PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Never really comfortable in the education system, she dropped out of college twice before embarking on her debut game, Spilled! Her upcoming game, Spilled! , Making an eco-conscious game just really made sense to me.” I hope to go on little adventures, not staying in the same place too much, doing the same thing.”

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2024

Even though the shadows of sorrow once surrounded him, Abubakar has become a beacon of hope through ‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau,’ a powerful game that delves into the theme of grief. The late Ali Salim shared a mutual love for games with Abubakar. And I think that’s why it made sense to me.”

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 16, 2024

The community team at 10 Chambers, behind the game GTFO, is using creators at the center of their marketing strategy. To reveal their upcoming title at The Game Awards, the team leaned on Lurkit to execute a marketing stunt that had never been seen before. “The game idea was to be very hardcore and force players to cooperate. "It

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 4, 2024

You’re not supposed to fly blimps through dangerous storms, so Bunny did not understand why the automated blimp did that. They explained to him that a bad guy from the past named Croh Vosh was here at the Spellstorm to do very, very bad things. They tried to explain more about why it was bad to let Croh get those Storm Shards.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Dutch indie game developer Abbey Games has been on quite the journey since the release of their breakout hit, Reus , a decade ago. Now, after a long wait, Abbey Games is back in action with the sequel Reus 2. We went from working with 12 people, down to 3, and now we’re back up to 10 working on Reus 2.”

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Although she enjoyed her time in Turkey and her engineering studies, she decided to leave both behind to pursue her passion for game development. Today she works at Maliyo Games, based in Lagos, Nigeria. I enjoyed the thrill of playing games with friends and family. My favorite is Kenya at 50.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A community manager and new game designer. A game filled with cute armoured babies on a brave mission to save their daycare from a goblin invasion. Now, she’s navigating the world of game development, where each day brings new challenges and exciting discoveries. One of those games was Street Fighter.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2023

I enjoyed what I was doing very much. Manzano endured the rough times though and managed to finish the game and release it on Steam. The games he finds on Steam nowadays are hardly worthy of the term video game according to Manzano. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games”, he says earnestly.

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 15, 2024

The main problem, alas, is that, while it IS a fascinating landmark for game design, it is not a good adventure. To see why this isn't a good module, note: The scenes in the cover art are NOT IN THE ADVENTURE. If I put the black tunnel of instant death in my games, NOBODY would applaud. Even in 1978, we knew that rogues sucked.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

My first encounter with Cassie Simpson was during the inaugural Xbox Game Studios Game Camp Africa in 2023. She earned her place and represented South Africa at prestigious programs like the Epic Games Women Creator Program and the Women in Games International (WIGI) Mentorship Program.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. Our next game!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 17, 2023

This would make a great topic for a game, he thought. Napiecek had tried to break into the games industry for a while now, but no game company wanted to hire him. So, making a game about the refugee crisis could potentially establish him as a serious game writer. Initially the protagonist of We.

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Real Programming

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For parents, they usually want their children to have a fun, productive extracurricular activity to do after school. You wouldn’t ask kids why they advocate playing tag, watching movies, or playing video games. You wouldn’t ask kids why they advocate playing tag, watching movies, or playing video games.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. Not games writing mind you, but copy writing – for pitches, store pages, press releases, & everything else.

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AWS Games

MARCH 12, 2024

More than entertainment, video games unite people across the globe with common interests. It’s that sense of community that drives Freedom Games to support indie developers in bringing their titles to players worldwide. AWS is easy to work with and spin up at scale,” added Freedom Games Senior Director of Technology Evan Bryant. “We

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

Absolutely Games recently released Classified: France ’44 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features. The colour palette was also key.”

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iHobo

JUNE 14, 2023

Ten Player Motives #6 Why do we love horror? For the thrill-seeking motive, games trick an ancient part of our brains into responding to the illusion of danger and risk. The vast majority of the play book for the horror motive is taken from film.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 21, 2023

In early 2021, Cukia Kimani , co-founder of South Africa’s renowned studio Nyamakop , and a close-knit circle of four friends embarked on an extraordinary challenge that involved making 12 games in 12 months. He recalls booting it up and as soon as he saw the magic within, asking his mum if people create games for a living.

