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Two brothers behind MystiveDev build bodycam survival-horror Chasmal Fear

PreMortem.Games

Based in the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia, the two brothers Bobby and Zhanko Mojsovski work hard on their next game, the bodycam survival-horror shooter Chasmal Fear. That’s when we asked ourselves what it would be like to create a bodycam sci-fi survival horror.” “Talk with the players and do lots of playtesting.

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2023 was the year of creepy fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

Playtesting is a major and frequent part of our development process so we had confidence throughout that we had a really good experience on our hands. “Cosmic Horror Fishing Game seems like it could be quite nichey, but in the end we got such an incredible range of players who gave Dredge a try. says co-founder/CEO Nadia Thorne.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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While we haven’t created a hardcore horror game, a huge adventure game or a really serious fishing game, the blending of these genres has hooked the attention of players from all three”, says Joel Mason , Writer and Programmer at Black Salt Games. Our first playtester hit the first target after approximately 0.5 Even with no tutorial.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

While we haven’t created a hardcore horror game, a huge adventure game or a really serious fishing game, the blending of these genres has hooked the attention of players from all three”, says Joel Mason , Writer and Programmer at Black Salt Games. Our first playtester hit the first target after approximately 0.5 Even with no tutorial.

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10 Elements of Good Game Design

Brand Game Development

If you hate the game you’re playtesting, do something different. Don’t just playtest it and refine the mechanics. Throughout the entire game, you must place tiles in your monster’s stomach in such a way that you will earn the most points from scoring tiles. This seems obvious, but never lose sight of it.

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AWS for Games at Gamescom 2023

AWS Games

Behaviour Interactive – the largest independent Canadian video game developer, Behaviour grew Dead by Daylight, their multiplayer horror game, by 38 million players in three years with AWS and Amazon GameLift. Learn how Whatwapp standardized their gamine infrastructure with AWS. Learn more.

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

In my playtests, it felt like the best tactic is to try to trap the cop in the corner with your body while the AIs coordinate a big orgy that gives you a huge payout. Level 4 originally had two cops to make it more difficult to trap them, but in my playtests that turned out to be way too punishing and forced a forever stalemate.

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