PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars. The indie community is amazingly helpful, but you will have to fight by yourself with every single element in your own game – and that takes time! How did you come up with the idea for Repunk? The original idea was much more ambitious.

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Dev Playtesting Art Games 160

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. This includes creating levels, missions, and even entire game worlds. QA, Localization & Producer Jobs: AI automates bug detection and optimization reducing the need for the QA teams of sometimes hundreds.

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AI Games AAA Studios 59

Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! But not really.

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Studios Co-op Open World Cutscenes 246

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. But for this game, they layered in choice – fight enemies to make your character stronger, and avoid ones that are too tough. It’s intuitive and rewarding, without babying the players.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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Point and Click Mechanics Feature Open World 52