Grumpy Gamer

MAY 31, 2009

About a year and a little more ago, as I began designing the uber-awesome DeathSpank , I played all the way through The Secret of Monkey Island to refresh myself on the puzzles and dialog. No point in having to solve the same puzzle over and over. This gag was perfect, and in some ways better then making the player solve more puzzles.

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 30, 2009

About a year and a little more ago, as I began designing the uber-awesome DeathSpank , I played all the way through The Secret of Monkey Island to refresh myself on the puzzles and dialog. No point in having to solve the same puzzle over and over. This gag was perfect, and in some ways better then making the player solve more puzzles.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Four mobile games from indie studios in the U.S., Explore a diorama world, play exciting arcade games, complete quirky quests, and meet cute animal friends. Games for Change , in partnership with HP and Google Play, announced the winners of the second annual Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge at the 2024 Games for Change Festival.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unknown Number put First Person Talkers on the map, with talks at GDC, several indie awards, and even being exhibited at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC. And so, the duo started exploring different ways to turn talking into a puzzle. Best of all it’s a tried and tested gameplay set-up, like in LA Noire.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And I believe that creative freedom is the greatest quality that an indie game has, as it is free from labels and return demands from big investors.” That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Of course, if it doesn’t work out you won’t be able to blame anyone!

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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.” Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game.

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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.” Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. In the 15 years since Braid came out, every man and his dog has made an indie game.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

He decided to start his own indie game development studio, Overwrite Interactive , and create a video game from scratch. Operating as Gerel, players will explore the whimsical land of Muur, meet some of the quaint and quirky locals, battle enemies using melee combat, and unlock new areas by solving puzzles on a quest to reclaim her children.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It’s also important to consider that the bar for video games is being set ever higher, even for indies. Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact. That means players have come to expect a certain level of polish in games.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

high resolution high quality character models performing high quality animations and visual effects). mobile, consoles with weaker hardware specs, indie games) for important parts. Flight Simulator), rhythm games, puzzle games, and so on. Certain genres of games (e.g. Certain genres of games (e.g.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 6, 2025

From Christopher Nolan's mind-bending blockbusters to scrappy indie gems squeezing gold from every penny, one secret ingredient binds them all: meticulous script breakdown. This isn't just pre-production planning - it's your production's superhero cape, ensuring every piece fits perfectly into your filmmaking puzzle. Of course not!

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s fair to say that 3D game art styles are used everywhere – in film and cartoon production, animation, interior design, and architecture fields, and especially in game development. This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games. The definition comes from the name. 3D Art Styles Field Of Use.

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Astronomical observatory simulator, manipulating telescope POV, rotating planets on lens display like dioramas or puzzle boxes, relaxing, immersive 360 experience in space, UX pillars: precision, real-time, comfortable distances, avoiding locomotion sickness. Poses & Suggestive shapes / animations (hand & object).

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. where the main drawback is you're still vulnerable during the 2 second execution animation. but you can only safely do this if you have 50% or more health already.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? Because complex projects require a large group of developers, animators, QA testers, and artists. While a project like CoD must spare thousands of dollars for this, others, like indie games, may be promoted for free. And what genre will you pick?

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry. This tool offers users with documentation and tutorials.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. link] Rigging / Animation. and they're not wrong.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Implementing sprint attack animations, changing walk animations, and correcting dash rotation issues.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. We also provided some clips that capture the new run and flip animations themselves.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. Welcome, beautiful creatures!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charles Lee (Art Lead) , veteran art director and concept artist with past experience at Blizzard , Sony Pictures Animation , and who until very recently worked in the Visual Development of Netflix hit Arcane (damn!). The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. The dynamic mesh will allow the door to be animated and properly opened and closed.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Refactored blueprints and fixed animation bugs. Rigging / Animation. Started implementing an IK Setup.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It skips from action to pvp games to puzzles to boss fights with blinding speed. If you've played a decent indie game in the last five year, It Takes Two probably has you play a superior version of that game for 10 minutes. Fellow indie devs have privately, harshly turned on me for saying this, but it is true.

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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. Rigging / Animation. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. link] Sound Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

and try your luck at winning a FREE PS5 Disc Edition, courtesy of women-lead indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Even cooler, Neil is modeled after studio founder Allie's IRL late father, Neil, who had a penchant for all things animal and a deep love for the Grateful Dead. Rigging / Animation. link] Level Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. link] Rigging / Animation. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. If you're just joining us, welcome!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. Check it out! Programming. Okay, y'all.if

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

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. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. link] Sound Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

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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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

This is where 99.99% of indie developers and studios make their main and most fatal mistake. Common answers are: Everyone, e.g.: this is a nice puzzle, tower defense, casual, etc. Indie gamers, e.g.: People looking for cool, smaller games to play, no matter the type. An Indie or Experimental Game : Steam, GOG, etc.

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