Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Fighting Power Creep with Scarcity As the Lead Designer on Legendary: Game of Heroes , I invested a lot of time on our first few hundred heroes. By eliminating power creep, every purchased asset will retain its utility in the game, and thus their desirability for players. Fighting Purchase Regret with Ownership.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Scaling with Amazon GameLift Once youve integrated the game server with Amazon GameLift , upload the game server executable and any dependent assets as a Build and create a Fleet to run in AWS. This can lead to anything from elevated game start times to a complete collapse of availability, potentially ruining launch day.

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The Liquid Fire

JULY 26, 2023

In this lesson we will fix that by creating some project assets which can be used to load that panel. It is a simple matter to save a project asset. This means you can use the file menu to create instances: Assets -> Create -> Sample Data. If you’ve ever made a Prefab then you’ve already done it.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Continued dev work would be adding new assets and new tools for players to create new and interesting content from those tools, as well as better ways of curating and distributing popular user-submitted game content. Player-facing content creation tools (i.e.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

One with ruins of a collapsed civilization, where you have to fight through raiders and remnants of that civilization to claim your spoils.” The downside is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of third-party assets that Unity does, nor some of the more specialist features like the DOTS package.”

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Bad FIGHT pacing. Basically, players don’t want to fight the same fight over and over again. It feels to me like most JRPGs – including every Final Fantasy game I’ve played – has enough “stuff” for a game about half the length that it is. That’s about it for today.

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The Liquid Fire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Board Data Let’s begin by creating a ScriptableObject that can live as a project asset and hold all the information we will need to represent a board for our combatants to fight upon. This asset will be sort of abstract data, and can be “skinned” with specific tiles at a later point.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I can get bored (well, more distracted) drawing the same battery prop or asset 150 times, all with slight variations. In this piece I completed for term two, Beowulf is fighting Grendel's mother, reaching for the magical sword that he can use to finally defeat her. What good would that be in a fight? Beowulf by Oliver.

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The Knights of Unity

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Here’s an example of a core loop in a very simple game focused on fighting monsters: Core game loop does not need to consist of one single loop, it can be made of multiple ones that overlap each other. Assets & animations. Core game loop is a base of your game’s mechanics, that will be repeated by the player.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This work involved adding support for the FBX 3D asset exchange format to Godot. The first version of our FBX importer was added in Godot 3.2 , and relied on the Open Asset Importer library ( Assimp ). Maya is one of the most used 3D assets creation tools in the game industry, and IMVU needed good support for its FBX files.

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The Liquid Fire

APRIL 1, 2024

Current; Encounter_01 Now that we’ve finished fixing all of the errors, we will need to update the asset at Asset/Objects/Encounters/Encounter_01.prefab. It’s also worth pointing out that the “Encounter_01” asset already handles some potential issues.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

In addition to being our first in-person convention in over two years, Play NYC was also the first time we've exhibited a version of Kristala that features our brand new player character and custom combats animations.plus a fast-paced, exciting mini-boss fight! In-tact and broken Amulets. Check it out! 3D Modeling. Level Design.

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Rampant Games

JULY 13, 2022

The simple answer to this is that we need is a “VR RPG Maker” — something a little more structured and easier to use than Unity plus some third-party assets and toolkits. The latter began as an RPG, I understand, but evolved into being more of a sandbox fighting simulator. The three Fs.

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Game Global

MAY 21, 2021

The fight to raise the level of quality is mainly played in the information field. If you want the localized assets to be suitable for each territory, you need to allow translators to take the necessary distance from the source text and reformulate the target into something smoother than a “word for word” translation.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Because on the Unity asset store, you’ll find way more plugins that will help you create better games much faster. Unity Asset Store. And for those of you thinking it’s cheating to use third-party assets to create your game, get a live boomer. . Getting A Job.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Granted, producing the whole story through 3D assets is much more difficult, but I don’t think it improves the narrative on its own. The story also features a villain whom the crew fights against, along with occasional appearances by other side characters.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

He concluded, “I think there’s obviously enough space for these two to kind of fight it out.” However, this approach risks replicating the same problems plaguing the real world, such as overpriced assets, bringing these issues into the virtual sphere.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

FNFVR lets you experience all the cartoony glory the game provides for yourself: you get to see all the wacky characters up close; you get to be in the stylized environments they're in; and, of course, you get to jam out to the awesome songs while you're fighting for your life to spend time with your girlfriend.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Due to the limitation of the 2D models, showing a different angle of a character requires new art assets instead of a simple angle change in a 3D game. The animation and art assets in Cookie Run: Kingdom not only win in quantity but also in quality. PvP arena system: Putting new wine into old bottles - but still tasting good!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Having such a nostalgy hungry fanbase is a great asset. And since there are two to three missile platforms to fight for on a map, it often leads idle areas appearing on the map. It spawns over 2 decades and 18 titles. The weight of nostalgia can be heavy, and your biggest fans are also – rightly so – your most demanding ones.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

