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DECEMBER 4, 2024

HTML5 games are in a 'renaissance,' and Playgama wants to make it easier for developers to reach the entire market instead of bouncing between 'standalone playgrounds.'

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JANUARY 10, 2024

The Minecraft franchise loses its third spinoff in as many years as Mojang moves away from further developing Minecraft Legends.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Andrew Wilson argues College Football 25 needed genAI not just to help recreate all its real-world players, but also to help build the revived series' future.

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MAY 8, 2023

Red Hook Studios had to build a better way of doing Early Access to make Darkest Dungeon II.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Developers will have to register a phone number by October 24 if they ever want to update their game or add new users to their Steamworks account.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

The co-development studio is working on its own mystery IP.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Sweet Baby co-founder David Bédard explains how the studio worked alongside creators from marginalized communities to build two new games for Panic's groovy Playdate handheld.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 3, 2024

Working under the name of MystiveDev the Mojsovski-brothers actively include the player community in almost every aspect of development. Compelling gameplay loop Balancing the creation of assets, the Mojsovski brothers share that the assets are a mix of marketplace acquisitions and in-house development. “I say it’s 50/50.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2024

Longtime developer Rez Graham shares the advantages (and disadvantages) of building your own tech for indie game development.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The AR developer has spent half a decade using its games and positioning tech to build a 'detailed understanding' of the planet.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Everywhere developer Build A Rocket Boy has reportedly been hit with layoffs. As reported by PCGamesN , redundancies have allegedly affected an unknown number of staff across multiple departments, including publishing, QA, and art across the developer's three studios in Edinburgh, Budapest, and Montpellier.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. Why did you become a solo developer? Effloresce : “Apply or build the idea.

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MAY 13, 2024

Design lessons from Pacific Drive show how developers can build new experiences in familiar genres.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Luna Abyss developer Bonsai Collective explains how it preserved performance by taking a unique approach to its bullet hell system.

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JUNE 28, 2023

While numerous tech vendors have clearly identified the need among developers for accessible, usable, and affordable tools, progress has been incremental at best.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Everywhere is being developed by Build A Rocket Boy, the studio founded by former Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies.

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JULY 11, 2023

The studio was founded in 2022 by a group of former Journey , Blaseball , and What Remains of Edith Finch developers.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Kiro’o Games is an ambitious game development company based in Yaounde, Cameroon. Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. This is his story.

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MAY 23, 2024

In a Game Developer interview last year, creator Billy Basso discussed his animation process and use of creative coding to build Animal Well's unique aesthetic.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Epic spotlighted new tools at GDC 2023 that it claims will help developers of all sizes build richer game worlds.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The two-time CEO at Avalanche Studios and Flashbulb will 'build on and strengthen the winning formula that Raw Fury has developed.'

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 30, 2024

But those games were licensing deals, externally developed by Scopely and Larian Studios, respectively. And despite the success of those partnerships, Hasbro is actually investing considerably in building out its own internal development. Read more

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AUGUST 13, 2024

'Why are we building 100 hour experiences for gamers when there are still a billion people who've never had a 100 second experience?'

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

The developers at 11-Bit Studios explain how the intense sequel emphasizes the stories players build alongside their city.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 9, 2023

They are both well aware of the irony of two engineers developing a parody engineering game, but that hasn’t stopped Cillín Farrell and Neil Mackenzie from devoting the majority of their spare time doing just that. With the game’s 100% physics-based building system, players can solve each mission in infinite ways.

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Game Developer

JUNE 29, 2023

Sifu's Paul-Emile Boucher sheds light on what went into developing the game's art direction.

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Game Developer

MARCH 15, 2023

The developers behind 2022's The Wandering Village are stepping into game publishing, particularly for simulation and building titles.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

“They handled functionality, building everything off the first game, letting me focus on creative aspects like story, cutscenes, music, voiceovers, and art,” he notes. ” This time around, Jones embraced extensive collaboration in the development process. ” Respect Game Developers!

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JULY 20, 2023

The company is building new monetization tools that will let Roblox developers create subscriptions within their experiences.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 26, 2024

Canadian developer Lincoln McCulloch, working under the studio name Uncle Grouch Gaming , spent the last five years creating the upcoming Dungeons & Kingdoms. An ambitious game that combines medieval city building and kingdom defense with ARPG combat and monster hunting. “So, Why did you become a solo developer?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 21, 2024

When Ulas Karademir last worked at IO Interactive, it was a Square Enix-owned, Danish game developer that made Hitman. He left in 2014, and has since held numerous senior roles at Unity, before joining Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli to build an engine for distributed development (RealityOS).

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I was reading a piece over on Game Developer that gave me pause for a second about whether this is what game design at the AAA level is about now — focusing on analytics and trying to “math” the perfect … The post Why You Can’t Objectively (..)

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The mobile game about a Magpie that swoops down and attacks pedestrians was successful enough for Nowell to keep developing games. “I Why did you become a solo developer? “I How do you stay motivated through (years of) development? “I Just start building and the ideas will come.” I like variety in my work”, he says.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This new hackathon will put the latest generative AI tools in the hands of fans to unlock new ways to build and develop stronger esports teams. They will then create a large language model (LLM)-powered digital assistant to build teams and answer various questions about VALORANT Esports players.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2024

In a post shared on the game's website , EA shared that the studio behind Star Wars: Squadron and the recent Dead Space remake, will put together a team focused on developing the upcoming game. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Mobile firm Metacore is ending development of free-to-play village building sim Everdale and returning it to its creator, Supercell. Read more

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