Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Likewise, construction elements have become intertwined with the core mechanics of many titles, such as the Japanese-hit Slime Isekai Memories , where narrative progression is tied into its base building despite its focus as a turn-based RPG. Merge Vikings Combining merge2 mechanics with progressive character and building vectors.

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Real Programming

JULY 30, 2024

Please read on to learn how our summer online coding classes balance fun and education. Kids finish designing and building their video game the way a racehorse chases the carrot — hungrily. Thankfully, summer coding classes for kids make learning fun with generous, deep-dive sessions that revolve around creating a real video game.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The AWS team has been so helpful in showing us how to use new technology, like generative AI, so that we can focus more of our resources on developing games and testing out innovations instead of building every piece ourselves. This makes the gaming experience more engaging and last for a longer time.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. After encouragement from a friend, I studied and began building modded move sets (PSAs) in Smash Bros: Brawl for mages and characters from other franchises, independently, using the forums as guidance.” Effloresce : “Apply or build the idea. I function well like that.”

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 30, 2025

I started tinkering with small projects on my own, and over time, I realized I enjoyed the freedom of building something exactly the way I envisioned it. And of course, balancing everything like coding, art, marketing, and playtesting can be exhausting. It wasnt really a big decision. What are the biggest advantages of working solo?

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Game Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

“We’re trying to make it really easy for anyone to be able to build content that’s a lot more user friendly and accessible than the applications that exist today,” says Pinnock. “We want to make it easier to build triple-A content that people can expand upon.” You can just build.”

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It was definitely a challenge,” Olsson admits, referring to balancing player freedom with cohesive level design. Buildings crumble on impact, glass shatters and debris bounces off the car into the street. But we wanted the missions to be unique and unpredictable. And that’s certainly the case!”

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

You have strike a balance. Last but not least, if you’ve spent time building up a mailing list, you can always ask people to like your Facebook page in your next mailer. The best way to build up your Facebook page quickly, though, is through smart use of their advertising system. You can’t automate relationship building.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

“With a small team and some pretty big ambitions, balancing priorities, time, and skills has been tough and still is!” This approach has been key to ensuring that the game stayed on track during the 18 months that it took to build it. ” he emphasises. Funding the game has been another challenge for the small studio.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

The path to success in such an environment is often unclear, with industry veterans having to navigate uncharted waters as they seek to build and evolve their companies. “What you really care about is the end product, and it doesn’t matter if you build the foundations,” Tadej shared.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some individual items take days or even weeks to build. Balancing Levers The idea of “post-balance” from this article’s title doesn’t mean no balance. I’ve organized an overview of some of Cogmind’s special item balancing mechanisms below. They’re that crazy.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Multiple actors balance different projects, personal commitments, and contractual obligations at the time. Let's examine everything involved in creating a balanced shooting schedule that benefits everyone involved. Production teams must direct complex scheduling while balancing creative vision and budget limitations.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The connections and skills gained at MEST empowered Esio to build a platform that facilitates collaboration across Africa, connecting stakeholders and resources efficiently. ” While Ogunyebi and Abdulkabir balance full-time jobs alongside their commitments to the company, Esio remains actively involved.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 24, 2020

As such, this guide will be split into five parts: Mailing List Basics Setting up a Mailing List on MailChimp Creating a Landing Page that Works Creating a Template that Works Building Your Mailing List. Everything else is extra, so you have to strike this subtle balance. Building Your Mailing List. Mailing List Basics.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2025

Here, they will build and cultivate their nomad camp and undertake missions as an ancient courier rider, delivering packages across the diverse Mongolian landscape.The recent Kickstarter campaign for the game reached its 60.000 goal in just 19 hours! Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori will release in Steam Early Access in September 2024.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Longevity allows you to showcase your ability to create meaningful impact, develop deep expertise, and build a legacyqualities that are highly prized in C-level executives. Build Your BrandThe Right Way Personal branding isnt about LinkedIn posts or a polished headshot. Its about reputation, results, and relationships.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Traditionally, gaming companies relied on application load balancers (ALBs) or network load balancers (NLBs) to connect players to services. AWS Global Accelerator can modernize your backend services that use application load balancers or network load balancers.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Balancing these protocols is essential for managing the rapid transfer of player actions without creating excessive strain on the network. However, accurate prediction becomes exponentially more difficult at scale, demanding rigorous, data-driven testing to perfect the balancing act between real-time responsiveness and server-side accuracy.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

One thing I do to try and balance this out a little is work in an office one day a week. I build a prototype in roughly 100 hours, and then make a video about it for my YouTube channel and let people play the prototype. I had a prototype that I absolutely loved that was an asynchronous autobattler where you build a revolver.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

“What interested us as game makers is the idea of building worlds that have depth and substance to them. By building, crafting, exploring and fighting your goal is to become a skilled Realmwalker that finds their way through the portals to the magical city of Nightingale, the last known bastion of humanity. “An

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Our overall goal with these balance updates isn’t necessarily to achieve perfectly balanced matchups. It isn’t even to achieve game balance that is “good enough”. The real purpose of balance updates is to keep the game interesting to the community so they want to keep playing it.

