Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Core Engine: If you strip out all the mechanics that put obstacles in your players’ path, what’s left? The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics you need to have a functioning game. To me, a mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Beta 12 was a part of that new direction with its expanded Garrisons , new faction interactions, and the Scrap Engine , but the main thrust is still in progress, aiming to bring tons of new items, robots, and maps for them to inhabit. I’ve organized an overview of some of Cogmind’s special item balancing mechanisms below.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Tech-wise, it's a vertical slice "learn Unreal 4" project, a big shift from a studio that used to roll its own in-house engine. Then it cuts to concept artist Emily Johnstone anxiously trying to pitch design ideas to a group brainstorm meeting which she just happens to be the only woman in the room.

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AWS Games

JULY 3, 2024

These versatile tools empower artists and designers to visualize concepts and establish a cohesive vision across various creative industries, including: Video Game Development: Shaping the visual identity of characters, environments, and user interfaces. (Sci-fi

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

Alice Ruppert , a leading authority on equestrian games with her website The Mane Quest and a producer on the game, spent most of 2023 working on its inception and concept, laying the foundation for a game that faithfully portrays horses. “We So, we wanted to go for a style that can be highly appealing to open-world adventure players.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 17, 2017

Core Engine. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics you need to have a functioning game. In the case of Highways & Byways , the core engine is moving around the United States, aiming to travel a certain set of beautiful byways. Screw up the core engine or mechanics, and the game itself will be bad.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

I’ve spoken before about designing and testing the “Core Engine” of a game. The core engine is what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 16, 2024

That’s where a game-changing concept can significantly simplify the technical aspects of bringing your game to life: a managed game backend solution. The engine-based offering from Pragma gives studios full control, customizability, and the confidence that they can implement any feature they want. Pragma Engine runs in two modes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 13, 2025

Today, Skillz is a public company with over $300 million on its balance sheet, operating in a sector that has exploded in value. Instead of being deeply involved in product and engineering, his role became more focused on strategic leadership, investor relations, and managing Wall Street expectations.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. The Role of Game Artists Concept artist The game concept artist creates the initial visual concepts of the game (characters, environments, props, vehicles and other visual elements) in accordance with GDD.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

However, he gradually realized the wisdom of utilizing pre-existing engines like Unity and Unreal. As the conversation progressed, the trio delved into the challenges of finding a balance between creativity and management, a common struggle for game developers and company founders alike.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The podcast unfolds an engaging conversation that delves into the challenges aspiring entrepreneurs face, the distinguishing traits of successful founders, and the timeless topic of work-life balance. This balanced approach to leadership recognises the need to harmonise creativity with operational efficiency. Nick says no.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. Create the right balance of challenge and reward throughout the game.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There are key considerations that go into creating one, such as - Balance When we talk about balance in game design, it involves creating a balance in elements such as fairness, win-loss conditions, game states, economy balancing, difficulty levels, and others in a way that can contribute towards improving the gaming experience of the player.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

It was a very tranquil concept at first, though we found our prototype didn’t offer enough things for the player to do.” Every plane part, wings, fuselage, pontoons, engine and such, plus every pirate vessel, they all run off just a couple 4098×4098 textures, a single material per entity.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments. to evoke empathy in the audience or player.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Understand Blockchain and NFT Concepts in Gaming As initially stated, NFT games are based on the blockchain concept. Developers often use popular game engines, like Unity and Unreal Engine, to build the game’s interactions, mechanics, and visuals. As one of the latest technologies, blockchain presents new challenges.

