CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. About Overwrite Interactive's global game dev team & their roles. About Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Last month, game industry documentary makers 2 Player Productions debuted a massive 32-part YouTube game dev doc series Double Fine PsychOdyssey , chronicling the development of Psychonauts 2 from its earliest glimmers of pre-production in 2015 to its final release in 2021.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Brainstorm game concepts for 30 minutes. Find or make simple art for your game. Swap out any art that doesn’t reinforce the feeling you’re trying to evoke. Play the game with your first draft art and components. Attempt to fix issues you identified with art or components yesterday. Stuck along the way?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As an artist, I see games as works of art, not just as interactive entertainment. I sketch many times, not only my concept art but even game mechanics. It’s a new way to make art. “One of the biggest advantages is surely the freedom. It’s important to try many things that have never been done before.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Buy some board game art, even if it’s just one piece. truly became alive when I got the first art from James Masino. “Accessible” is a loaded word in board gaming, but the basic concepts are simple: make games for as many people as you can. My first game, War Co. Learn how to make more accessible board games.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

Known for his breakout solo project, Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield, Neil Jones has now teamed up with British dev studio BetaJester to bring its successor, Aerial_Knight’s We Never Yield , to life. “I shared the concept with them early on, and they were fully on board, which boosted my excitement.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 27, 2024

Toronto, Canada based indie dev Thousand Stars Studio prides itself on being a culturally diverse studio. Art Director Sally Luc believes that every team member’s origin and unique perspective on the world help shape something that goes beyond solely what’s popular. Art Director Sally Luc then took the designs and added her own flavor.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

Sound design, art direction, marketing, you name it. This isn’t a truly solo project, as I’ve had some contractors help out immensely in concept art, sound, and on the PR front.” It all started with wanting to tackle a small project that a programmer with limited art skills could tackle. And the biggest pitfalls?

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Plus just the act of talking out an idea generates a lot more ideas around it, as well as connecting them with other concepts.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Nicola Piovesan remembers how he created the concept in a semi-hypnagogic state right before falling asleep. “I Many define the game as ‘pixel art’, but in reality this is not exactly the case. The challenge was to create characters in pure classic 2D pixel-art. In fact, all the backdrops are not in pixel-art, but in voxel-art.”

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

I went through a Bachelor of Creative Arts, and then through Film School, all looking for bigger and better art forms. Painting or art I could work on everyday, but I felt it wasn’t broad enough. Plus just the act of talking out an idea generates a lot more ideas around it, as well as connecting them with other concepts.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 12, 2016

For gateway gamers, you’d prioritize a simple game based on straightforward concepts, understandable strategy, non-gamey language, approachable graphics, a short play time, and general ease-of-use. You can make a game’s art pretty and detailed while keeping the art approachable. appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Early play-testing feels more like science than art. “Fun” is a nebulous and weird concept for game developers. I’ve got Event Card art. Click here. Early play-testing photo.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

The concept for Unstoppable, where office workers are infected by a mysterious gas, followed after discussions with Lead Game Designer Cho Si-wook. “We We feel that our company should prioritize elements such as art, sensibility, and humanity. Yet, because of such experiments, there are victims.” Unstoppable is available now on Steam.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . Tips on Finding the Perfect Art Outsourcing Company. Tips on Finding the Perfect Art Outsourcing Company.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2024

Fun Dog Studios was founded when a team of 30 veteran devs came together to build their own dream game. Jeff G (Design Director Jeff Gregg ) is not a talker, he will go into the game and make an idea a prototype reality, and the art team will go from rough concept, to hands on in the map to make damn sure it kicks as much ass as possible.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. You have very limited ways of communicating complicated concepts to your players with static cardboard and plastic, so what you imply and what you suggest through your game’s design is very important!

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Moonmana

AUGUST 11, 2022

It is fair to say that any video game is a work of art. It requires game developers and designers to put a good deal of time and effort into delivering 2D concept art for a game. . Why you should consider 2D art outsourcing services. Opting for 2D game art outsourcing is the right solution. Visual matters indeed!

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Brand Game Development

MAY 13, 2019

Everything can be scrapped at a moment’s notice – mechanics, rules, art, and even basic core concepts. Once you get late in the game, though, such as with art, custom plastic pieces, or miniatures, it can be very complicated. Art direction is complicated. Art direction, plain and simple, is complicated.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Art Boost is a new segment added to the podcast last year and it was to promote and learn from artists breaking down personal projects, techniques, & workflows. Topics discussed in this episode : 0265: Art Boost | Sculpting AAA Realistic Characters with Lisa Loseva. 0250: Art Boost | Architectural Concept with Gabriel Yeganyan.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2024

Canadian solo dev Matt Marshall is the creator of the Cyberpunk-themed city builder Dystopika. I love bringing in the right expertise for a piece of concept art or a soundtrack, but right now I’m very content focused on creating rather than running a company.” Will you ever work in a team or is it only solo for you? “I

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I’m also very skeptical about the return on investment that game devs can expect from a typical con. In environments like this, you’ll witness the rare art form of constructive criticism.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. To me, a mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance. It also speaks to players through its theme, story, art, components, and even box design.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

The following excerpt is from Games Speak through Mechanics, Not Rules (Dev Diary: 04/28/17). To me, a mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance. It also speaks to players through its theme, story, art, components, and even box design. Chess tells a story.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Toronto, Canada based indie dev Thousand Stars Studio prides itself on being a culturally diverse studio. Art Director Sally Luc believes that every team members origin and unique perspective on the world help shape something that goes beyond solely whats popular. Art Director Sally Luc then took the designs and added her own flavor.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces. In our last issue of the Kristala dev blog, we showed off the initial model Karena completed for a Nisargan-themed bed.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Box art is incredibly important in the board game industry. Your board game box is the most important art you’ve got – make it count! (If But that also includes the messages you send about your game through your art. If the art is whimsical, they expect it to be light-hearted. Need help on your board game?

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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. Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! 3D Asset Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Thanks for joining us for another exciting and epic issue of the Kristala Dev Blog. 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. Concept Art.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Now that we’ve accepted that theme and mechanics are imaginary, abstract concepts, let’s put them to use. Once you’ve got mechanics to suit a core theme, you can develop the theme a little more through art, story, and graphic design. The post Theme vs. Mechanics appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog! We'll be sure to keep you posted on all the sweet deets as we near our Patreon launch date, so be sure to stay tuned to our socials and public dev blogs for updates and announcements (including an exciting kick-off contest where you can snag a FREE PS5 ).

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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. Plus, we'll introduce you to three of our newest talented dev team members too! Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! 3D Asset Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog! Concept Art. After Concept Artist Harold reimagined each level area in the demo, we then had him concept out the individual props that will be needed to carefully detail each environment. Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog. Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Staying motivated isn’t hard at all for the solo dev. “It Overall, I call this process ‘Idea-smithing’ and with it I have crafted features, spells, stories and entire game concepts. It took him 4 years to create his game and in that time he learned some valuable lessons. “If If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says.

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