PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Playtest early. It forces me out of my comfort bubble and scope, and to consider the ideas of the people I’m making these games for.” It definitely affected the vibe of the game, making it darker and more depressing, but still having hope for the future.” It’s used to both fight enemies and solve puzzles.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Things were getting serious three years later when Ryding decided to quit his job as a software engineer and work full time as a game developer. One of my close friends, Ches Denison, joined me working 5-10 hours a week as a playtester, game designer, and just a general jack-of-all-trades-guy.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

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. Game design starts with theme and ends with theme, but most of the time is spent in mechanics.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. She drew a lot of the first concept art for the main characters.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

I had worked at Lucasfilm for 8 years and learned a lot, not just about game design and programming, but also marketing, PR, and production and I felt like I needed to try it all for myself. I also had the idea of making adventure games for kids. I floated it by Lucasfilm Games and they weren't interested.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

I had worked at Lucasfilm for 8 years and learned a lot, not just about game design and programming, but also marketing, PR, and production and I felt like I needed to try it all for myself. I also had the idea of making adventure games for kids. I floated it by Lucasfilm Games and they weren’t interested.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Early in 2013, our local game store owner mentioned that there were other designers in the area. We had our first game design meetings, which I continued to organize and have been running since. Along with handling all the business, Ben has playtested and helped develop our designs.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Supportive environment The panel united women from African and Swiss video game industries, who shared their unique experiences. These women were part of the first She Got Game mentorship program by the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, which aims to promote equal opportunities in the global video games scene.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 8, 2024

His turning point came in 2019 at Comic Con Africa, where he discovered a Game Design degree at Wits University’s stand. “I However, it still took a nudge from a dreadful experience in an Applied Mathematics class to propel him to switch from Computer Science to Game Design. Dissecting poems came naturally to me.”

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Games aren’t made by one person usually and definitely not in my case.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the eighth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Art and storytelling Physical experience and storytelling Parting advice.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Exceptions upon exceptions Looking back at the development process, Kusters is amazed about the intricacy of Vic Davis’ original game design. “He He made this game, essentially on his own, in just over 18 months. Honestly, the hardest part of development has been raising this infernal design from the abyss.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design? Process of Level Designing and Game Development 1.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 21, 2024

“It’s about capturing the essence of what made the original game special and reinterpreting it for today’s audience.” ” This philosophy is at the he art of WayForward’s approach to game development, where reverence for gaming history is matched by a passion for innovation.

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The star of the show for this game is surely going to be the amazing art, which is by Christina Zhong. I’ve also got a lot of design help from incredible game designers Brett Lowey and Pete Siecienski getting the game to where it is now.

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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. Paint a picture of the final game. Many questions will be answered as we try to design the complete experience.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

Throughout the years, the team diversified their skillset, handling everything from art to sounds, most of which were purchased online for licensing. The game was built using Unity, although Fink pointed out that many of their systems are custom made to support the game’s ambitious scale of supporting 250 players concurrently.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

During Pandante development, I posted dozens of versions of the game board, cards, rules, etc. Patrons helped playtest and also just point out errors or give suggestions how to improve things. Codex, Flowchart, and now.the Fantasy Strike fighting game (yes, really!).

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Game designers would just be guessing. So, what can games simulate? Strangely, the best example I can think of is a game trying to recreate a situation MUCH more difficult to simulate than baseball, life as a border agent in a totalitarian country. However, Wright was not making a game in the abstract.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

” A lot of the basic MOVE/BUMP dynamics were inherited from my 2019 card game, Dragon Bridge. Indeed, Spellstorm originally started as a sequel to Dragon Bridge, a larger and more fleshed out version (with better art). There was a lot more to the game, but this is a good basic level description of the important dynamics.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

So, once you’ve understood the basics of NFTs and blockchain, it’s time to plan the game. Start by identifying your game’s niche and target audience. This will help you shape the gameplay art style, mechanics, and general experience. Upon establishing your audience, brainstorm unique features and game mechanics.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

  To make a playable, exciting and scientifically correct game experience out of so many raw data-sets was just impossible in the time frame of just one semester I had. But on the other hand, this fact made me aware of my competence as a game designer. 

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 20, 2019

I thought it would be an interesting game design challenge to come up with a single player game you can play with a regular deck of playing cards. In the video I both explain it and play a full game. If you’re going to charge for it, maybe think about if there’s something you’d like to add to the game.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. 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. Overload utility art. Fine tuning.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret: From concept to fulfillment, 10 months… 1 month to finalize the initial design and prototype 2 weeks to contact and come to an agreement with an artist 1 month of vacation (he was on vacation, my wife and I were welcoming our most recent child into the world) 2.5 It could have easily been far worse – especially on art.

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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.

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