PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Final Factory blends factory building and spaceship design with RTS-style troop commanding and classic bullet-hell gameplay. Hence the premise of the game is that you are a Von Neumann probe, sent to consume all the resources in the Universe and build the ultimate (final) factory. Pretty impressive for a largely solo-developed game. “At

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

Here, they will build and cultivate their nomad camp and undertake missions as an ancient courier rider, delivering packages across the diverse Mongolian landscape. Traditionally set in modern-day Germany, the new game transports players to 13th century Mongolia.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This city-building sim takes players back to the Song Dynasty, where they must navigate the challenges of settling a town, cultivating the land and expanding the city. When the team first decided to make a sim management style game, they quickly settled on a city building sim. “We But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

The Dynamic NPC Dialog Demo highlighted Ada, an example for building an in-game non-player character (NPC) as a generative AI application, using Unreal Engine MetaHuman by Epic Games. Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!, the #1 casual game launch of 2023 : Scopely’s Monopoly Go!

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Players can build their own “levels, stories, game experiences and even worlds” as they craft, trade, buy and sell resources, equipment, land, and other commodities. The trailer features a pretty world of warriors, who flit between environments, with ample tools for building and crafting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Building a brand Cilingir used League of Legends and Genshin Impact as examples of brands that have resonated outside games, and stressed that community-building has never been more important as it lowers your UA cost. So how should publishers think about launching new games right now? What is the next big thing?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Take hybridization in gaming: while hybrid casual games were the buzz back in 2019, it’s only now—in 2023 and 2024—that they’re fully coming into their own. Manish breaks it down: with hybridization, studios can start monetizing right out of the gate, capturing ad revenue early on and building toward IAP conversions down the line.

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AWS Games

MAY 7, 2024

For Singularity 6 (S6) , creators of the hit game “Palia,” which released across platforms in 2023 and 2024—their developers needed to craft an immersive and captivating gaming experience while managing the vast resources and infrastructure required to keep the game’s services running smoothly.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Some titles, such as Umamusume: Pretty Derby, have taken things one step further by taking a multimedia approach, with mobile games, anime, and manga series all coexisting and building an ever-expanding universe.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As Slush 2023 wraps up, it sparked numerous conversations around the likelihood of small seed-funded gaming ventures growing into substantial teams within the current investment climate. This balanced approach to leadership recognises the need to harmonise creativity with operational efficiency. Is humility a sign of weakness?

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Where did it go wrong?" , MIT Technology Review, 9 Feb 2023.) They build a small forest camp themed test level to jump around in, but it's difficult to pinpoint look and feel because they don't have an art director. (I They still need to balance this pre-production with finishing the studio's other projects too.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

While I don’t build the games myself, I guide the developers on what to create. Reflecting on his father’s influence, he says, “I apply many principles I learned from him, especially integrity and trust, which are crucial in building a reputation.” I also manage updates and clear any new designs before they are implemented.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, California, and let me tell you: it did not disappoint! Key takeaway: Build your community The CG Spectrum meetup reinforced just how powerful and inspiring it can be to connect with others who share similar passions to you.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

To strike a balance, the team aimed to automate as much of the body movements as possible while retaining the meaningful choices that players make while climbing. This approach not only offers an almost infinite amount of content but also allows players to climb famous rock faces, buildings, and even landmarks in their own cities.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But with so many different examples of battle passes on the market these days, developers have had to get increasingly experimental to build on their past successes. Battle pass feature popularity trend in US iOS mobile games 2018-2023 (source: GameRefinery Platform). State of the Survival is far from the only one, too.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, with increasing player expectations, rising game production costs, and growing competition, studios face the challenge of balancing game performance and profitability. Game developers from studios of various sizes tell us that reducing operational costs without compromising player experiences is a top priority for 2023 and beyond.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

So of course, when Clash Mini and Supercell social networks started teasing about something big coming up in December 2023, many of us thought it was the global launch. … But there are also deeply impactful changes to the gameplay , which expand the new gameplay direction that was established in the July 2023 update. It was not.

