Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 24, 2025

Really early on, you only have one to five senior devs working on building a prototype for the approved pitches. If the prototype gets approved, the team ramps more and builds an entire playable demo that demonstrates all of the major game systems at work. At the start, you have one or two developers who write a pitch.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

We are building a historically accurate survival strategy game” Gorilla Softworks co-founder Deniz Şakar explains how the team has tried to accurately portray the challenges early humans faced while they looked for ways to survive and thrive. “We It’s the debut game of Turkish studio Gorilla Softworks. “We

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with. Build games holistically Although the debut game Genesis Noir was quite successful, the team at Feral Cat Den didn’t immediately start working on a sequel. “We

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Observance is a game of stargazing, engine building, and time management. Every iteration of each game has to be created somehow and there are A LOT of iterations – usually a new one after each playtest, especially in the beginning. I also try to go to as many conventions as I can and playtest as much as possible.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

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. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time. Even with no tutorial. seconds.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

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. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time. Even with no tutorial. seconds.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Meanwhile, Sony is happy with the VR demo, and the studio is getting more experienced with Unreal. Episode 08: "A Couple Years of Hard Work" is when they make their first in-engine prototype demo to figure out environment art and player locomotion. Sharp criticism and failure is what hones your design sense.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 11, 2018

Emelie: Exactly, I also think smaller cons are better to build an initial audience as it is easier to spend more time per visitor at the booth and there is more time to demo your game as well. Brandon: Right, and building an audience is a long, slow endeavor (at least at first). Or overshadowed by larger companies.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

For feedback, opt for playtests or betas instead. ” Whether it’s wishlisting your game, joining your mailing list, or playing the demo, make sure to direct your audience explicitly. ” Build up to your game’s launch with a countdown. . ” Build up to your game’s launch with a countdown.

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Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The other biggest new feature which took a while to build and finalize but will likely be seen by almost no one (:P) is the [M]ore button as applied to robot resistances. The most obviously different of the group is item info, which saved enough lines by moving its art off to the side. Sample part info as fit into a 45-row UI layout.

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

This extended infrastructure provides a developer platform for studios and publishers to perform their game development virtually, starting with playtesting. With GeForce NOW Cloud Playtest, players and observers can be anywhere in the world. All this is possible with Cloud Playtest on the GeForce NOW Developer Platform.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. I’m not very comfortable with self-promotion, and don’t easily find motivation for things that aren’t contributing directly to the game build.” “I’m These are essentially the building blocks of all sports, so I based the game around sandbox “sports”.

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Some people finished the demo level in 4-5 minutes. You’re working in a bubble for 12 hours a day to get that last build ready for the demo and then suddenly: BOOM! Fix the problems we identified during the playtest. Make the demo bigger and better. Teaching is in order. Paint a picture of the final game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

When we last met, we shared some exciting updates from our time exhibiting at Play NYC 2021, and shared all the work that went into ensuring the exclusive build we prepared for the convention was in tip-top shape and ready to be played. Concept Art. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!)

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

I must say this has been an exciting time, having the opportunity to revisit everything to iron out as many kinks as possible, in many places adding new build possibilities or even whole new mechanics. Categorical Approach. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0,

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Some individual items take days or even weeks to build. An ancient demo image from Cogmind pre-alpha with a deteriorating item state listed on a hypothetical item. Now it’s time for the very rare items, the very hard-to-acquire tech, the very difficult optional opponents, and all the implications behind them. We shall see.

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