PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

They created interactive installations, motion graphics animations, experiential web pages, mobile apps, and lots of other creative projects. We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

” “We went from animation based to animation with inverse kinematics (IK), to fully IK based, to ragdoll based, guided by IK and minor animations. But we probed and playtested, and we pulled through without changing course to a climbing-inspired arcade game”, says Boogaard.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I like variety in my work (art, coding, animation, marketing); it keeps things interesting and I also love seeing my own progress over the weeks, months and years.” I also released the demo on Steam early (after invite-only playtesting) so I can gather feedback from real players. What are the biggest advantages of working solo? “I’m

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

They have to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance the technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve their civilization. In our team everyone has different roles in coding, design and testing, but at the end of the day we comment on each other’s work in playtests.”

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Technology Indy Games Playtesting 104

Cocos

MARCH 25, 2024

Also, I’ve been toying around with the animation tool’s “embedded player”… I realize it’s still experimental feature, but it got me thinking… is there a way that we can preview a spine animation in editor without having to manually playtest the game? Particularly in the animation timeline tool?

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Notably, she is an animator on the project Tom the Postgirl at Oopsie Daisies studio. During the playtest, six people played at the same time, and I noticed they laughed at certain texts, which was great. Dasha created an environment where Kathleen felt comfortable sharing her challenges and making tough decisions.

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Within a couple days, I plan to post a big update to the Codex print-and-play version (for $25+ patrons) that has dozens of balance changes based on the last month of playtesting. If you're an expert 3D combat animator, or a visual effects artist (in Unity), or a 3D environmental artist, get in touch with us at jobs@sirlingames.com.

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Fantasy Fighting Balance Concepts 52

PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. I was intrigued by the physics-based animation but I had no idea how it worked at the time. They can’t even run, because it’s hard to animate legs with physics.” “I Especially early-on.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

After three days of intensive game development and two weeks of playtesting and rating (over 3,500 ratings!), The beautiful artwork and animation coupled with the witty writing and intelligent use of live real-world data made it a brilliant entry. we now have the results for our June 2018 Godot Community Game Jam !

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 21, 2024

The involvement of the gaming community also extended to playtesting, where players had the opportunity to experience early versions of the game and provide constructive feedback. “Playtesting is a crucial part of our development process,” James emphasized.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Episode 07: "We'll Know Where It Is" covers more VR dev and the semi-departure of animator Ray Crook. The conflict between him and senior programmer Anna Kipnis begins simmering here already, when his first interaction with her is to interrupt her during a brainstorming session. Sharp criticism and failure is what hones your design sense.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Further over to the right we’ll see the playtest buttons which allow us to play, pause or stop our game. In the bottom panel , you’ll see your output, debug, audio and animation windows. The first thing you’ll notice is the main menus up in the upper left corner. Let’s look over to the left first. Notice here we have the scene dock.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

walking animation (mixamo). To rig and animate the character I could have used of course my preferred 3D-modelling software, but I found an amazing (it really is!)   The result is a nearly perfect rig that can be used to apply a big number of already set-up animations from the mixamo website.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This mainly involves testing for incomplete interface design, audio and video issues, and mechanical shortcomings, among other problems that may lead to missed colors, freezing, and inconsistent animation, among other bugs or errors. So, playtesting sessions with actual can help gather insights and make improvements based on player feedback.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The above activities are intentionally planned not to fill the whole day, so that there is time to get to know each other, present one's work to other attendees, playtest games, etc. Talk: My Godot toolbox: patterns, animation and encapsulation | Jakub Grzesik ( kubecz3k ). Potentially other topics based on needs/interests.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Modern games have high-quality sounds, animations, and visuals. This is never the case because some game tests, such as playtesting and ad hoc, cannot be automated. Also, they boast advanced capabilities, making them more complex to test. Manually testing such games can be time-consuming, delaying their release to the market.

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Scripting Games Engine Engineering 52

Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

I’ll be streaming a run in this layout as well, once the build is ready… Extra Credit With playtesting having only just begun, I’m sure these layouts could use some more polish here and there, but they seem in a really good place already.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 3, 2024

Crucial animations Reflecting on challenges faced during development, Bobby acknowledges that animation proved to be a formidable task. “Due to the style of the game, we need to create polished, believable animations that look good on the screen.” “Talk with the players and do lots of playtesting.

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Horror Build Playtesting Animation 211

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

As is the changes are too new and we’ll have to see what real playtesting turns up. So yes this was another of those early “purely because we could” things without any playtesting or strong design basis, and it eventually showed. Fine tuning. I look forward to trying these out myself!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

At that point, Second Dinner revealed that their first project just so happens to be a licensed Marvel IP, which the team has been working on for six months already and is currently beginning to playtest. The upgrading process is visually impressive, featuring parallaxing backgrounds and animations.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

It’s important to stick to the plan to avoid spending years making prototypes, that you will need to adapt in most cases after the first playtests. Think twice before offering hair and finger animation! The Sanctua game design document was 95% complete before I started coding. My biggest lesson?

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

Do you keep most art and animations but rebuild the whole series of puzzle in a different way? I assume you mean "playtesting" since we don't do beta testing. But, at any point in development, from playtesters, bug testers, or us playing the game, we're constantly finding puzzles that don't work.

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Puzzle Point and Click Playtesting Art 130

Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

Do you keep most art and animations but rebuild the whole series of puzzle in a different way? I assume you mean “playtesting” since we don’t do beta testing. But, at any point in development, from playtesters, bug testers, or us playing the game, we’re constantly finding puzzles that don’t work.

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Puzzle Point and Click Playtesting Art 130

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? Playtesting, bug fixing, incorporating or giving feedback, and keeping an ever-watchful eye out for ludo-narrative dissonance. And that’s humans!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Their leather armor is often decorated with twisting vines, animal imagery, preserved flowers, and other natural craftsmanship. link] After adjusting the lighting, Ian then shifted gears to work on addressing some of the minor level-streaming issues we'd pinpointed during playtesting at the Play NYC game convention. Take a look!

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Carmen Palade – Animation. Fix the problems we identified during the playtest. I’m pretty sure we’ll be doing some more playtests in the near future. Before we get into the details though, I’d like to start with a round of virtual applause for the real rock stars, the guys and gal of Team Rikodu who made it all possible.

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Point and Click Dev Demo Playtesting 52

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 23, 2025

Crucial animations Reflecting on challenges faced during development, Bobby acknowledges that animation proved to be a formidable task. “Due to the style of the game, we need to create polished, believable animations that look good on the screen.” “Talk with the players and do lots of playtesting.

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Horror Build Animation Animation 104

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

As in Skyrim, my animations are charmingly janky, with penises occasionally clipping through eyes and noses, or even through the back of the skull entirely. In my playtests, it felt like the best tactic is to try to trap the cop in the corner with your body while the AIs coordinate a big orgy that gives you a huge payout.

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