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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. I function well like that.”

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Step into the many fantastical worlds of Nightingale by Inflexion Games

PreMortem.Games

” The team sought to break away from traditional sci-fi and fantasy genres, finding inspiration in gaslamp fantasy—a style that blends nineteenth-century history with magical elements. “What interested us as game makers is the idea of building worlds that have depth and substance to them.

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How to Price Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

It’s a very intelligent abstract strategy game in which you competitively build towers in an effort to be the first person to stand atop one. I lifted the box once in a gaming store, and I can swear its heavier than the stones I used to build the retaining wall outside my house. Santorini is a sharp game.

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There was a popular video a few years back (What games are like for someone who doesn’t play games). It struck me as a gamer because of how much unwritten “gamer intuition” that we just learned over time and tutorials sometimes seem to take this for granted (ie Day9’s criticism of Tears of the Kingdom). What do gamedevs keep in mind when crafting a tutorial for gamers but also for newcomers to gaming or the genre of the game?

Ask a Game Dev

If we're building a big budget AAA first person shooter, we can expect that our representative player recognizes and likes first person shooters and is likely already familiar with the basics of how to play them.

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10 Best Free Sci-Fi Games You Can Play for FREE

SOVEREIGN MOON

Destiny 2 is a first person shooter (FPS) with action packed gameplay and an engaging narrative. Spacelords is a beautiful tactical sci-fi fantasy game with engaging lore and intense action that helps to push the game’s narrative along. This means that you can actually earn (or lose) real money by playing Planet Calypso.

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All Time Favorite MS DOS Games

Game Designing

Build armies, move troops strategically around to fortify positions in an attempt to strengthen your position, and attack and defend. This first-person shooter game is based on episodes, meaning you’ll need to move through the story, accomplishing goals in order to reach the next level. SimCity 2000. Wolfenstein 3D.

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. Comparatively, the original Skyrim mod felt like more of a city with more buildings, more organization, more density. Why would they build (and maintain) a big theater space that they never use? The Forgotten City (2021).

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