Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! Three safehouse skulls + main quest macguffin = boss fight. There's a gamer joke about how every JRPG ends with killing god, and the emerging Western millennial equivalent is to end with the final boss of capitalism. But not really.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

To name just a few, these include Fortnite (Battle Royale), Top War (4X Strategy), Puzzles & Dragons (Match3), and Tower of Fantasy (MMORPG). Theyve already begun to sprout several direct competitors too, such as Wuthering Waves and Tower of Fantasy, both of which are performing admirably in their own right.

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Fantasy Strike is an interesting case study in game balance for an asymmetric game. In some games I’ve worked on, I’m one of the experts (Fantasy Strike, Street Fighter HD Remix, Puzzle Fighter HD Remix). And in Fantasy Strike…the same thing happened again, almost. But…we did it.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With a love of sci-fi and fantasy, he decided to pursue a career in the film and game industry where he could explore these realms. Now he's working full-time as a freelance illustrator and has created art for clients including Marvel, Upper Deck, and Monumental. Read more about the difference between concept art vs. illustration.).

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

” The team sought to break away from traditional sci-fi and fantasy genres, finding inspiration in gaslamp fantasy—a style that blends nineteenth-century history with magical elements. Sense of history Flynn sheds light on the studio’s design philosophy.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Path of Exile is the current state of the art for RPG addition engines. The Deceptively Tricky Art of RPGs I've noticed something over the decades. There is an art to this genre, something I can say since I have achieved mild success working in it. The trick is making sure the fighting part is engaging. SIGN ME UP!

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

On the other hand, why shouldn't our fantasy settings involve Mesoamerican and Andean influences? The massing was inspired by this "Forgotten Temple" concept art by Jonas Ellermann (above). Any layout device that can break line of sight to stagger waves / structure a fight can function effectively as a closet.

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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. Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

SHINY ART STYLE: The most obvious difference vs its Skyrim mod roots is the art style -- it went from 2011 pre-PBR Skyrim to 2020 UE4 Quixel 4k photoscans with subsurface scatter'd Character Creator NPCs. "It This community doesn't care about art or theater. The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

I want to show you some of what I'm working (Codex, Flowchart, and a Fighting game) and tell you about Patreon. Codex, Flowchart, and now.the Fantasy Strike fighting game (yes, really!). It has all real and beautiful art, not placeholder, and the rest of the factions to follow very soon. Instead.it's fun.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

The Question of Games As Art Video games, as an art form, are a tug of war between two factions. On one end: Video games tend to work best as a power fantasy , a source of emotional pleasure and fulfillment for the player. On the other end: Some dream of video games as High Art. This is a Power Fantasy. To a point.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As well as embarking on an epic Viking voyage and a wide variety of fights, players tend to a kingdom by growing crops and upgrading buildings with construction and management sim mechanics. As an example, Granblue Fantasy is an RPG with heavy social ements, while Puzzle & Dragons is a Match3 puzzle game.

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Yomi was "a fighting game in card form" that I made before making the actual fighting game Fantasy Strike. Now, Yomi 2 is a re-imagining of that fighting-card-game concept. But now it looks cleaner, has new art, new graphic design, and a lot of gameplay enhancements.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Great art, great music, good writing. Cool combat system, good art, good music – overall, good stuff. FINAL FANTASY XVI – After playing a bunch more Kingdomheartslikes and getting more used to that, I’ve gotta say, this is a very well made Kingdomheartslike. Bad FIGHT pacing.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 9, 2024

That's where the art is. That's where the art is. During those hours of walking and fighting (and, in Baldur's Gate 3, searching 20000 identical crates), players will forget a ton of story. Each chapter had exactly one very memorable, hateable villain to fight. Are Video Games A Good Storytelling Art Form After All?

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Wayyyy back in the 70s and 80s, science fiction/fantasy/superhero content hadn't completely taken over the culture yet. You can turn on the tap and choose from 73 different flavors of Medieval Fantasy Content. But there was no political obligation to like or hate Generic Fantasy Product made by a Trillion Dollar Global Conglomerate.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 18, 2023

Art by @nadi_bulochka The finale of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was released 20 years ago, but it is still one of the most beloved films worldwide. And to fight it, they throw not all available forces but a small team, where there are both tough guys and somewhat ridiculous characters. Doesn't it remind you of anything?

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Codex's Blood hero, Drakk Ramhorn is new to the Fantasy Strike universe. The hardest part is deciding when to shift all your attention to damaging your opponent's base (that’s how you win the game), versus when to fight for control on the battlefield. And look at his art: he is truly a mad man. Back to gameplay now.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. 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. Concept Art. If you're just joining us, welcome! Programming.

