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Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori reaches Kickstarter goal in just 19 hours

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Alice Ruppert , a leading authority on equestrian games with her website The Mane Quest and a producer on the game, spent most of 2023 working on its inception and concept, laying the foundation for a game that faithfully portrays horses. Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori will release in Steam Early Access in September 2024.

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Final Factory by Never Games takes automation into space and adds bullet-hell

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One of my close friends, Ches Denison, joined me working 5-10 hours a week as a playtester, game designer, and just a general jack-of-all-trades-guy. In early 2023, another friend of mine and former coworker, Kyle Tinker, also known as Lothsahn, joined as a part-time developer as well.

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Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori takes equestrian gaming to 13th century Mongolia

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Alice Ruppert , a leading authority on equestrian games with her website The Mane Quest and a producer on the game, spent most of 2023 working on its inception and concept, laying the foundation for a game that faithfully portrays horses. “We Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori will release in Steam Early Access in September 2024.

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Ancient China comes to life in Thriving City: Song by White Star Studio

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But it took some tweaking to get the right balance. The team of White Star Studios closely monitored the results of early playtest sessions. Wu emphasizes the importance of creating a game that strikes a balance between realism and player enjoyment. UPDATE This article first appeared May 24, 2023.

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Indie dev studio Wikkl Works takes virtual rock climbing to New Heights

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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. But we probed and playtested, and we pulled through without changing course to a climbing-inspired arcade game”, says Boogaard. Release date for New Heights is July 2023.

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Passionate Resilience: The Rise of Pineapple on Pizza Studios with Kushal Sithlu

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It’s been a struggle balancing my master’s with all the business stuff, especially now that we were in these accelerators,” he says. His school deadlines were extended, affecting his final year project, Null Factor, but even on its smaller scale, it won an award at the Fak’ugesi Festival in 2023.

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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

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Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix. He stressed that games should hold true to the brand’s values, citing Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes as a perfect product-market fit.

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