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Filmustage

MAY 18, 2023

As of 2023, the price for a DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 The Alta series, mainly the Alta 6 and Alta 8, have been popular among professional filmmakers for their superior build quality, payload capacity, and advanced flight controls. It also features five-direction obstacle sensing and four-direction obstacle avoidance. hovers around $1,600.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Written by Jesper Gustavsson , Director of Product at SYBO Games and a games industry veteran with 10 years of experience in building and operating mobile games as a product manager. The event is balanced to provide easy progression upfront, but it significantly slows down as you approach the end.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 13, 2025

When Christopher Nolan insists on IMAX cameras for "Oppenheimer" (2023) , it triggers a cascade of BTL expenses: specialized crew training, custom equipment transportation, and unique post-production workflows. Understanding movie production budgets is key to navigating this balance and effectively allocating resources.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 4, 2023

Remote is a great lifestyle, not a way to build a great company” - David Sacks former PayPal Holdings Inc. billion Strong statements against remote work, like the one above, have become common in 2023. Remote workers report a worse work/life balance. And that means a lot of information-sharing doesn’t happen. in 2012 for $1.2

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market. Mobile Marketing Trends Mobile marketing has become increasingly sophisticated, with a growing emphasis on building lasting user relationships and leveraging user-generated content. Apps vs. Games The balance between apps and games in the mobile market is shifting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

TWiG 234: 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood Over 500m Tik Tok users watch gaming content every month, according to Jen's recent trips on the conference circuit, and this audience is one that the crew things you should be building your game thesis around from day one!

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. They capture real actors' performances in live action and build complete worlds from scratch in animation. The VFX teams tackle unique challenges in each medium.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 30, 2024

Announced at SIGGRAPH 2023, NVIDIA AI Workbench enables developers to create, collaborate, and migrate AI workloads on their GPU-enabled environment of choice. The Mistral 7B fine-tuning reference project showcased in this post highlights how to leverage the power of AI Workbench to build a basic coding copilot on a system of your choice.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Take Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023) as an example. Smart productions build buffer days into their schedules and create backup plans for key scenes. The reality of these scheduling conflicts becomes crystal clear in the ever-changing world of film production.

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This episode is sponsored by Autodesk AU 2023 | November 13-15 in Las Vegas ⁠ ⁠ My conversation with Brian Canary, a seasoned game designer, reveals the intricacies of the industry’s shifting dynamics. Collaboration and Single-Player Game Resurgence The discourse delves deep into the essence of game design—collaboration.

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This episode is sponsored by Autodesk AU 2023 | November 13-15 in Las Vegas ⁠ ⁠ My conversation with Brian Canary, a seasoned game designer, reveals the intricacies of the industry’s shifting dynamics. Collaboration and Single-Player Game Resurgence The discourse delves deep into the essence of game design—collaboration.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Players build decks with cards from Government, Corporate, or Underground factions, and go up against other players or artificial intelligence (AI) to advance through the game in a cross-over digital world that supports cards from outside intellectual properties (IP).

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

aoemica continued expansion of Cog-Minder , including not only the build and combat simulator and tons of raw searchable data but now also with an amazing new wiki including maps, encounters, strategies, and all sorts of good stuff. I can’t promise that one will happen in 2023, but I will at least say it’s not impossible.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

trillion by 2023. But it takes a more balanced view of the metaverse than we often see in the mainstream media, viewing it not so much as a single transformative technology, but as an indicator of rapidly changing consumer behavior. “What are your immersive brand assets that you can build out for those environments?”

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

In 2023, there are over 3.09 Where a gamer is placed on the scale is all about balance. Three-Step Process of Building New Habits Developing habits and addictions involves these three steps: 1. Playing video games is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. What percent of people play video games?” billion by 2024.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 14, 2023, Ilkka Paananen published a public letter “ The Next Chapter of Supercell ”. From the start of 2023 to the end of September, Brawl Stars was earning around $260k a day. The highest they have been since the start of 2022, at roughly 150% greater than 2023’s baseline install rate.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

Video games are one of the world’s most beloved leisure activities, with over three billion active gamers globally as of 2023. Gaming helps build essential skills that allow gamers to perform daily tasks efficiently. For instance, games can be used for team-building and fostering relationships with other players.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Subway Surfers was the most popular game for three consecutive years, with 218 million downloads in 2023, 304 million in 2022, and 191 million in 2021. This is integrated in a way that it creates a balance between randomness and structure, making each run feel new and unpredictable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

Unlike other card games that are built around specific heroes or mana colors, Marvel Snap has a more flexible deck building system. The filtering system in the card builder is particularly well done and user-friendly, making it easy to find the cards you need to build your ideal deck.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

NEM and its chaotic effect is a whole different ball game that can be great for some builds, but there’s always the chance it’ll mess you up, so it takes a special embrace-the-chaos sort of mindset to use. So here we are in 2023 still without a way to manage controlled teleports, what do we do?

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