iHobo

JULY 5, 2023

There is a long standing belief among game developers that stories are something other than games, and that something like Final Fantasy VII is basically an animated movie cut with a combat game and an inventory management game.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

The studio describes the game as a ‘African Fantasy Action Adventure Role Playing game’ During his second year of university, inspired by a senior colleague turned friend and future co-founder’s project, Olamide switched game engines “I remember going to Ewere’s room and seeing the Unreal engine on his PC. I was blown away.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

February As part of our social media expansion, we also created an official Godot Engine account on the streaming platform Twitch. The PvP auto-battler with a medieval fantasy theme has quickly gained popularity with content creators! Strategize with animals and nature in mind! May Did you know that we still update Godot 3?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Ready to see how things are going now in the fantasy world of Ailur? Let's dive in. Concept Art.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Although the “metaverse” is often cited as a busted flush in media circles, social gaming worlds like Roblox and Fortnite continue to attract millions of players. Larger audience The popularity of games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons has proven that narrative role-playing is finding huge audiences. “These days.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Sony’s innovative UMD (Universal Media Disc) format allowed users to enjoy movies and music on the go. Games like God of War: Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, and Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions broke new ground. And the games on the device serve as a testament to that fact.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Greetings, friends and fantasy aficionados! Before diving into his final sprint task for this month, Nick first took some time to retexture our female player character’s whiskers so that they work properly when skinned/animated. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The adorable characters, detailed worldbuilding, and an animation style that is both refreshing and polished made it easy for players to immerse themselves in the world of Cookie Run and hard to leave. The Cookie Run universe has incorporated major archetypes from pop culture - D&D, fantasy literature, wild west, age of discovery, etc.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! Today we're serving up some seriously exciting updates, including a look at our new, custom game cursor; updates on our new player character's rigging and animation; and a sneak peek at our newest WIP level area. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This is the only place where you'll get a monthly, in-depth look at the development process for our inaugural title, Kristala - an enchantingly delightful 3D dark fantasy action RPG developed lovingly with Unreal Engine 4. Animation / Rigging. You can also follow our dev journey on social media via the links below.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Only MMO like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14 are still generally recognized by western gamers. This is primarily because the Korean art team does not have the same historical and cultural burden as European and American teams shoulder when designing western fantasy elements. This genre is getting marginalized in the West.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Now, let's get ready to amp up the magic and dive headfirst into the dark fantasy of Kristala.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. link] Rigging / Animation.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 18, 2022

This was when there was a craze of serial killers in popular media, and I wanted to make fun of it. Situation Number Two I write computer fantasy role-playing games. We’re pack animals. Situation Number One About 15 years ago, I wrote a humor piece called, "Helpful, Non-Threatening Quiz: Am I a Serial Killer?"

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So simulationism was born as a way to make fantasy worlds richer, more immersive… in a sense, to “make the ride better.” I say mostly, because social media today shows we were partly right also. But it’s also visible in the Holodeck, or in anime like Sword Art Online (which was directly inspired by Ultima Online !). So is FFXIV.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Wayyyy back in the 70s and 80s, science fiction/fantasy/superhero content hadn't completely taken over the culture yet. You can turn on the tap and choose from 73 different flavors of Medieval Fantasy Content. But there was no political obligation to like or hate Generic Fantasy Product made by a Trillion Dollar Global Conglomerate.

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The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 21, 2023

And also animals can turn into animal robots? Or do cars also turn into animal robots? Does that mean there are animal cars? Every writer should also be a consumer of media. Fantasy of some sort. Anyway I do go see action and fantasy movies, because they give me quality time with my family.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 3, 2017

Wargames to understand history, fantasy to let my imagination blow, euros to exercise my brain. Board games are a much different animal than most people in this world will ever realize. They have a beautifully complex media landscape rife with videos, podcasts, blogs, and forums. Chris Mayfield (@abandonrules) May 30, 2017.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Game Production / Rigging / Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

The event kicks off August 10th and runs through the 16th (that's an entire week of bashin' on baddies and getting immersed in the fantasy world of Ailur). Animation / Rigging / Game Production. Additionally, Allie worked on the animation for our Base Dagger Special Attack. The ACS Games Dev Team.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Here you'll get an inside look at the detailed development work done for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the inaugural title from the team behind Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-lead indie studio based in Central PA, USA. For now, let's leave reality behind and take a step into the dark fantasy world of Kristala. Rigging / Animation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

A Combination of East and West Dislyte ’s character design mixes styles of Japanese anime and American cartoons, showcasing sophisticated line art (typical in anime) and exaggerated facial expressions (typical in Amerimaga). Anime styled character. On social media, Dislyte has hosted a series of fan activities (e.g.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Hello, dearest of friends and finest of high-fantasy enthusiasts! NISARGA CLAN: MYRTUNA CLAN: TANDARA CLAN: KEOZA CLAN: SYKOMANA CLAN: LYUMINA CLAN: Animation / Rigging / Game Production. There's never a dull day in the life of our resident animation expert and Game Producer, Allie. We hope you enjoy. Sound Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Riot combined a full-blown media blitz with a Twitch integration that awarded beta keys to people viewing Runeterra streams to secure approximately a zillion eyeballs on their new game for a few days. Each champion also plays a unique full-board animation when leveling up. Words don’t do the level-up animations justice.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

The brand affinity generates engagement while answering some hard questions about player fantasy, character, world, demographic and art style. Demographic <> Genre Fit <> Brand Fantasy: Does the brand fantasy enhance and or/ match the demographic and genre fit?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

But when you think about the AAA catalogs offered by Xbox Game Pass and Playstation Now, this just seems like a nearly impossible battle to take on for a streaming media company with little game development experience, no matter how flush with cash they are. On one hand, it makes sense that Netflix would want to be the Netflix of gaming.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

This kind of unwarranted use of the term in-game descriptions and media articles has been rife lately – it seems that pretty much any kind of random element in gameplay is described as “roguelike” nowadays. Punishing: Gray Raven is an anime-style sci-fi action RPG with high-quality cel-shading graphics.

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