Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This is because a given project is at its maximum headcount right before it ships - you need all hands on deck during full production, building and validating all of the content in the game. The next factor is that most big layoffs come after a project has shipped.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Those content updates and patches are the "service" part - we have to build them, they go live and get pushed out to the public. The "live service" part means that the game is "live" (it is out in public) and that we "service it" by building additional stuff for it over time. Now let's get to your questions.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

In game development, one of the most essential aspects is prototyping. It is essential to avoid skipping the process of creating a “physical” prototype to understand and overcome the complexities associated with game production. What exactly is a game prototype?

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

At Geometric we put gameplay first, and we will always build our games around strong gameplay ideas”, says Carlsen. While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design. Cocoon’s development journey spanned a challenging 6.5

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). But before I explain the narration, I want to jump back in time when I started building the endless terrain generator. Master in Integrative Design.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. Build up one or more social media accounts on a site such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

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. Honestly the concept doesn't make much sense to me, but anyway they pause everything to prepare for Amnesia Fortnight.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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Game Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Transforming creative Mobile gaming advertisers build a high volume of new ads and new iterations, feeding these into marketing platforms seeking increased ROAS or reduced cost of acquisition. Both of these examples show an inherent autopilot mindset and impatience that exists in gaming teams.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 3, 2023

Building video games has never been a simple task. And that resulted in the first prototype of Dreadhalls. Build on your strengths. I have a long backlog of game ideas and concepts. I always prototype the core gameplay first, and then tackle the environment, background story and all those other elements later.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

The developers of Fireplace Games made an early prototype of the game while still in school, but are now well on their way to release it as a full-fledged game. The original 8 member team that built the prototype at Rubika – school for Game design and animation in Valenciennes, France- all went their separate ways after graduating.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

As we were prototyping there was still a feeling the game needed more action. Thus I make an effort to use purchased art assets only as a starting point to then be modified into something more unique and fitting of the aesthetic.” “We built a prototype in our spare time and saw the potential. But that’s not all.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Game concepts: In this phase, some of the questions asked are - What will be the genre of the game? Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. A game designer designs the overall concept of a game. Who is a Game Designer?

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 9, 2023

Brothers-in-Law Eric Reynolds and Paul Harvey were building a successful business in mobile escape rooms when Covid hit. We’d invested tens of thousands of dollars into our infrastructure, we’d spent countless hours training our 10 staff, even more building a reputation of creativity and innovation in our programming.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

I realized how unique our architecture, roads, and buildings are compared to other parts of the world. We made a pilot trailer and concept art that served as a main aesthetic code for the art style. After creating some prototypes, we finally found it. And the good thing is, it also leaves a lot of room for improvisation.“

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are many aspects to consider when building a game. This requires a lot of knowledge, skills and time to build and integrate all the components. Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc.

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Tom Francis

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’ve been tweeting GIFs of a game I’m prototyping in Unity for a while now, codenamed Tiny Ex-Cons, and recently did a video blog about the core elements I’m hoping to combine if I go ahead with it. And I’ve been holding back part of the concept, and indeed the name. And hey, you know who’s good at art?

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement? Looking for experts in game logic and development?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

In this guest post, some members of the Moonwards team give us insights into how they approach building such a complex project with Godot. Moonwards is the experience of building a world together. This calls for another ECS concept: “ Archetypes ”. Components are encapsulated, self-sufficient building blocks.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2024

It typically signals the end of preproduction and the transition to production - we're no longer going to spend time coming up with any more major new ideas for game systems because we're committing to what we have and building those systems out. Call of Duty, Pokemon, Madden, etc.).

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

You have very limited ways of communicating complicated concepts to your players with static cardboard and plastic, so what you imply and what you suggest through your game’s design is very important! We’re doing rapid prototyping. Need help on your board game? I reiterate what I said last week.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

I realized how unique our architecture, roads, and buildings are compared to other parts of the world. We made a pilot trailer and concept art that served as a main aesthetic code for the art style. After creating some prototypes, we finally found it. And the good thing is, it also leaves a lot of room for improvisation.“

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Rather than generating complete results with only high-level user guidance, this prototype shows how AI can function as a brush in the hands of an artist. Inspiration images are a common concept in 3D design. Empowered by NVIDIA technologies Several NVIDIA technologies come together to enable this prototype.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

As a pioneer in the field, Silkin reminisces about the time when VR was essentially a prototype cluttered with wires and bulky headsets. ” However, he admitted that the market was muddied by the “mad dash to the metaverse,” an idea that intertwines VR and AR technology with the concepts of Web 3.0 and blockchain.

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Real Programming

MAY 11, 2023

Imagine, car companies can do preliminary tests to measure how a new vehicle concept will perform even before building a prototype! In other words, the physics in the digital world Gabe creates corresponds to real-world physics. The vehicles he programs also operate under the same rules.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game. I had been very into the original VS. System from Upper Deck and wanted to create a game that required a player defeat the opposition by using two resources, base building, and unit building.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Building multiplayer games can be rewarding and exciting for aspiring game developers. Here’s a quick overview of the entire process of developing multiplayer games, from pre-production to post-release: Concept and Design  Like any other game, the journey of building a multiplayer game starts by creating the game concept.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Think AI that helps you build landscapes, real-time 3D sculpting like magic, and coding made accessible even for total newbies. We’re also zooming in on trends that’ll have your game soaring across platforms, rocking real-time multiplayer, and even letting players team up and build together. But that’s not all!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 29, 2020

After this necessary preface, let’s get to the news: a Godot Editor prototype running in browsers is being presented at this address. Note: As of this writing, this prototype requires a recent Chromium-based browser or Firefox Nightly. This is, again, provided as a proof-of-concept and browser support is very limited for now.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

If you’re a designer seeking a publisher, you will essentially need a solid prototype, a great sales sheet, and an awesome pitch. Your theme is that critical in order to nail down some concepts first, before diving into game mechanics. It’s true. Brandon: The closer to completion of the core game you are, the better.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At some point, Ora (one of the founders) had a dream about a field of breasts, and when she mentioned it to her son, who is the CEO of the company, he decided to develop a prototype. The studio combined the general concept of the challenge with additional mini games, such as classic runners. is quite popular on TikTok with 32.7M

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This means honing in on a single hypothesis, swiftly generating prototypes for immediate feedback, and meticulously collecting data. One could mix this with a Lean Startup method but I think Niklas is talking about being deliberate in prototyping as well. This is really a very logical concept.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 24, 2023

You want a really simple, fun concept at the core of your game. Make sure you can describe it in a single sentence and make a prototype. Then build on that one core mechanic that’s unique – because that’s your hook.” But remember, prototypes are never perfect.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This article , in particular, from Nintendo Power, I have a distinct memory of reading and being totally transfixed by the concept of the world of Final Fantasy 1. (I Working on things like characters, dialogue, music, building a scene… there’s something just so human about this that I had really missed.

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