PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

What caught my attention wasn’t just her confidence on the panel but the fact that she was not only a student pursuing three majors at Wits University she was also the Lead Concept artist at Chroma Pixel Games , a game studio based in Zambia. In grade 10 I took art as a subject. My art teacher was a huge inspiration to me.

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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). If you strip out all the mechanics that put obstacles in your players’ path, what’s left? The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics you need to have a functioning game. That’s a mechanic. Chess tells a story.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Only after your game is functional and has a few mechanics and rules do I recommend bringing in play-testers. Early play-testing feels more like science than art. “Fun” is a nebulous and weird concept for game developers. I chase functionality, theme-mechanic unity , and smoothness of experience.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics. Art director Erwin Kho had caught our eye with his personal art series Islands.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. Sean: Guidelines for writing good rules really boils down to learning the art of instruction and communication. I’d say the main tool set for understanding and wielding that art form is empathy.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. It can be visual, through storyboards, or conceptual art demonstrating what the character or environment may look like. Is it well-defined? What is the time frame?

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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. You come up with basic ideas, find physical pieces to represent those ideas, and come up with game mechanics. Then you regulate the expression of those mechanics through rules.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Since I was a child, I always found myself surrounded by art, because most of my family were artists (ballet dancers, painters, musicians). One day I discovered video games could be much more than just ‘entertainment products’, and fell in love with the idea of mixing all the things I loved about art in a new medium.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s a brutal journey of persistence, frustration, and constant restarts, where the stakes are as emotional as they are mechanical. Internal debate The development of Ascending Inferno wasn’t just about embracing punishing mechanics though. Left: the original concept art for the logo, right: the final logo. experience.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The concept evolved from there, eventually centering on an inn caught between two rival guilds of adventurers. Lee focuses on art direction, UI/UX design and related programming tasks, while Kim takes charge of illustrations, adventurer designs and animations. What if there was an inn where monsters and adventurers could stay together?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The idea for Wall Town Wonders emerged quickly, as Cyborn CEO and Creative/Art Director Ives Agemans recalls: “I put on a Quest Pro, activated passthrough, and walked around my room, asking what I’d like to see happening around me. Within days, the concept was pitched to Meta and greenlit enthusiastically.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

They must create art that is optimized for mobile devices, easy to understand, and engaging for players. All these and more are key to developing a successful game, and this article will focus mainly on tips that serve as art production solutions for developers. Furthermore, using a consistent art style can aid in brand recognition.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 10, 2017

For the purpose of this breakdown’s coherence, I won’t go into details of the shooting and marshal mechanics, nor will I cover the end-game shooting bonus. I’m going to focus on the programmable movement, because this mechanic alone has a lot of subtle implications which I will proceed to break down.

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iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

That’s where key art comes in. In this guide, we’ll reveal the secrets to making stunning key art. Are you ready to unleash your creativity and turn your love for art into a successful career in game marketing? For realistic characters and settings, understand these concepts well. Let’s get started!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

The name Chibig is a reflection of the cute Chibi art style which is used in all the games of the studio. With much of the game involving little witch Mika swooping around the beautiful scenery of the island, the team is particularly proud of the flying mechanic. “We

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Brainstorm game concepts for 30 minutes. Google “list of board game mechanics.” 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. Make a Board Game in 28 Days: Printable Download.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Box art is incredibly important in the board game industry. The naive designer may lament that board gamers are only looking at the surface, not seeing the mechanics or the potential for incredible gameplay. Your board game box is the most important art you’ve got – make it count! (If Need help on your board game?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2024

Just trying to get a sense of place and then figuring out what kind of mechanics and interactions grow from it.” 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.” “Notebook. A quiet place.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

It is true that games speak to players through gameplay – the core engine, mechanics, and rules. However, when people think of storytelling in games, they think of theme, story, art, components, and even box design. Art and storytelling Physical experience and storytelling Parting advice. Playtesting storytelling.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

Mechanical Hand The studio’s upcoming game, Atomic Picnic, is the brainchild of the company’s CEO, Camilla Slotfeldt. She drew a lot of the first concept art for the main characters. Like a mechanical hand and survival aspects inspired by the ‘ Roadside Picnic ’ novel.”

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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. What’s your creative process? On paper, it looks very clear.

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Moonmana

AUGUST 15, 2022

Today due to applying top-notch technologies and modern approaches in game development, games can be a real work of art. Talking about sci-fi 3D art, we should point out the current crazy popularity of this genre. We are talking about a way too simple and insufficient creation of certain objects, mechanisms, or scenes.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bitmap Books is known for its catalogue of visually stunningly books on the art, history and culture of video games. I graduated from Somerset Art College in the early 00’s and moved to London where I worked for a few branding agencies,” Dyer recalls. By trade, I am a graphic designer.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Atmosphere, when done right, can turn the bundle of programming, art, and sound that we call a video game into something so much more than the sum of its parts. Rather, the ‘atmosphere’ of any game is a combination of many things: art, sound, post-processing effects, story, dialogue, and more. This is the power of the game atmosphere.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. In this article, we’ll explore the evolving relationship between art production and AI, discussing their potential impact on the gaming industry.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

They look for mechanics and general play-ability. On the flip side, with a polished prototype, people will spot everything – unclear rules, ambiguous text, crappy mechanics, and so on. In environments like this, you’ll witness the rare art form of constructive criticism. You’ll be okay.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Your theme is that critical in order to nail down some concepts first, before diving into game mechanics. That said, I got an early start on Byways art, so maybe I don’t even follow my own advice. I started getting Highways & Byways art as soon as the map was done. Art is tricky since there are so many styles.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2024

We thought it was a cool concept for a game about the search for freedom.” ” Climb anywhere Beyond the innovative climbing mechanics, Thoa is particularly proud of a feature that visually tracks the player’s progress. It also serves as feedback for the player to better understand the state of fatigue of the character.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

With the story and art direction locked in place, the game actually went through several changes before it settled on the final gameplay mechanics. The concept and emphasis has shifted over time as we learned more about what people expected from a game on this subject.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The basic idea of the core engine is “what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game.” The game’s mechanics center around that.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

The concept here is quite similar: users need to move screws around to drop all the wooden blocks on the screen. Solutions can range from logical and mathematical to visual and motoric, with some challenges requiring the user to rotate their phone—a captivating game mechanic.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Between 7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing and The Art of the Play Test: Designing Tests and Keeping Records , you might think that’s all I’ve got on my mind. The board art was then recycled for the Byway cards, which reference specific places on the board. Period, point blank.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Overall, I call this process ‘Idea-smithing’ and with it I have crafted features, spells, stories and entire game concepts. And I see it as the ultimate compilation of art(s) – light, sound, visuals, narrative, mechanics, psychology – a crafted or distilled experience.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Let’s say Sword Art Online did release today using current VR technology. Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 14, 2023

A playtest is a method to see what works in terms of gameplay mechanics. Importance of playtesting in game design Playtesting is an essential part of game development because you have nothing more than a concept without it. Game designers observe players testing games and the user experience in real time.

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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. Is this mechanic fun? The original concept was a game set inside an eye. Will it run properly?

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