Ask a Game Dev

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.

Game Design 52

Game Design Game Designer Fighting Racing 52

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. Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games.

Dev 138

Dev Development Sandbox Indy 138

Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! Three safehouse skulls + main quest macguffin = boss fight. that a bigger US AAA or a non-US indie would've failed to capture. But not really. The player never quite experiences these ideas in the game itself.

Studios 98

Studios Co-op Open World Cutscenes 98

The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Though God help any foolish reviewer who tries to give an AAA game less than 9/10.) That fight really stomped me." "Do So I went onto Twitch and YouTube and watched how Serious Gamerz did the hard fights. The fights were just too fast and chaotic for anything else, especially against the tough bosses. Sold a ton.

Fighting 92

Fighting Games Balance Writing 92

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

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. This in turn would give more power to quality developers that hold IPs while killing the indie scene with a flood of copycat products.

AI 59

AI Games AAA Studios 59

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? This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. I think the intention is to make you scrounge around for ammo during a fight and/or swap weapons more often.

Fighting 52

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

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. This in turn would give more power to quality developers that hold IPs while killing the indie scene with a flood of copycat products.

AI 59

AI Games AAA Media 59