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Dean Gichukie’s studio Kunta Content delivers authentic African stories

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Welcome to Dean Gichukie ‘s world, where history comes alive through Kunta Content. The Kunta Content team Dean’s creative journey began at age 8 when he started drawing and painting. One of the stories I wrote was a game. That game is now Hiru.” For Dean, history is the key to understanding people.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

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Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This game represents me as a developer, he says. I get excited to implement wacky ideas!

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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines 

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Live-service games have transformed the gaming industry, shifting from standalone releases to dynamic, continuously evolving experiences. Titles like Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Genshin Impact have redefined player engagement through frequent content drops, seasonal events, and community-driven updates. These include: (i).

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Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

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Set in a beautiful, Slavic-inspired world, Selfloss by Kazakhstan-based indie studio Goodwin Games is an adventure that explores themes of grief, healing, and resilience. Reflecting on the game’s core concept, Khoroshavin shares, “The very first idea was that I want to make a game about an old protagonist that can traverse via boat.

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Modernize game backend services with AWS Global Accelerator

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Live service and multiplayer games must continually evolve in order to offer high-performance and immersive experiences. The feature sets of these games have continuously expanded to include real-time matchmaking, cross-play, in-game transactions, and social interactions.

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Parallel Experiment by Eleven Puzzles: “Put your heart into it and players will notice”

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Polish indie studio Eleven Puzzles has been making a name for themselves as the creators of some fine cooperative puzzle games, like Unsolved Case and Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. “The initial idea was very simple and primitive, we just wanted to make a game set in a laboratory. We love the freedom that comes with remote work.

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Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori reaches Kickstarter goal in just 19 hours

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Traditionally set in modern-day Germany, the new game transports players to 13th century Mongolia. 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.