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

PreMortem.Games

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. The change from fantasy to cyberpunk had far reaching consequences for the team, like switching from 2D to 3D graphics.

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Tower of Fantasy – Is the Game Really a Genshin Impact With a Social Twist?

Game Refinery

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. The open-world of Tower of Fantasy. So, does it live up to the promise?

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Game Balance and Fantasy Strike

Sirlin

Fantasy Strike is an interesting case study in game balance for an asymmetric game. I did the entire balancing process without any data at all, and now, after it’s all done, we have the data. Relying on Experts I find it much easier to balance a competitive game by going off the opinions of experts than looking at data anyway.

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

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Developed by Alexander Khoroshavin (Alex Goodwin) and a small team, the game centers around an elderly healer named Kazimir, who journeys through a whale-worshiping fantasy land to heal his ‘soul wound’. Click in my heart Selfloss stands out visually with a style that balances elegance with a folkloric, almost storybook quality.

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Fantasy Strike's Features

Sirlin

Fantasy Strike is available now on Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , and Steam (Windows / Mac / Linux). In Fantasy Strike, you just click on anyone in your in-game friends list to challenge them. Netcode Fantasy Strike’s netcode is a different kind of innovation. Innovation can come in many different flavors. No, you would not.

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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using Anime to Boost Engagement and Revenue Across the Globe

Game Refinery

To name just a few, these include Fortnite (Battle Royale), Top War (4X Strategy), Puzzles & Dragons (Match3), and Tower of Fantasy (MMORPG). Some of these could be obtained by playing through the event, while others required in-app purchases, so there was a balance in trying to keep all players relatively happy.

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Step into the many fantastical worlds of Nightingale by Inflexion Games

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” The team sought to break away from traditional sci-fi and fantasy genres, finding inspiration in gaslamp fantasy—a style that blends nineteenth-century history with magical elements. An area that springs to mind is just the balance of survival systems. So making sure all those systems harmonize has been a long process.”

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