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Big Games

JANUARY 7, 2024

In this comprehensive exploration, we delve into the art of striking a delicate balance, ensuring that your mobile game development stays afloat and sails smoothly from inception to a successful launch. Balancing speed and thoroughness is essential to deliver a polished product that meets the project’s goals and user expectations.

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Raph Koster

JUNE 28, 2024

We have a lot left to build, but we want to do it in public, with the help of the players that this game is for. Combat isn’t balanced. It’s time to move from stealth to bringing the community along on the journey. The graphics need a lot of work. We haven’t fleshed out all the skill trees.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2024

The handling definitely leans towards arcade-style physics and is designed to offer a balance between being accessible and challenging. “We Achieving the right balance was not an easy feat according to Szpiczakowski. “We We want it to appeal to both casual gamers and racing enthusiasts.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

AWS will be joined by game studios and technology partners for panel discussions on generative AI, cloud game development, and building game development backends. AWS for Games GDC 2024 session highlights Wednesday, March 20 10:30-11:00am: Building and scaling MONOPOLY GO!, Be sure to RSVP here if you plan to attend.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Understanding that a game wasn’t going to build itself, I quit my job and just went for it.” He spent two years building Oakenfold after a successful Kickstarter campaign got him part of the necessary funds. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. I function well like that.”

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

She scores by constructing buildings in the Woodland. They score each turn by building and protecting roosts in the Woodland. Seem like a monster to balance? As you scroll, you notice people write reviews in a way that implies the balanced nature of the asymmetrical design is surprising. Seem like it wouldn’t work?

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

He navigated the challenges of running a tech company, pitching to investors, collaborating with artists, and building the platform. In his words, “It did not work out but it got me into a non-traditional career path which revolved around figuring out how to build and create things while telling stories. One alone is incomplete.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Final Factory blends factory building and spaceship design with RTS-style troop commanding and classic bullet-hell gameplay. Hence the premise of the game is that you are a Von Neumann probe, sent to consume all the resources in the Universe and build the ultimate (final) factory. Pretty impressive for a largely solo-developed game. “At

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The in-game economy creates balance within the game by enabling the player to earn and spend resources as part of the game’s progression. This action gives you access to more resources, like animals, additional farmland, buildings, etc., This system is known as the video game economy. which will help you progress in the game.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

The answer lies in scalable art production pipelines that balance speed, quality, and cross-platform optimization. Resource Constraints Balancing in-house teams vs. outsourcing remains a major challenge. Enables dynamic world-building with non-repetitive assets. Real-time feedback loops between artists, designers, and engineers.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This city-building sim takes players back to the Song Dynasty, where they must navigate the challenges of settling a town, cultivating the land and expanding the city. When the team first decided to make a sim management style game, they quickly settled on a city building sim. “We But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 13, 2020

Balanced asymmetry leads to greater variety. The trick, of course, is to make sure all varying powers are definitely distinct while remaining balanced. Excellent at destroying buildings, less good at containing Explorers. Lastly, the variable player powers are balanced in such a way that the game stays fresh for a long time!

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

Here, they will build and cultivate their nomad camp and undertake missions as an ancient courier rider, delivering packages across the diverse Mongolian landscape. The upcoming Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori marks a significant departure from the familiar settings of this long-running horse-riding series.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2023

This city-building sim takes players back to the Song Dynasty, where they must navigate the challenges of settling a town, cultivating the land and expanding the city. When the team first decided to make a sim management style game, they quickly settled on a city building sim. “We But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Building on our previous conversation with SciPlay CEO Josh Wilson , this episode dives deeper into the companys growth strategy, talent approach, and staying ahead in the fast-changing world of gaming. A Balanced Growth Philosophy This doesnt mean SciPlay isnt evolving. This allows you to focus on what really matters."

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with. Build games holistically Although the debut game Genesis Noir was quite successful, the team at Feral Cat Den didn’t immediately start working on a sequel. “We he says.

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