PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Now that the games industry has witnessed more than 9.000 layoffs this year, we have to seriously reconsider how the educational system is operating. Do we really need tons of new AAA production workers to come into the industry every year? All screenshots are taken from the upcoming game Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles by Tomas Sala.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

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. The English solo developer began his journey right after the Pandemic. Inevitably, I’ve gone over time and over budget,” he says.

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JULY 8, 2024

While it's true that many game developers are tech savvy, there's more to IT than just keeping a workstation running. IT at game companies does the same thing that IT does at any tech company - they set up, maintain, and make decisions about tech solutions for an organization.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

This is one reason most game studios are always hiring senior devs, they need to backfill positions that open up through normal attrition. It’s a AAA game built by an enormous team that was generally positively reviewed, but clearly had its flaws. ALT I am also not discounting the claims of “Incompetent Leadership”.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

For a game within a franchise that has a strong release schedule like FIFA, preproduction can be as short as 4 months as the developers figure out what they have the time to do. The goal of preproduction is to build out to the vertical slice of gameplay, a playable example of all of the game’s features and systems working together.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 17, 2024

Before I got into game development, I was a crime reporter at a daily newspaper”, says Ben Gelinas , creative director on Times & Galaxy and Copychaser Games’ founder. Times & Galaxy essentially mashes up my previous life in journalism with my current work in game dev.

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Awesome Tuts

APRIL 22, 2022

Recently I promoted my Lazy Game Dev product and this is one of the emails I wrote for the promotion. A young, insignificant game dev named Asbjørn Thirslund is hurrying home to create his first tutorial for a YT channel he just started called Brackeys. You’re a YT game dev,” shouts Brackeys. BAHAHAHA!”

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Unfortunately, the real story in the AAA space is that experimental and niche games like RTS games don't have as much of a potential market anymore. If the studio doesn't have a good distribution of work for these devs to do, that inevitably leads to layoffs. Creatives want to be creative, so they pitch creative stuff.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

We're not project leads that pitch entire games, we're [ content creators ] that build the bits of specific content in games - the spells, the monsters, the fights, the classes, the races, the quests, the environments, the stats, the companions, and so on.

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MARCH 16, 2023

In addition to the rise of mobile, the relationship between a movie tie-in console game’s development cycle and the movie itself was already fraying in the mid to late 2000s. Back when AAA games could be developed by a fairly small ( [ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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JULY 17, 2024

This requires a significant internal development team to build drivers and software interfaces. Beyond this, they likely need to develop their own flagship game (or more) to launch with the console. Third, they must secure investment from third party developers to build games for that console.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 2, 2019

At Heroic Labs , we see games development in a similar way. The rich variety of tooling available to games developers has delivered an explosion of creativity over the past decade. And that’s why we’re excited to support the development of the Godot Engine as a sponsor. Democratising game development.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

I sat down with John Krajewski , the man behind the unique and forward-thinking game, Eco. The conversation shifted from the nuances of game development to the larger, looming concept of the “metaverse.” “The community’s voice is invaluable; it helps shape the game,” he remarked.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA. Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? The best part about these is that even a solo developer can create them.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I recently spoke to Eric and chronicled his mesmerizing journey from architecture’s rigidity to the fluidity of game development. I’m making a game called Lucid ,” began Eric, a clear nod to a rich history of 32-bit gaming, particularly the SNES era. .” There was a turning point though.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

There’s just so many creative, brilliant, fun to look at, surprising situations – the dev team had a ton of fun making a lot of the game. I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. CON: The narrative.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

It specializes in game development. . iXie initially focused solely on game QA and specialized QA but recently the studio broadened its area of expertise to include game localization, art production, and 3D services. . Notable gaming companies Viking Corporation has collaborated with are Ubisoft, Sega, and Nintendo.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Comparison screenshot taken from [ Digital Foundry's excellent comparison video ]. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

On the path to becoming a pro game developer the hardest thing is not learning how to make games, it’s actually the un-learning you have to do. And one of those guidelines is choosing the correct game engine for your needs. You see choosing a game engine depends on your goal as a game developer.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It’s one thing to have an idea in your head, but bringing it to life with a team, especially for VR, was a whole different experience In an era where the gaming industry faces rapid transformation, both in terms of technology and workforce dynamics, key players like Jim Gray , founder of Jim Gray Productions , are navigating this evolving landscape.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Which Game Engine Has The Best Visual Scripting Tools For No-Code Devlopment? In today’s tutorial we’re going to compare a few different game engines that come with built in visual scripting tools to help game developers make video games without code. Introduction to Visual Scripting.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It’s one thing to have an idea in your head, but bringing it to life with a team, especially for VR, was a whole different experience In an era where the gaming industry faces rapid transformation, both in terms of technology and workforce dynamics, key players like Jim Gray , founder of Jim Gray Productions , are navigating this evolving landscape.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

From my perspective, there is a direct line from the European browser and South Korean net cafe hits, to the explosion of Facebook gaming, to the ascendance of mobile free-to-play to the dominance of live services revenue in EA’s 12-month earnings. You can make some progress for free, but to really get ahead you buy resources from the devs.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 20, 2022

Also the game has great reviews on every platform it’s on, which is nice. I also think, actually all told, the whole dev process was pretty darn short. I started it late 2019, worked on it throughout 2020, and released the game in 2021. It’s kind of a miracle if anyone finishes any game. Thanks for reading!

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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). One could wonder if this makes Ryan a bold choice to lead the studio. billion | US Monthly Charts ?

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

His experience in those fields really helped him in his game development career. Overall, I’d say that coming from the film industry definitely helped the script-writing process for games”, he says. The more you raise the bar, the more you risk disappointing somebody, especially if you don’t have AAA budgets.”

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Naoum calls himself a jack of all trades, a master of none, so going solo on game development made a lot of sense. Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!”

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

“Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Naoum calls himself a jack of all trades, a master of none, so going solo on game development made a lot of sense. Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!”

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Recently, I caught up with my old friend Jordan Smith to talk about where things stand and what the future looks like for game developers like us. In just the first half of 2024, over 10,000 game developers lost their jobs, according to GamesIndustry.biz (2024). Every single AAA studio is trying to copy that model.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Here's the main issue - game development is expensive. AAA studios are expensive and cost a lot to run, assigning a AAA studio a remake/port project is not really worth it when compared to the estimated return on investment. First, it costs notably less than the publisher putting their own internal AAA studios on it.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So… for a moment, let’s put aside the fact that the purpose of a publicly traded company like most AAA game publishers (Nintendo, Ubisoft, Take Two, EA, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, etc.) Getting a spokesman or celebrity to help sell your game costs money. Marketing AAA games is expensive. No they don’t.

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MARCH 6, 2023

The game has already been cancelled and we just don’t know about it ALT The game has been cancelled internally and there is no active development happening on it, but we just haven’t told the public about it for whatever reason. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Hopefully there will continue to be some crossover in there and you'll be able to find some games you can enjoy. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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