Steam nowadays are hardly worthy of the term video game according to Manzano. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games”, he says earnestly. I have always worked alone.

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Want to make a great game trailer? Stop pretending it’s a movie trailer

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Great game and great trailer ! Most games do not call for the flashy or stylistic trailer editing you see in a typical Hollywood movie trailer. This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. Take as long as you need.

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Understanding the Great Video Game Recession. Or Not.

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The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. Our next game!

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Solo dev Matthieu Houllier lets you take a paper plane on an adventure in Paper Sky

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French solo dev Matthieu Houllier , operating under the name Brute Force , has been making games by himself for five years. In that time he has released the 3D platform game Crumble. “It Because Houllier is working alone, he needs player’s feedback to shape his games. “I ” Why did you become a solo developer? “It

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Want to make a great game trailer? Optimize it for social media

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Top image: Stray Gods by Summerfall Studios, trailer by Derek Lieu Twitter is not a good place to advertise to potential customers, but it is good for connecting to people in the game industry like scouts, publishers, streamers, press, etc. You have mere microseconds to stop someone’s thumb from scrolling past your post.

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How making 12 games in 12 months changed Cukia Kimani’s life

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In early 2021, Cukia Kimani , co-founder of South Africa’s renowned studio Nyamakop , and a close-knit circle of four friends embarked on an extraordinary challenge that involved making 12 games in 12 months. He recalls booting it up and as soon as he saw the magic within, asking his mum if people create games for a living.

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Video Game Thoughts Bonus Bag #3

The Bottom Feeder

Since almost 14000 new games were released on Steam last year (Really!) It's a biannual event where indie developers can make demos of their games available for a week. We're leaving the demo up for another week at the link above if you would like to try it! I found watching what people are working on to be kind of exhausting.

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