This makes it ideal for fighting games, Metroidvanias, and RPGs. Many developers leverage art production services to create bespoke assets that enhance visual storytelling while maintaining performance efficiency. Artistic Flexibility : Unlike full 3D, 2.5D to deliver fluid animation, layered environments, and tight control mechanics.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

That means players engage more as a job (often as “scholars” from developing countries who borrow in-game assets from richer “sponsors” or “managers,” who receive a cut of their earnings) than for fun. Further, there are also two Boss Fights at Levels 21 and 36, which give the player 200 and 300 one-time SLP rewards. Source: Messari.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

But, you know, as we talk about the Metaverse as an open platform, we have to evolve to the point where we have portability of assets and eventually code, you know, between any engine that could run the thing. You can’t just move your Unity game to Unreal or vice versa. I think we should all be advocates for the world that we want.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

I’ve written about Sito before—she’s a fascinating character who gets involved in Nick Locarno’s mad plan to attempt a Kolvoord Starburst maneuver, gets punished, redeems herself, and then sacrifices her life to protect a Cardassian spy asset. Yes, yes, we all know what they’re spoofing off of with the title, “The Inner Fight.”

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I'm a broken record about this because the greatest asset of indie game developers is the love from gamers. In each level, you really have to strive for the perfect run through, bearing in mind you can lose an hour of progress by blowing the boss fight at the end. We are humble toymakers, and that is a powerful archetype. So I dunno.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The individual assets seem nice, but together they sort of clash -- a random junk prop will have the 4k photogrammetry HDR treatment, overwhelming the nearby gameplay pickup that you're actually supposed to notice. The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is. philosophy and logic!! Take that, god!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. Fighting games install trends are spiky as is the revenue rate. This game significantly cheaper production budget with assets being done in relatively low-quality 2D. The point I’m making is that high-quality asset production is not the only way to go.

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The Liquid Fire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We have a lot of ground to cover including creating the encounter asset and scene, a flow to handle encounters, systems to load and configure encounters, a way to determine when an encounter has ended and what the result was, and a new entry option that leads to the encounter. It has everything we did in the previous lesson ready to go.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Fight for the moments that make your heart sing, the shots that capture your artistic vision. The filmmakers embraced the constraints of a tight shooting schedule, turning the limitations of their production into a unique storytelling asset. Scene from "Run Lola Run".

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world. Luckily both engines offer asset stores that allow users to download free and paid props, shading, textures, and many more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

One has the lowest possible production values, while the other boasts assets built by a multi-hundred team. Fighting Games. All are the same within the Fighting games. While the genre is mature, there’s definitely space for massive fighting games - assuming that it would have sufficient RPG depth and a first-class IP.

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The Liquid Fire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Take a look at the Assets -> Objects -> EntryStyleSheet.asset and you may observe how one or more HTML tags can be given a “name” and then used as a “style” within the entry text. Open the script Assets -> Scripts -> UI -> Alert. Under the hood, it is basically just a named number.

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The Liquid Fire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Overview This lesson is focused on adding some art assets to represent our combatants. We will also provide a tile based room for them to fight in. Dungeon Tileset Animated Warrior Animated Rat In addition to the ones I included for this lesson, you can find several other free assets by the same contributor here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

With all core mechanics and elements now in place, the last thing on the list is to add any last-minute assets and address bugs. Next, James tackled some of the effects that will be featured in the epic mini-boss fight for Lophi the Lost, including effects for Lophi's Teleport, Staff Parry, and Spear Slam maneuvers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

Third, Dislyte provides minimized idle mode for players to bypass repetitive, boring battles and instead focus more on advancing the main story, playing PvP games, or engaging in more challenging boss fights. The music OST in these marketing assets also embodied the urban trendy theme of this game and received a lot of positive comments.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

This can help: Sun Tzu said that spies are the most valuable assets in warfare. On top of that, when they fight ground units or heroes, they don’t even get hit back unless those ground forces have anti-air. Onimaru said that too. In Codex, the Flagstone spy is invisible, which is even better than the stealth ability you’ve seen before.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Over time, a number of situations are highly likely to arise: Assets are OK, but gameplay sucks. Game is OK, but the realization that assets could be done better happens and re-creating them is demotivating. Not really, the asset stores are so saturated that anything you publish will immediately go unnoticed.

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