Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kyle Rowley: We wanted to figure out what kind of horror experience we wanted to make, based on Alan Wake as an established franchise, and the things that we did in the first game. Early on, we wanted to identify ourselves as more of a psychological horror game. So psychological horror made a lot of sense for us.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. This time, we’ll look at the top games that use storytelling as a core mechanic and show you that you don’t need sparkling design and intense gameplay to create a hit. Three Minute Games also included a time mechanic to make it feel even more realistic. One way is narrative.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys. Tournament options in Stumble Guys.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

While we haven’t created a hardcore horror game, a huge adventure game or a really serious fishing game, the blending of these genres has hooked the attention of players from all three”, says Joel Mason , Writer and Programmer at Black Salt Games. As a first-time writer this flexibility felt like a good strategy.”

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

While we haven’t created a hardcore horror game, a huge adventure game or a really serious fishing game, the blending of these genres has hooked the attention of players from all three”, says Joel Mason , Writer and Programmer at Black Salt Games. As a first-time writer this flexibility felt like a good strategy.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

KinitoPET combines this trend with the evergreen horror genre to bring you a unique experience about virtual assistants. Backpack Battles Backpack Battles decided to make inventory management the main game mechanic. Build relationships, play minigames, use social media, and most importantly: solve the mystery at hand.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s got all the elements of the original that gamers liked – the economic strategy and dynamic scoring – plus some new mechanics carefully chosen by the original creator to make the game even better. Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 30, 2024

A compelling drama synopsis needs elements different from those of an action thriller or a horror film. Horror and sci-fi writers must balance their world-building elements with suspense. Horror synopses walk a fine line between intrigue and mystery. Horror synopses can kill suspense by revealing too much too soon.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

one place I’ve encouraged surprise is the facedown card mechanic. Don’t just playtest it and refine the mechanics. If you can give your game a story, you build a whole world of context that draws patterns in the mechanics and the theme. In War Co. , Make it feel unique. This is the art for Spectrum in War Co.,

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Quests that do world building. the treatment of specific monsters in Witcher 3 affecting the fates of characters you may or may not meet) or that build connections with people and places (like how completing a fetch quest or taking care of a problem aids in reconstructing a colony in Xenoblade Chronicles). Is my only option stealth?

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 11, 2022

Omori is appraised for it’s psychological horror and it was made in RPG Maker MV just like my game! There are complex design I have to think about when designing a game mechanic. Let me break down what that cumbersome of a job I had to do in order to get that farming mechanic implemented to the best of this engine could do.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For developers, Steam Next Fest is an opportunity to get early feedback from players and build an audience for a future launch on Steam. Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Mechanic 8230. You have until the 7th of October 2021 @ 17:00 UTC to test the games!

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

After watching the DMA blink out of existence only to reappear elsewhere, Jett Reno and Paul Stamets deduce that the DMA is not a naturally occurring phenomenon, which increases astronomically the level of horror the DMA inspires in everyone.

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Game Industry News

JUNE 22, 2023

In fact, “The Broken Circle” is mostly about coping with emotional instability, and I’d argue that we get a few really interesting insights into the characters’ coping mechanisms. M’Benga and Chapel quickly discover that the facility is less a facility and more a Federation starship that the Broken Circle has been painstakingly building.

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

Resident Evil 4 (Remake) The Resident Evil 4 Remake reimagines the classic horror game with modern technology, enhancing its graphics, gameplay, and storytelling. This remake retains the essence of the original while offering a fresh experience with updated mechanics and deeper narrative elements. Sea of Stars 6. Lies of P 5.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The great and terrible Godzilla: Eiji Tsuburaya Eiji Tsuburaya was a Japanese visionary who worked in the genres of fanfiction and horror. Carlo Rambaldi's "King Kong" is the largest and most complex puppet ever created in a movie and now, in a world where CGI rules, no studio would dare build something like this.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

We used the following basic criteria in building out our list of the best GBA games of all time: Did it perform as designed? Building on the legendary (pun intended) Zelda, this GameBoy Advance version successfully captured the essence of the original game but added a multilayer element that was called Four Swords. Was it fun to play?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? If you chain together multiple adjacent partners at the same time, you build up a combo multiplier -- the 1st climax is worth 1 L of semen, but the 4th consecutive climax is worth 4 L. Building up huge group sessions is the key to completing later levels.

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