Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. Designer Jobs: AI-driven procedural content generation (PCG) algorithms generate game content dynamically. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. Albeit the marketing constraints would remain.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Creative Spirit of “Lucid”: A Deep Dive into the Musical and Inspirational Layers of Indie Game Development While many of us have been engrossed in the epic cinematic experiences of Hollywood or caught up in the intricate weaves of Studio Ghibli’s storytelling, a fresh voice has emerged from the world of indie game development.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This evolving landscape presents opportunities for agile developers to thrive, even as AAA studios grapple with extended development cycles and rising costs. Trend: Single Player AAA Development Costs continue to Explode Premium Single Player games have been a healthy but stagnating market. in growth for the year 2024.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Interesting fact : Did You Know Crashing is Most Common in Indie Games? Indie games like Wizard with a Gun often face more crash issues compared to AAA titles. Given that indie developers might not have the vast resources to iron out all bugs, crashes can be more frequent. How to stop Wizard with a Gun from crashing?

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Now she sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

During the lockdown years companies grew in headcount to supply content against the massive surge of demand. Most AAA simply cannot afford the team sizes of today. The bull case : AI will supercharge indie developers allowing them to challenge large AAA by removing production constraints.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

Now she sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes science fiction about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Moonmana

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As a result, he began his career as an indie developer, creating games independently, and then founded a company that is still expanding. We are excited to be a part of creating AAA games that are the best in their class. Working as a Content Writer at GoodFirms, Anna Stark bridges the gap between service seekers and service providers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. What can we expect from this team?

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Every single AAA studio is trying to copy that model. According to IGN (2024) , 70% of new AAA releases now have some form of live-service monetization whether its battle passes, microtransactions, or subscription-based expansions. Or are we just making content platforms?” Jordan: “We all saw it happening, right?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

” Oh, and regularly update your tags to ensure they accurately reflect your game’s content and avoid irrelevant or incorrect tags added by fans. ” Focus on content about your game rather than unrelated events. And finally, indie developers often underprice their games.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Felt like they had to cut down 50% of their planned content, which is never easy. Still, overall this was a very impressive achievement for just 3 indie developers. Even AAA has given up on immersive sim RPGs , so any dev deserves praise just for attempting this genre I think. A lot of the city feels empty and unused.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. But is there an ultimate winner? What is Unreal?

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It's probably not worth the hassle for a solo indie. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Dense narrow spaces = too much content packed together and repetitive encounters. Sit and listen. Expendable companions.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Originally launched back in 2019, Dicey Dungeons was an immediate hit indie game. They removed all of the F2P monetization, polished some of the features, and released a new batch of content for season 4. But despite all of that, Terry Cavanagh nailed the transition. star review on the Google Play Store. Apex Legends Mobile by EA.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

unlike Outer Wilds, golden loop here is heavily hard-gated by quest progression, not a "true" information game, compromise with AAA market? Or at worst, they are leftover consequences of the design and they had to fudge some random content for it. I know it's easy for armchair indies like me to complain about pulling punches.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

There's practically never executive meddling in indie games because there are practically no executives involved. You may have guessed the kind of games these tend to be - the franchise games with regular release schedules and the live service games with regular content updates all hope to stay in this lane.

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