Moonmana

JUNE 7, 2023

This time we’ll unveil the most common reasons why studios choose Unity for creating a game for Android in 2023. Is Unity Good for Mobile Games? Numerous studies have shown that more than a million developers all over the globe choose Unity for mobile games creation.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

The developers of Fireplace Games made an early prototype of the game while still in school, but are now well on their way to release it as a full-fledged game. prototype started gaining traction with nominations, awards and people posting YouTube videos. The 2023 version of En Garde!

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ikpeme’s love for game development only intensifies, despite the demands of his full-time role as a Business Intelligence Analyst at a multi-award-winning Nigerian bank. Lazy afternoon “When I joined the industry, I noticed that many game developers try to do everything—coding, animating, designing, and writing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2024

Here are some impressive stats: Voodoo maintains an average of roughly 100 prototypes in progress at all times, reflecting a massive stream of game development ideas. They test around 1,000 prototypes each year, demonstrating their dedication to exploring a wide array of concepts.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

He is also still a believer in web3, but would like to see more game developers using blockchain tech to offer something only enabled by web3 technology. He added that a lot of the funding that has gone into PVE or play-to-earn games was flawed.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Tie-dye games As for the game’s dynamics on the market, it peaked two months after its release in early July 2020 and quickly went down to 5.58M monthly installs. In January 2023, the game generated 1.9M In January 2023, the game still generated 2.8M Since then, its downloads have been decreasing gradually.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. This is a more business-oriented aspect of game development that we rarely see, and frankly, an aspect we rarely associate with DF either.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

In September 2023, she received a Rising Star Award at the Fak’ugesi Festival for her game ‘Rapz,’ which she created to foster a sense of self-love in young girls. She employs art forms such as dance, filmmaking, fashion, and now game development to find creative solutions to things that are near and dear to her.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The game is sunsetting so there's layoffs. We've seen a huge number of layoffs in 2023 and this year so far. When the vast majority of the costs in the industry are salaries, the vast majority of cost-cutting is how many workers to let go. I doubt we've seen the last of them.

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AWS Games

MAY 14, 2024

Its core team has developed the game since 2018, even though the studio was officially formed in 2020. Made by fans, for fans, “Predecessor” was born out of the ashes of “Paragon,” a MOBA game developed by Epic Games from 2016-2018. The game’s new backend debuted on March 5, 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Their top 3 leading games of all time are Park Master with 175M installs, Ball Run 2048 with 149M, and the more recent Number Master with 83M. How do you approach development of Hypercasual games in 2024, considering the general shift towards Hybridcasual? .”

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Having been the market leaders for years, these two are the main candidates for the title of the best game engine. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding.

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AWS Games

APRIL 8, 2024

To drive innovations in this fast-moving market, HUDstats prioritizes reliable, battle-tested resources that help it move quickly and prototype tools their clients haven’t yet imagined, which is why the company adopted Amazon Bedrock for generative AI.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

If you’re an avid gamer who loves computers, you may be thinking about pursuing a career as a game developer. Game development is a specialized, comparatively small, and lucrative industry. Retail gaming in the United States is estimated to be worth $4.19 billion in 2023.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Overall, we believe that 2023 will be the year of austerity and efficiency. This means cutting new games in development, investing in revenue-generating titles, reducing headcount, and implementing hiring freezes. Companies are getting hyper-focused on profitability and reducing all ‘fat’.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Most of you likely know Joakim Achren as the founder of the fantastic Elite Game Developers blog, podcast, and newsletter. But you might not know that he is also a published author , a venture partner at Play Ventures , a very active angel investor, and co-founder of the powerful Next Games. Joakim Achren.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And seems it provides a solid ground to start hiring the rest of the team, while they start prototyping their ideas. It’s well-documented that the R&D process at Riot involves prototyping with small teams , which in turn could resemble the famous (Super) cell structure. And past experience in entrepreneurship.

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