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Indie Postmortem 2: Geneforge 2 - Infestation. Avoiding Utter Disaster.

The Bottom Feeder

I really hate making screenshots, but sometimes I capture something that looks pretty cool. This is the second part of the design/marketing/release process for our newest indie RPG, Geneforge 2 - Infestation. TL;DR: We’ve been making indie games for a living for 30 years. Here’s how we manage it.

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Creepy horror game Supernormal by solo dev Hitori De Productions is the start of a series

PreMortem.Games

Solo developer Hitori (working under the name Hitori De productions) always dreamt of creating games by himself. For his debut game Supernormal , Hitori was inspired by the much-hyped, but never-released horror game Allison Road. But before he had the necessary skills to follow that dream, he worked in several teams.

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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!) Fortunately, Steam has provided one good way for indies with hustle to get a little bonus visibility: Steam Next Fest! Fortunately, Steam has provided one good way for indies with hustle to get a little bonus visibility: Steam Next Fest! It’s fun.

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Unity’s Trap

Tom Francis

each time their games are installed, past certain (high) thresholds. The reaction has been huge, but it’s not clear yet if Unity will make it right. To be able to even do that productive work, I spent a ton of this time learning Unity. To be able to even do that productive work, I spent a ton of this time learning Unity.

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Are We Still Doing the Diablo 4 Pile-On?

The Bottom Feeder

I kept thinking the story was about how she was a complex character with nuance, but then she’d kill like 80 first graders and I stopped caring about her motivation. It's been your standard-issue Internet rage swarm, which is always going to be at least as much fun as the game itself. It wants to be a thousand-hour game.

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God Statues In Harvest Island

Yobob Games

It could be dairy products: goat milk, cow milk, or even eggs. It makes you think about your resource management wisely as you have a limited bag capacity as well as a chest capacity which you can upgrade by collecting the required items for it. It’s impossible to progress through the game without it. God Statues.

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Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod

Radiator Blog

and my notes are obviously going to spoil some of the game's structure, but all these spoilers are pretty vague and anyway I don't name any names. This is a business model I've always wondered about -- make a big complicated game, but then earn revenue from selling ads on the wiki for your own game? Sit and listen.