The Art of the Game

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

hoping for that sweet sweet dev grant money. I checked with the other local dev who was in the program and she’s not even trying for it! The above screenshot is from The Big Indie Pitch – a ‘speed dating’ style of pitching games to industry types; mostly for feedback, but there was a cash prize for the winner.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unknown Number put First Person Talkers on the map, with talks at GDC, several indie awards, and even being exhibited at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. And so, we quickly realised the potential to form a bit of a ‘Super Group’ by bringing Game Design and AI Tech together.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” But those notes create a basis of a project to build on, ideas being grouped and solidified. All advice for new game devs is to work on small projects, and make as many as you can.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 16, 2020

As an individual creator or a creator within a small, independent group of creators, you’ll be able to connect with others on an individual basis. If you work within a small group, you’ll walk away with a much bigger share than any publishing company would be willing to offer you. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

You can also find lots of them for free on the GDC Youtube channel ; Invest your money in building your game dev skills and portfolio at a reputable school with a vibrant community (like CG Spectrum!). The conference had so much to offer, and it was really fun to experience it together as a group. STUDY GAME DEV

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

  I’m a game dev  - riding solo on the biz, Until your lil’sisters fingers play around with my "joy-stick".   I’m a solo game dev - my project's a mess,  no need to obfuscate anymore, but but it’s still a success.   When you're done so, check out other stuff including my devlogs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And newly assembled groups often take a lot of time (even years) to evolve into a high-functioning team. The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. The profiles make me think of something indie-looking. What can we expect from this team? billion | US Monthly Charts ?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Plus, we'll introduce you to three of our newest talented dev team members too! 3D Asset Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Thanks for joining us for another exciting and epic issue of the Kristala Dev Blog. The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. We're so glad you're here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog. Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Stay tuned!

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I've been working continuously making indie video games longer than, let's say, anyone. I was one of the first to correctly describe the indie bubble, writing blog posts that got many views and got me sweet gigs working for free giving talks at conferences. So let's get to it: There are too many indie games. A good long look.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

People from all around the world login and join groups that compete against each other for authority. The game allows you to jump in and enjoy short gameplay experience, or you can deepen your immersion in the game by joining groups and building up your space empire. Planet Calypso. Want to Make Video Games? Do you love game design?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog! This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. So, almost two years ago I decided to fully embrace the indie path and became a solodev.” If in 1939 a group of scientists, philosophers and artists had left Earth, could they survive on Mars? If yes – how?

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The Strange State of the AAA Market Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Last Key to Games cast we spoke about the indie space, for this topic, recent news surrounding major names in the AAA space make us wonder what is exactly happening at the major studios.…

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. I tried to contact many of the devs to ask them what the reasons were and, in most cases, they were not technical but related to the scope of the project being difficult to manage. There are dedicated sites, forums, Facebook groups, etc.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I didn’t know that these people were part of a group of friends and colleagues who all own about 50 or so of some of the largest indie retail stores in the United States. The post How to Get Your Board Game in a Retail Store for the First Time appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. I was just chatting with Matt.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

To gain a better understanding of these gaming clichés, below we have covered three types of games to gain clarity about the budget requirement for your next project: Game Category Description Examples Development Costs Indie Game Indie games require small teams and lower production costs than AAA titles, but they can still be highly profitable.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Users will be selected in groups to enter the new solution (all users will be transitioned over 5-10 days). V3 is just one of many improvements we have been working on to make GameAnalytics the best and most cost effective platform for devs of all types – from indies to publishers, on everything from mobile, to Roblox and PC.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The focus of this post is going to be for those who want to make game development their career and those who want to create indie games and sell them. If you want to go the indie route and create your own games, it will depend on which type of game you want to create. For some reason, most game devs cover Unity instead of Unreal.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog. This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Hey there, gorgeous! Concept Art. What do you think?

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

However, your success will be dependent on your group’s coordination and strategy. Each player within each group will have a class (assault, engineer, sniper etc) and therefore each player will have a primary role to play. Our NoCode game development course teaches indie game devs how to build breathtaking games from scratch. .

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 2, 2018

Manufacturers have become a lot more accessible because of this growing indie market, making print runs for cheaper and for smaller minimum order quantities. You need to shift your focus from broad casting to narrow casting by targeting a small group of highly interested individuals. How can I get noticed online?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A lot of the indie retailers are friends and just in general are a tightly-knit group. The post How Cons Can Help You Get Your Board Game into Retail appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Now go forth and get stocked. Title photo credit: By dooley, posted to Flickr , CC BY 2.0

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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!). Since we last met, things have legit been poppin' off over here.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

I also work with indie dev companies on a more casual level discussing challenges, goals and brainstorming solutions. Chad: In terms of making the rules clear and concise, I think it’s useful to have a group of beta readers with different backgrounds, skills, and traits. Right now I work from home (the dream, right?)

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