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How to make an Indie Game for 100€

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Turns out this is quite a big problem if your goal is to make a video game completely on your own. Or is it? I have no money.

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Nintendo's Yuzu lawsuit puts emulation in the spotlight | Opinion

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The name Nintendo conjures up many different associations for different people. The mental image of Princess Peach turning up to your house late at night wearing a balaclava and menacing you with a sock full of coins is hard to shake.

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2023 UK game sales "holding the fort" compared to 2022, but still show signs of growth

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox 2024 so far has been challenging in the industry. This is a good time to take stock of last year's performance to gauge demand-side conditions and what direction consumer spending is going in the UK when it comes to full games (games that are paid for upfront).

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Solo dev Tuomas Auronen (Redbeak Games) “Hardest part is financial uncertainty”

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It won’t make me rich, but it will give me peace of mind when making my next games.” Mortal Glory 2 is a turn-based fantasy roguelike where players manage a team of traveling gladiators. It’s a sequel that offers ‘more variety and smoother gameplay’. “I What’s your creative process? “It’s

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Attracting investors and publishers with the right kind of game demos

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They enable developers to establish a connection with their target audience early on, while turning interested players into buyers. A game demo is more than a condensed snapshot of your game. It should be polished, free of bugs, and thoughtfully tailored to create a captivating first impression in anticipation of your full release.

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Solo dev Evan Polekoff of Critter Crossfire “Motivation is a limited resource” 

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For the last five years, off and on, he worked on Critter Crossfire , a turn-based tactics and first person shooter hybrid. But the stress of work can take its toll, and part of the reason why the development of Critter Crossfire is taking this long is because Polekoff had to take breaks. “In What’s your creative process? “I

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Gamification is broken

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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mary Poppins sang that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," meaning that boring household chores can be turned into fun activities. Being a nanny of exceptional ability, she delivered on her promise.