Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole. Then it cuts to concept artist Emily Johnstone anxiously trying to pitch design ideas to a group brainstorm meeting which she just happens to be the only woman in the room. Sharp criticism and failure is what hones your design sense.

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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. Through playtesting, you can answer the question “do the mechanics suit the theme?”. Once you’ve got mechanics to suit a core theme, you can develop the theme a little more through art, story, and graphic design.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

Everyone must be online from 14h to 18h on Discord because this is ‘when things get done’ and we can all do brainstorms, playtests and all that.” She drew a lot of the first concept art for the main characters. According to Lamhut the team explored several concepts before settling on Roguelites.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

That concept had been floating around the studio since 2017. Working closely with the community in various playtests over the years and even right now in the lead up to launch gives you a very solid idea of where your game is failing to communicate important concepts. One was an easy choice, Jumplight Odyssey.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 29, 2021

Now look, some parts of game design – like playtesting or accessibility testing – can be tedious. “Do I care about the basic concept of the game?” It’s a more durable goal for the future, better for your self-worth, and gives you maneuverability to make the best art you can possibly make!

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs. Will: I know for me personally, projects are a big concept. Will was also lead story writer for Tower.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. “This e-mail is to open a discussion – I think we would do well to consider our options before making a call on the various clothing styles and suggestions that recently arrived from the art department.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

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. Art and storytelling Physical experience and storytelling Parting advice. Playtesting storytelling. Art and storytelling.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 8, 2024

Concept art for upcoming game Moya Sithlu and his family moved to Durban from East London when he was in grade 10. I stood up and walked across campus, all the way to the Arts faculty, and sat down with the most amazing woman there, Hamisha. I have around 160 poems now. Dissecting poems came naturally to me.”

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Now, Yomi 2 is a re-imagining of that fighting-card-game concept. These are updated pretty often based on feedback and playtesting from patrons. But now it looks cleaner, has new art, new graphic design, and a lot of gameplay enhancements. For the last four and a half years, I've been working on a sequel to Yomi.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement?

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Ovidiu Mantoc – Level Design, 3D Art. Gabriel Tanko – Concept and 2D Art. Cosmin Coroiu – 3D Art. Dragos Geomolean – Additional 3D Art. Fix the problems we identified during the playtest. I’m pretty sure we’ll be doing some more playtests in the near future. Carmen Palade – Animation. How many levels?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Understand Blockchain and NFT Concepts in Gaming As initially stated, NFT games are based on the blockchain concept. This will help you shape the gameplay art style, mechanics, and general experience. Here are some fundamental activities involved in NFT game development: Creating the game concept.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Concept Art. Now that our concept art team has nearly completed the designs for all existing assets and items in the Kristala build that needed to be replaced with fresh assets, they're now able to move on to creating brand new items that don't yet have 3D counterparts. 3D Modeling.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s a quick overview of the entire process of developing multiplayer games, from pre-production to post-release: Concept and Design  Like any other game, the journey of building a multiplayer game starts by creating the game concept. Teams collaborate to code and create the multiplayer game’s art assets, levels, and audio.

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Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

Yomi Card Game I took many of the concepts and dynamics that go on in fighting games and put them into a card game form Yomi ( Steam / iOS / tabletop ). We could certainly add more to our controls scheme if we need to, but so far it's gone over fantastically in playtesting exactly how it is.)

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

The idea of a helping instance was indeed present in a very early stage of the concept. Old concept of exploring the landscape during night time with a flashlight was implemented as well. Playtesting - “One of the best experiences I made with this prototype” fellow student testing GenoTerra. The Mechanik II.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sample ASCII art from among the 100 new items. Two different ways to implement the same general concept will be more appropriate for different kinds of applications, further expanding the pool of item design possibilities. Some individual items take days or even weeks to build. They’re that crazy. Very afraid. We shall see.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

Indeed, Spellstorm originally started as a sequel to Dragon Bridge, a larger and more fleshed out version (with better art). We’ve only playtested it about 5-6 times – each time it was a blast , despite the balance being all wonked up – so I don’t want to get too deep into the details right now. The Problems.

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

Could just be theme/art/flash, or perhaps a mechanics change? A lot of people have trouble understanding this concept or just don’t like it. In my playtests this version feels like it gives you a lot more to think about, and more control over your success, which is why I’m ok with allowing a hard failure state.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. This aligns with the concept that although Exiles prototypes are meant to be very good, they’re also usually flawed in some way, such as eventually breaking down, blowing up in your face, or something in between :P. Overload utility art. the low-mass storage unit with huge inventory space.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

As a general concept teleportation technology exists in quite a few varieties throughout the world of Cogmind, though the player only has access to some of them. In fact I have two new concepts for teleportation tech, which is kinda funny because of how they evolved out of the same idea. Personal Teleporter v0.10

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

It was designed around the concept of creating a version of a simple game that kids were already familiar with, that also incorporates physical activity as part of the game. months to prepare the print files, finalize the box art, and print sample production copies 1 month to prepare for the Kickstarter 1 month to run the Kickstarter 1.5

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

The stunning Cruising Pavilion installation at the 2018 Venice Biennale My previous cruising game The Tearoom focused on the emotional and psychological aspects of cruising, and eventually went on tour with the fantastic group art exhibition Cruising Pavilion. L of semen for each one. So for example, instead of redeeming two men for a +3.0

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