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Real Programming

JUNE 16, 2022

All the hurdles and difficulties related to COVID-19 have only made this balance harder to strike. Let’s check out the ways RP4K balances fun and education. We hire undergrads in computer science or computer engineering. Embedding gamification concepts into the pedagogy gets children hooked on learning coding and STEM skills.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By documenting the evolution from concept to final shot, these analyses help advance visual effects techniques and foster innovation in digital storytelling. Inception" Christopher Nolan's "Inception" demonstrates how VFX can externalize complex internal concepts. Balances colors, adjusts lighting, and fine-tunes details for realism.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Self-testing was my primary form of testing in the first and second versions of the game, when I wasn’t even sure if some of the core concepts would work. If you have multiple different viable strategies, then balancing them is often a matter of tweaking rules. A few versions later, I was testing with my parents and cousins.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

AWS provides tools such as AWS EC2 Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing to automate horizontal scaling and distribute traffic across multiple resources. Additionally, proactive capacity redistribution introduces further delay in restoring balanced backend systems.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Different teams collaborate – writers shape the narrative, engineers discuss technical details, artists align visuals, and developers plan in-game mechanics. Character models are designed, audio engines are fine-tuned for realistic sounds, and level designers create immersive environments. The 7 Odd Roadblocks!

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 9, 2024

Educators with both industry and teaching experience are also likely to structure the material in a manner that promotes more effective learning, breaking down complex concepts into manageable, digestible components so you can grasp and apply relevant principles more easily. What is the student success rate?

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’ve always been interested in experimenting with larger alternative interface layouts, though because I didn’t see much promise in them, and doing so deviates from the core design, the idea was to wait until at least a likely engine update down the road, as well as the completion of most of Cogmind’s content.

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Moonmana

AUGUST 15, 2022

Losing the balance of good storytelling and credible science. . The same with sci-fi 3D art – each scene must be thought out well from an engineering point of view. It could be done either in the early stages when there is only a general concept, or later when they are added to an already existing functioning world.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

For instance, they assist in generating game concepts, gameplay mechanics, and art assets. Integration with Game Engines: Ensuring seamless integration of AI-generated content with existing game engines and workflows can be complex. But how can generative AI help in-game conceptualization and design?

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Real Programming

AUGUST 17, 2023

It isn’t easy balancing a busy schedule , and you don’t want to get your child’s hopes up for a fun online coding class only to have them dashed because they’re the lone student. RP4K begins at the start, diving into real math and coding concepts to build a custom video game that even young kids can manage.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 22, 2024

The Origin of UX Design The origin of User Experience (UX) design can be traced back to the 1940s, when Human Factors Engineering, or Ergonomics, emerged. The idea was to apply user psychological and physiological principles in the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

While integrating AI in game production offers unparalleled possibilities, it raises ethical considerations and questions about the balance between human creativity and algorithmic assistance. Game modes like FIFA’s Ultimate Team are a practical example of this concept in action.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Whether its a photorealistic RPG or a stylized indie game, every visual element follows a structured journey from concept to integration. Today, advancements in tools like ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and Substance Painter have revolutionized the pipeline, making it more streamlined and efficient. Organic modelling (e.g.,

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). She previously was Technical Lead at League of Legends and a Software Engineer at several expansions of World of Warcraft , among others.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Stressful During the day he works as a Senior Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, creating games like Hearthstone. After the loss of my father, I began working on the Bob project and realized that the story and concept had been with me for years, he says. Still, Nowell strives to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

We’ve only playtested it about 5-6 times – each time it was a blast , despite the balance being all wonked up – so I don’t want to get too deep into the details right now. Part of the inherent “engine” of a card game is drawing cards from a deck and hoping to get a good hand. This sounds stupid.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The entire mechanic revolves around a single new utility: the Scrap Engine. The Scrap Engine operates like the Field Recycling Unit in that in addition to the normal inactive and active states it can also be cycled to COLLECT mode, during which it will “eat” items at the current location. A new utility is born.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

Read about Aurore's journey from architecture to real-time 3D and see one of the magical worlds she built as part of the Real-time and Virtual Production Course at CG Spectrum, which was featured by Unreal Engine as part of their Community Spotlight! The Last Voyage concept came from a wish to bring my stylized art into a realistic world.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. We love the concept. It’s because the original version was created on Unity’s old engine. And building it on Unity’s new engine means they will be able to continue releasing updates and fixing bugs – something they were blocked from doing for a while. Net Fishing!

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