PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2024

What started as a side experiment quickly grew, with his Backrooms Media demo attracting up to 12,000 players daily and nearly 200,000 in one month. It can affect your mental health, but I try to find balance between life and work. Sometimes the game can take over that balance, but it is what it is. How do you deal with that? “I

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2024

People have been playing the demo and it’s been amazing to see people really enjoy it.” I try to keep a balanced life. I have a 150 year old illustrated Bible that I used. It’s really cool. I am nearing release right now for August 2024. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Geneforge 2 - Infestation Demo Available! It's a biannual event where indie developers can make demos of their games available for a week. Around 1200 demos this time. We had a demo in the fest. We're leaving the demo up for another week at the link above if you would like to try it! But it's less utterly hopeless.

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Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Like a lot of Counter-Strike Source, it often feels more like a game engine tech demo rather than something for humans to play. In 2017, Valve quietly removed Aztec from the current CS:GO / CS2 mapcycle, and it has since been permanently replaced by its more balanced modern successor Ancient.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Meanwhile, Sony is happy with the VR demo, and the studio is getting more experienced with Unreal. Episode 08: "A Couple Years of Hard Work" is when they make their first in-engine prototype demo to figure out environment art and player locomotion. What's the balance? Again, what's the balance here?

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

AWS Demos Throughout GDC, AWS generative AI specialists were on hand to demonstrate how large language models (LLM) and generative AI services enable non-player characters (NPCs) to be more dynamic and intelligent in the Play and Learn Lounge.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Despite going viral on Reddit and TikTok several times, they had to strike a delicate work-life balance to prevent burnout. More interest in STEM With a demo now out for Steam Next Fest and plans for an Early Access release later this year, Peaty Turf is now close to facing and defeating the final boss of game development.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

Evan Anthony: “I’m proud of the subtleties of the landscape rendering like the way the reflection is balanced with translucency allowing you to see underneath the surface and have lots of nice depth and parallax.” Nirvana Noir is ‘coming soon’, but you can already try out the demo.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 27, 2023

Additionally, balancing the gameplay with up to 14 weapons, perks, upgrades, and constellations can be quite challenging. Play the demo of Vampire Hunters now. We push our skills to the limit and remain open to learning new things.” In the end, we just want gamers to love what we’re creating!”

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2024

On balance I’d rather work in a great team with people I get on well with rather than alone, for me it’s more fun that way.” Play the Axe Ghost demo now on Steam. I think I’m able to enjoy playing Axe Ghost for much longer than I could if I was hand-crafting levels. How did you get the idea for Axe Ghost?

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This is where I start to dive into balancing mechanical choices with regards to elements of the game, like spaces on the board for worker placement or card abilities in a card game. At this stage we are no longer testing but now demoing the product anywhere and everywhere. Jesse: Phase 3 is where I really fine tune a game.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 26, 2017

Which means for example that if you had previously pledged $14 for the "Generous Thank You" level, you will now also be able to vote on the monthly tutorial and demo that we will produce for everyone (which was previously for $18+ patrons). And so on and so forth; the $5 and $10 rewards stay the same.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” Showing a demo for Fantasy Kingdom, the company announced various improvements including a new WebGPU graphics backend, allowing developers to run their Unity games anywhere on the web inside native apps or inside a browser.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

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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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

featured] Day two also involved watching and trying out some incredible game demos, which gave us a sneak peek into some of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, including many notable indie developments as well. I felt lucky to be included and listen in on such important conversations!

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Balancing the difficulty for a wide range of players will be a b h. Some people finished the demo level in 4-5 minutes. You’re working in a bubble for 12 hours a day to get that last build ready for the demo and then suddenly: BOOM! Make the demo bigger and better. Yeah… no luck. Teaching is in order.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

What about demos? “My Development Life Is Crap From Wall Too Wall, I Have No Time, and Now I Have To Look At Incomprehensible Corporate Balance Sheets Too?" But you can sometimes choose the gun. The chart released by Unity that caused the panic. Or charity bundles? Or GamePass? GOOD QUESTIONS! Things are better now.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

Besides these well documented ones, the biggest problem I experienced first hand was balancing the game’s difficulty. It’s relatively easy to make a cool playable prototype or demo in a few months, but it’s exponentially harder to ship a finished product. It’s like a rite of passage.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, if you can port some existing projects and demos to the new version, that may provide a lot of useful information about critical issues still left to fix. Rendering: Various tweaks to default environment and lighting config to balance quality and performance. alpha builds. Rendering: Add ParticleShader Userdata ( GH-58088 ).

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iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Create intuitive, fun, and rewarding mechanics that are balanced and challenging enough to keep players engaged. By striking the right balance between challenge and accessibility, you can create a game that is enjoyable and engaging for a wide audience. Also, offer demos and beta tests to create buzz and get feedback.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Speaking of sprinting, Will found a better way to balance our sprinting/dodging control that uses the same button. link] Will then moved on to address a series of additional tasks to help us get ready to package the first build of the demo for Play NYC. Stay tuned for much more to come! What do you think? Pretty sweet, right?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

If a team was able to raise $4M with a cool PowerPoint deck and a lofty promise of Web3 magic in 2021, today the same team will need to show a convincing demo and a waterproof plan to get a quarter of the money with much worse terms. They focus on empowerment, clarity, efficiency, and work-life balance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

For example, keep it simple for an older player of a casual puzzle game versus a hardcore gamer who understands managing resources and more complex systems Game economists must be careful to balance monetization techniques without blocking the fun. Many spun out from Nokia, Rovio, and Supercell. The scene has stabilized a little now.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Spectating a dangerous game of hot grenade with the local opposing Demo squads. Cogmind is not firing a shot here, just passing turns :P Deflecting kinetic projectiles backwards, like shedding them off to the side. A 360-degree deflection capability redirecting an incoming missile at a nearby group of Swarmers.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Botcube compatibility highlighting demo. In order to help out with that, while standing on the Botcube (the only position from which to activate it) all nearby compatible parts will intermittently flash. Anything not flashing will be ignored. This also coincidentally makes it obvious which items are within range to be utilized--double QoL!

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve also been writing more general roguelike-related articles, too, looking at game design , item randomization , and backtracking.

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Filmustage

MARCH 7, 2025

This methodical approach balances thorough assessment with efficient delivery for creators and decision-makers seeking expert input. Book a demo with industry forums and screenwriting communities to gain insights. For time-sensitive projects, expedited options deliver results within 1-2 days at higher rates.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 30, 2024

The most common quantization used for this LoRA fine-tuning workflow is 4-bit quantization, which provides a decent balance between model performance and fine-tuning feasibility. QLoRA is a further optimization that reduces the precision of model weights to provide even greater advances in memory and space efficiency.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Wojtek Pe 's Forest scene demo made in Godot 4.0 Volumetric fog is making its first appearance in Godot 4, balancing a realistic look and fast performance, thanks to the use of temporal reprojection. On that note, feel free to head to the Downloads section and download 4.0

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

” Tadej, who brings experience from the European demo scene, co-founded several gaming and backend software companies before joining forces with Patti at Coherence. Their experiences highlight the critical balance between leveraging personal skills and outsourcing areas outside one’s expertise.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

demoed his technology around 2018, which is specifically around making 3D kind of scenes and world building with A.I.” AI in Art: Balancing Creativity and Ethics In the realm of digital art, AI technology is stirring up a mix of excitement and controversy.

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