Game Developer

JUNE 12, 2024

'Bugs are an integral part of games culture and the social networks that games build around themselves.'

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Game Developer

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your difficulty curve has a major role to play in preventing players from churning in your games.

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Balance Games 256

Game Developer

JULY 11, 2024

Developer Anders Lauridsen talks about balancing contemporary expectations with the look and feel of a retro genre.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

I believe in keeping a good work life balance. How do you deal with that? “Similarly to staying motivated, I feel it’s very important to keep a good work life balance. The post Solo dev Josh Salley (HALbot Studios) “I believe in keeping a good work life balance” appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

'We do big numbers because that's cool,' says Larian Studios head of production David Walgrave.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 13, 2024

Gaming software firm Balancy has raised $700,000 in a funding round led by mobile industry veterans. As reported by Pocket Gamer , the funds raised will be used to grow Balancy's software as service platform, and its ability to aid small and mid-size studios to run and monetise live service games.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Bowser believes Nintendo of America has done such a good job of being inclusive and securing proper work/life balance a union isn't needed right now.

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Balance 360

Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

An exploration on how different photography games measure player progress, and how to balance progression metrics and artistic freedom.

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Balance Games 319

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

After 5 years designing game economies generating $150M+, I've compiled my knowledge into a detailed 7-chapter guide on game economy, balance, and monetization.

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Balance Games 318

Game Developer

JUNE 27, 2024

Introducing a new race in Dwarves of Runenberg meant paying careful attention to balance and putting weight in community feedback.

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Indie DB

JANUARY 13, 2025

But balancing can be tough. The coding experience is one of the core pillars, allowing players to create crazy, imaginative attacks that would be impossible in most games.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Reviving a class series is a careful balance of appealing to players both new and old. Here's how Tribute Games approached it.

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Balance Games 332

Game Developer

MARCH 6, 2025

'Part of Pantaloons mission as an indie label is to restorewhat we believe to bethe broken power balance in the indie publishing world.'

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2023

When creating the music for Lies of P, I focused on balancing the musical elements to not be overly flashy or excessively dull. Instead, I delicately crafted the music to allow players to navigate subtle emotional nuances effectively.

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Balance 297

Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2024

Alan Wake II's strong sales balanced out declining quarterly and annual revenue in a "challenging yet remarkable" 2023 for Remedy.

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Balance 282

Game Developer

APRIL 30, 2024

Exploring how failure cascades shape gameplay in simulation games like Songs of Syx and Rimworld, balancing dramatic stories with player recovery opportunities.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Players must carefully balance their actions to avoid suspicion while maximizing their profits, all within the constraints of a turn-based management system. Difficulty Balancing Balancing the games difficulty has proven to be quite difficult. This visual style was inspired by Yvan Duque, an artist that Hyemyung admires.

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Game Developer

APRIL 18, 2023

The cooking game genre has sort of an uncanny valley: to be real, or not to be real. Here's how one studio approached it.

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Balance Simulation Studios Games 189

Real Programming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Parents have struggled to get their kids to embrace homework decades before online coding existed, so part of the challenge about finding the right balance between the two involves sticking to each one. Still, here are some tips parents and students can use to help maintain a healthy balance between school and coding. Much has changed.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

To make sure all upgrades and weapons are properly balanced, Game Swing does playtests throughout development. Add to that, that the whole core of the game relies on that balance to be right to provide enough challenge, without becoming unfair or impossible. Yes, I would say balancing is the hardest part.

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Game Developer

JUNE 26, 2023

THQ Nordic tries to find a balance in making its games accessible to everyone while also letting the physical PC releases feel like events unto themselves.

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PC Balance Games 245

Game Developer

AUGUST 15, 2023

With the new Solo Self Mode, Blizzard finds a balance between Diablo III's inherent always-online nature and the wants of those who want to play it truly alone.

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Balance 246

Game Developer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The operation of an efficient game development team is extraordinarily difficult to balance. These are a few key factors I have found influence the operations the most.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

When creating the music for Lies of P, I focused on balancing the musical elements to not be overly flashy or excessively dull. Instead, I delicately crafted the music to allow players to navigate subtle emotional nuances effectively.

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Balance 238

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 6, 2025

They are the guardians of balance in the mystical creatures’ realm. Its his second game after the release of his debut, Bob A Thousand Lives , which he developed in his forties. The Last Three is a game about the last stone tiger family that lives deep in a magical forest.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 12, 2024

By the time Assassin's Creed Shadows launches this November, the game would have been in development for four years. It's the longest development cycle for the series so far, and 25% longer than its acclaimed predecessor, 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

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Balance Games Development 145

Filmustage

MAY 19, 2023

Case studies: Successful balancing of art and finance in films Filmmaking history offers numerous examples of the successful balancing of art and finance. Image source: IMDb.com Conclusion Balancing art and finance in film production is a challenging but necessary part of filmmaking.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 14, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox CD Projekt Red has significantly improved the work-life balance of its employees, following a number of crunch complaints over the years.

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Balance Development 98

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As players build their cyberpunk metropolis, balancing relationships with factions that hold competing visions of the future, they’re drawn into a world where each card played brings them closer to either utopia or ruin. But initially, Techotopia was a completely different game. We developed the game with financial backing from Alawar.”

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

So it becomes quite a balancing act when it comes to our hosted buyer program.” The post Africa Games Week’s Event Director Alexandra Pattison “It’s a balancing act” appeared first on PreMortem Games. Female game developers in Africa are harder to find and engage with.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Balancing structure and randomized story elements isn't hard if you plan for it.

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Balance 188

Game Developer

MARCH 13, 2023

Dome Keeper tasks players balancing their time between mining for ore and defending their fragile planetary base from creatures that don't want them there.

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Balance 189

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This approach allows them to integrate the feature more seamlessly into their existing game mechanics and maintain the delicate balance that keeps their players engaged. By limiting the power and availability of this feature, Candy Crush Saga can introduce an exciting new element without disrupting their finely-tuned game balance.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The 15-year-old Mimimi Games is choosing to shut down as its founders recognize the growing scope of its games were leading to an improper work/life balance.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Designing and balancing new cards eight years into Hearthstone 's life cycle is no mean feat. We chatted with designer Leo Robles Gonzalez and VFX Lead artist Dominic Camuglia at Blizzard on the blood, sweat and.corpse effects that go into new expansions.

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Balance 189

Real Programming

JULY 30, 2024

Please read on to learn how our summer online coding classes balance fun and education. Thankfully, summer coding classes for kids make learning fun with generous, deep-dive sessions that revolve around creating a real video game. Video Games Are a Carrot Motivated students are better learners because they don’t need to be forced.

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Game Developer

MAY 29, 2024

How do you make a VR game fun for the whole family?

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