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The Story of Oscar Esio and Africacomicade’s Community Impact

PreMortem.Games

It’s no surprise that Africacomicade was awarded the title of community of the year by Games Industry Africa in 2023. However, video games remained a contentious topic in his household, with his parents associating game houses with negative stereotypes. added Esio.

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Industry needs to break down biases about African games markets

GamesIndustry.biz

The talk was hosted by Games Industry Africa co-founder and Starbreeze VP of business development Vic Bassey, and featured Africa Games Week co-founder and RenderHeads CEO Nick Hall, RocketRide business development manager and IGDA board member Limpho Moeti, and Maliyo Games founder Hugo Obi.

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We. The Refugees. Ticket to Europe by Act Zero is a redemption for its maker

PreMortem.Games

This would make a great topic for a game, he thought. In fact, I just sat in my safe and warm apartment in Central Europe and read books about this topic with the feeling that I was doing ‘something important’. “It’s a complex topic. He desperately needed change, something to reinvent himself. Because in the end ‘We.

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Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

PreMortem.Games

GDC, Africa Games Week, Games Connection.” She also advocates for topics related to inclusion and diversity. When I started Blind Bend Studios and I saw there was a barrier when I express my vision, nowadays, I don’t take too much time to convince the same people. We’ve pitched the game all around the world.

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We Released Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor!

The Bottom Feeder

The biggest Empire-building project in the world right now is China in Africa, and white people aren't even involved. Honestly, when the series is done, I'll probably wish I'd been more bloody-minded and less cowardly about how I touched the topic. Empire is not just a white person game.

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How to Test Your Storytelling Powers & Make People Connect with Your Board Games

Brand Game Development

We could cover a whole series of articles just on the topic of proper and productive play-testing. If your basic messages work in America, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, China, and Japan, then you’ve probably made a story that is essentially human and not cultural in origin.

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Axie Infinity: Infinite Opportunity or Infinite Peril?

Deconstructor of Fun

According to Sky Mavis’ last update on the topic, DAUs are slightly north of 2M. America is about 10%, and the remaining 20-25% is from Europe and Africa. As mentioned previously -- and as you saw in the chart from the previous section -- Axie Infinity’s DAUs have skyrocketed ever since the Ronin migration occurred.