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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.

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The Last Three by Csaba Putnai “Discipline and planning are essential, but don’t forget flexibility”

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Hungarian solo developer Csaba Putnai has poured over 3000 hours into his latest project, The Last Three. Its his second game after the release of his debut, Bob A Thousand Lives , which he developed in his forties. The Last Three is a game about the last stone tiger family that lives deep in a magical forest.

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The Art of 2.5D: How It’s Redefining Game Design 

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While 3D dominates modern game development, 2.5D This technique isnt just a nostalgic throwback; its a strategic design choice that allows developers to craft visually striking, performance-efficient, and highly engaging experiences. From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D merges the best of both worlds.

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In Guntouchables enemies power up with the upgrades that you leave behind

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In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players cant lift out of the levels. This leads to some unexpected and quite frankly, explosive situations as the game progresses. Game Swing was founded in 2013 by five Danish game design students.

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Love Letter: Elegantly Balancing a Game

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It’s the sort of game you can get your arms around in five minutes and understand the deeper elements of in twenty. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. The eight types of cards are elegantly balanced by short-term vs. long-term value.

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From fantasy kingdom to cyberpunk metropolis – the evolution of Technotopia by Yustas Games

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As players build their cyberpunk metropolis, balancing relationships with factions that hold competing visions of the future, they’re drawn into a world where each card played brings them closer to either utopia or ruin. But initially, Techotopia was a completely different game. We developed the game with financial backing from Alawar.”

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Jussi Kemppainen is exploring AI-assisted game development with Echoes of Somewhere

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With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. AI affects game design The project’s trajectory shifted with the integration of AI tools.

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