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Filmustage

MARCH 11, 2022

Art, and therefore cinema, has always been a reflection of human experiences, namely fears. Man has been fighting against nature all his life by building new cities and factories, but sooner or later everything old is swallowed up by nature. If you also wish to help the Ukrainian people, you can follow this link and donate.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

The twin-stick shooter requires you to keep track of and fight the ever-closing game windows while evading enemies. The PvP auto-battler with a medieval fantasy theme has quickly gained popularity with content creators! You can find the takeover recordings on our YouTube. July The Godot robot plushies took the internet by storm.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

They had all worked on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault at 2015, on behalf of Electronic Arts. Although the team mulled a variety of games, including a fantasy slasher and a sci-fi shooter. “No one fights alone,” said McCandlish. Medal of Honor was then the foremost WWII shooting franchise. They’re able to die.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

Game Art: Fashion Innovations The art of Dislyte is a manifesto from “the future”. Vaporwave was an online artistic movement started in 2010 that used psychedelic elements in art and electronic music. fan art competitions, music festivals) centered around its core marketing strength—its stylized art and music.

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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] Concept Art. Welcome, beautiful creatures! Check it out!

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Behind that is the tacky fantasy castle. On the other hand, you will soon have a fighting chance of being killed by the Covid-22 novel coronavirus. Then corporations took over and poured billions into the place, and now it is a blindingly shiny, supremely odd, iconically American work of art. The magic glowy pyramid is in front.

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Sirlin

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I'd like to talk about the design behind it, but we really have to start with the art. Starting by telling you about the art may seem superficial, and maybe it is, but the art in this game is so notable—such a breakthrough—that I think it deserves special attention. It's hard to play other fighting games without Burst.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You are a fantasy monster trying to sate your insatiable appetite. As you and your fellow monsters toss around the village king, you attract a steady buffet of adventurers who try – poorly – to put up a fight! Later on this this post you will find loads of Terraforming Mars organizational opportunities, and even some neat art.

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Rampant Games

JULY 13, 2022

Outside of art style, of course. The game that should make you feel like a badass adventurer in a fantasy world ends up making you feel like a mute klutz wearing oversized mittens. The latter began as an RPG, I understand, but evolved into being more of a sandbox fighting simulator. That’s fine. The three Fs.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

So what we end up with, over time, is a “tradition”, or traditions within a blanket term like “RPG” There are so-called “ARPGs” like Diablo, JRPGs like Final Fantasy, CRPGs like Ultima, tactical RPGs like Fire Emblem, and so on. Over the years, I have loved games in all of these categories. Sense of wonder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success. This chapter will investigate the art of Cookie Run: Kingdom , its origins, its characteristics, and its efforts to expand into new markets during globalization. Art Style To talk about the characteristics of this art style, we must start at its origin.

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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!). The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala. Concept Art.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Thanks to groundbreaking technology advancements, developers can now take advantage of cutting-edge software and game engines which enable them to create fantasy worlds in video games. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding.

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Filmustage

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Writers of fantasy films and TV series usually try to spell out the details of the world through dialogues, monologues, or a canvas of text at the beginning, but it's not the case with Miller's picture. Like Tom Hardy's character, Furiosa has to rethink her actions and not run from danger but fight them face to face.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

King lost third of downloads but woke up towards the end of the year to fight back for downloads. While the zoo theme was on the money just a few years ago, with the rise of the animal rights movement, building a prison for animals is arguably not something the majority of their target audience fantasies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

The biggest acquisition in the sub-genre happened last year, with Applovin acquiring Machine Zone - the company that made some of the most iconic top-grossing 4X games of all time (Game of War, Modern Strike, Final Fantasy: New Empire). Unlike with Sniper games, you could move and you were actually fighting other players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The interface, and the art style in general look very ‘Supercelly’. The fantasy setting, unlike the modern combat setting of Puzzle Combat, is essential in tapping into this motivation. Players fight against the Dark Lord as a Boss in the final level of the first chapter. source: GameRefinery. This gives a clear short term goal.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 28, 2023

Sometimes I have to remind myself, with a bit of a shock, that I write fantasy for a living. Yes, I write fantasy. My almost thirty year fantasy-writing career has been very prolific (18 all-new games!) Who likes fantasy? What makes fantasy work? After all, fantasy is the default mode for fiction by humans.

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