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Played with Fire

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Are you ready to elevate your gaming experience to new heights? Step into the world of Played With Fire, where we redefine the boundaries of virtual reality gaming. In a market flooded with VR game producers, you might wonder, „What makes us stand out?” Are you ready to play with fire?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

Guest post by Julian Runge , Assistant Professor at Northeastern University and Principal Scientist at Game Data Pros I went out and asked game and app developers how they price their starter packs, and to find out why they do so. Starter packs are an essential component of the free-to-play monetization toolbox.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 7, 2023

Mighty Action Heroes is a new battle royale game for mobile, offering Web3 capabilities via blockchain-tradable, collectible NFTs. GameDaily: Tell us why you decided to make a Web3 battle royale game? Simon Davis: We made a game for Apple in 2019 called Butter Royale. Let’s hand it to them.

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Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

Below, you will find some workarounds to fix this issue and play the game in no time. This error typically indicates that there is an issue with the patcher software, which is responsible for downloading and installing updates to the game. What can I do if PVP.net Patcher Kernel Has Stopped Working in LoL?

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 9, 2023

It was a fun cheap game that is still fun and cheap. It's also a charming, scruffy take on the classic Twin-Stick Shooter genre, great for mindless gaming, with a price that is effectively zero. Both about game design, and about the indie games biz as a whole. We stripped it to the bone in a year. A great idea.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Women in Games today launched a 14-point manifesto , in the run up to its online conference next month. Women in Games is dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowering all girls and women in gaming. Isaaman: Last year, we published the Women in Games Guide , which is about building a fair playing field.

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Game Errors

MAY 9, 2023

Friday the 13th: The Game is one of the most anticipated horror titles of this year, maybe of all time. Some players are receiving the following error “Database Login Failure, Verify Internet Connectivity” Apparently, this is another server issue and because of that, you are unable to log in to the game.

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iHobo

MARCH 15, 2023

Ten Player Motives #3 If the victory motive asks us to endure frustration to get to the win, and the problem-solving motive asks us to endure confusion to solve the puzzle, is there something else we can endure for our future pleasure? Why is that? There is: boredom. It's the quiet joy of acquisition. Even amoebas like eating food.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Tom Clancy’s The Division is available on Steam and by now the game has a lot of mixed reviews. Players complained that the game servers went down at the launch of the game and also about other critical errors involving The Division PC crashing. Why does the Division keep crashing? How to fix the Division crashing?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. Why did the revenue go down? After all, Supercell is our beacon of hope.

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Game Errors

JUNE 5, 2023

Diablo 4, the most recent game in the Diablo series, will be released on June 6, 2023. It is a role-playing game where the player assumes a characteristic in a fictional setting. On the other hand, Mac users have been asking the question, “ Why is Diablo 4 not on Mac ”. Why is Diablo 4 not on Mac?

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Real Programming

APRIL 28, 2024

We live in a digital world, and while nobody can say for sure what tomorrow’s devices will look like, they’ll surely be written in code. That’s why parents love the idea of their children learning these vital skills in a warm, supportive atmosphere. RP4K understands that, and frankly, we agree with kids! Summer should be fun.

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iHobo

MARCH 29, 2023

Ten Player Motives #5 When we first started conducting surveys into how and why people play games, we discovered that one aspect of the play experience was almost universally loved by our respondents: excitement. Yet players still have fun doing it.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I gave a talk on games and meaning at GDC 2023, which is now available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser. So, here are the standings before the final game between Barbados and Grenada.

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Real Programming

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Parents want their children to have fun learning new, vital skills, and that’s why many sign up their kids for online coding classes. Even if they aren’t programmers themselves, every parent can help their children on their coding journey by doing the following things at home. When it comes to coding, you get to play video games, too.

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iHobo

JULY 5, 2023

Ten Player Motives #9 When I talk about our motives for playing games, I am usually able to identify a clear set of emotions that show the psychological underpinnings of why we are drawn to play that way. Why do we love stories so much? So what is it?

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Game Daily

MAY 19, 2023

One of the many interesting presentations at Nordic Game conference next week (May 23-26) comes from Kate Edwards , head of Geogrify , a company that advises game and tech companies on international cultural issues. “The metaverse worlds that are being built have that same process at play.”

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Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

Overwatch 2 is a multiplayer first-person shooter game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Despite the anticipation surrounding the game, some players have been reporting that Overwatch 2 is crashing. Why is Overwatch 2 crashing on startup or mid-game? What can I do if Overwatch 2 is crashing on startup or mid-game?

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 12, 2023

My wife and I finished the main story of Diablo IV and started the endgame just as the number of people who played went right into the dumper. It's been your standard-issue Internet rage swarm, which is always going to be at least as much fun as the game itself. If you want a summary of why people are mad, this video is a good summary.

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