Indie DB

JUNE 26, 2024

Prince of Thieves (2024) is a personal reinterpretation of a project developed in 2016 for Public Domain Jam 3. It is an early 80s style fixed screen arcade game, designed with the philosophy of reviving classic video games.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1.

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Big Games

JANUARY 9, 2025

The integration of advanced graphics, powerful processors, and larger screens in smartphones has made the overall gaming experience more immersive than ever before. billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 10.39% during the forecast period (2024-2029). Research and Markets estimates its size at USD 100.54

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2024

Technology Trends in XR - 2024 Extended Reality is breaking new ground and this blog talks about extended reality technology trends like the Metaverse, Digital Twin Technology and Holoportation. Let's check out technology trends in XR - 2024.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

million occurring in September 2024 alone ( App Radar ). These stats highlight the long lasting popularity of endless runners as a mobile gaming phenomenon. Logic Simplified is a Unity Game Development Company with the finest, most creative game concept artists, 2D and 3D game designers , and UX designers.

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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. We might think that trends change fast, and while that’s partly true, some shifts take years to really hit their stride.

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Lessons Learned From Palworld’s Success Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Palworld is looking to be 2024’s Vampire Survivors — with a game that came out to massive, overwhelming success within two weeks. The game, and the studio is now set up for a very long time.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

“Solo developed games have much more room to be experimental and weird, and I love that.” Ansdor’s game Slipstream , an OutRun-inspired arcade racer, gets a final, free expansion and then it’s time to move on. “In I wouldn’t feel comfortable working on a game if I had to just follow someone else’s ideas.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2024

We were really inspired by watching streamers like Ludwig tackle games like Jump King and Getting Over It,” says Isaac Iozzi, acting as director and game designer on Ascending Inferno. However, the tide turned in 2024 when they secured a government grant from Screen Australia.

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Cloudy Heaven Games

MARCH 30, 2024

This coming Monday (April 1, 2024), I will be starting a new series of game jams, to help myself and other developers practice game design and development skills. A game jam is an event in … Continue reading → The post Practice Game Development by Entering Game Jams appeared first on Cloudy Heaven Games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Catizen — one of the top Telegram success stories — earned $25 million in revenue as of September 2024 with over 1 million paying users. The game Hamster Kombat hit 300 million users. In fact, a recent report by Game7 indicates that 21% of web3 games launched in 2024 chose Telegram as their platform.

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OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

Jump to: January February March April May June July August September October November December January 2024 events and dates TBC Mobidictum Network 13th – 14th | Istanbul, Turkey A smaller-scale games industry event for up to 300 attendees, Mobidictum covers many topics across a full itinerary of speakers with plenty of networking.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Developed and taught by seasoned industry professionals and academics, these specialised courses are designed to bridge the gap between education and industry. Applications are now open for the first trimester, commencing on January 29, 2024. The deadline for trimester one is January 24, 2024, at 11:59 PM (AEST).

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Lonely Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. He had saved enough money to live comfortably for a few years while pursuing his game development dream.

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Between that and the fact that I’m a game designer, and one who is also working on my own RPG, I feel like I’m in a pretty good position to give some thoughts on this latest entry in a way that might be helpful to other Final Fantasy fans. My 2024 updated Final Fantasy tier list. No big surprise there.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Convai is a versatile developer platform for designing characters with advanced multimodal perception abilities. These characters are designed to integrate seamlessly into both the virtual and real worlds. NVIDIA showcased Convai and the latest NVIDIA ACE technologies in the NVIDIA Kairos demo that debuted at CES 2024.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 22, 2024

Data-driven design is the norm for applications and websites now, led by fusing data analytics with UX design. You may also read: Game Design and Development Process: Pre to Postproduction Why UX Design Evolution Matters “ The growth in UX is still to come.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

There are several more experienced game teams, either pivoting or forming new companies. As my colleague, Anton Backman from Play Ventures said recently, and I concur with his assessment, blockchain understanding will be commoditized, but game design and product understanding will be a rare skill , even as it is in gaming now.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

We didn’t yet know what reasonable limits to put on such a feature, as in what’s the absolute furthest it could go without compromising other parts of the game design. Phase 4 Phase 3 is definitely being worked on now, with plans to release it in early 2024. It had to wait.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 22, 2024

When we founded Clapperheads, we were certain that we wanted to specialize in horror games”, explains CPO & Lead Game Designer Valentin Shchekin (Serbia). With our first game Sparky Marky, we needed to quickly make a game to make a name for ourselves, especially during such a challenging time for the industry.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Exceptions upon exceptions Looking back at the development process, Kusters is amazed about the intricacy of Vic Davis’ original game design. “He He made this game, essentially on his own, in just over 18 months. Honestly, the hardest part of development has been raising this infernal design from the abyss.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Six months into development, Coma accepted a job at Appeal Studios as a game designer, eventually becoming a game director. During his time there, he reconnected with a colleague from a previous game jam, Baptiste Remy, who shared an interest in making smaller indie games outside of work hours.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If you know of any game development internships that aren’t listed here, please tell me ! Sound Design Intern (Remote!) Brush up your resume and focus on any game dev work you’ve done. Amateur game dev work counts! Tabletop game mastering counts! Amateur board and card game design counts!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Read more in the Gamesforum study: Hybrid Monetization 2024 Trends. An extra billion dollars from ads - many hypothesize thats the lower estimate for the sum Microsofts Activision Blizzard King has earned since 2018 when they integrated IAA into their largest games. Thats right: hybrid monetization hybridcasual!

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 3, 2025

Or game design.) In 2024, it has to be about how being passionate and working hard is mental illness. (Including from inside their own heads.) Everything they do is done from a defensive crouch. This is death of the spontaneous joy and anarchy that is the heart of good animation. (Or And what did we get?

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Designer Notes

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Voting for Trump in 2024 is an unconscionable act. There was a tiny window when he could have been impeached and barred from future office, but after Republican cowardice scuttled that opportunity, the new administration had to deal with the reality that he would run again in 2024.

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