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Solo developer Voidmaw on creating Katanaut: “Done is better than perfect”

PreMortem.Games

And of course, balancing everything like coding, art, marketing, and playtesting can be exhausting. Playtesting is a huge part of the process, but also biased if you find yourself asking the same individuals for help. Theres no safety net, no one to delegate tasks to, and its easy to get stuck in your own head.

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Final Factory by Never Games takes automation into space and adds bullet-hell

PreMortem.Games

“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. Loth is one of the best engineers I’ve worked with, and has helped a ton with performance and code quality.” Community management is also a significant challenge.

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7 Odd Roadblocks Rookies Face In The Stages Of Game Development

Big Games

Brainstorming is the key element before a developer dives into coding or designing. Voice actors breathe life into characters, and developers write thousands of lines of code. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging.

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Rebalancing Cogmind

Grid Sage Games

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Building a multiplayer game with Amazon GameSparks and Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

The full sample for game server, game client and backend functionalities, including source code and deployment instructions, can be found in the AWS Sample GitHub repository. Once you’ve specified your messages, you can write handlers for them using GameSparks’ Cloud Code functionality.

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How to Get Started with Your First NFT Game Development

iXie gaming

Solidity is one of the fundamental programming languages used to code smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Test Your Game and Deploy Performing thorough playtesting is crucial in NFT game development. Consider testing the game mechanics, overall balance, and user interactions to ensure a seamless experience for players.

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Teleportation Mechanics

Grid Sage Games

There are some other nuances in there which I won’t get into, but anyway, “rough” yeah? :) I can see some people having a lot of fun with this thing, and I imagine it could get tweaked a bit after playtesting, but there are a good number of levers to tweak with this one.