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2023 was the year of creepy fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

Playtesting is a major and frequent part of our development process so we had confidence throughout that we had a really good experience on our hands. They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. Dredge was one of three prototypes they created.

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

PreMortem.Games

This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. But the process doesn’t end there, and usually I keep discovering things that make me go back and forth and iterate, playtest, iterate, refine, playtest, iterate… I definitely recommend getting feedback from external playtesters at each step.” “I

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

Radiator Blog

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. There's also a thrill of access, where the camera captures vulnerable moments it wasn't quite supposed to see.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Multiplayer Game Development

iXie gaming

Prototyping  Create a minimum viable product or a prototype to assess your multiplayer game’s core mechanics. Through prototyping, you can identify possible issues early. During this phase, frequent iteration and playtesting are crucial in finetuning the multiplayer experience. 

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A dramatic design shift for Spellstorm

Keith Burgun

How does Bunny Wizard feel different to play than say, Omar Evans, the bug ninja? We’ve only playtested it about 5-6 times – each time it was a blast , despite the balance being all wonked up – so I don’t want to get too deep into the details right now. What sorts of things do you do, or not do? ” So!

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We We had three very different games that we spent around two weeks on each, developing them up to a point where we could playtest them with other people”, says Mason. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.