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Two brothers behind MystiveDev build bodycam survival-horror Chasmal Fear

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Based in the city of Ohrid in North Macedonia, the two brothers Bobby and Zhanko Mojsovski work hard on their next game, the bodycam survival-horror shooter Chasmal Fear. That’s when we asked ourselves what it would be like to create a bodycam sci-fi survival horror.” “Talk with the players and do lots of playtesting.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

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For his debut game Supernormal , Hitori was inspired by the much-hyped, but never-released horror game Allison Road. Career change In the upcoming horror platformer Unlife , players have to navigate a post-apocalyptic world where mankind is all but wiped out from a nuclear war. It was relatively easy. I want to work smart, not hard.

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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”

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In the past, I’ve tried creating a few YouTube channels (starting in 2017) and TikTok accounts, trying to build an audience and, eventually, turn it into a business. After finishing IHAS, I will start to build a strong team to work on games that are beyond my scope a solo dev.” Playtest early. How did you get the idea for IHAS?

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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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. Our first playtester hit the first target after approximately 0.5 Even with no tutorial.

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Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

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. Our first playtester hit the first target after approximately 0.5 Even with no tutorial.

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10 Elements of Good Game Design

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If you hate the game you’re playtesting, do something different. 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. This seems obvious, but never lose sight of it. It stalled out for the next four.

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AWS for Games at Gamescom 2023

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Customer Stories Learn how game studios of all sizes use AWS for Games services and solutions, including generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), to build, run, and grow their games across the globe. Product Launches AWS for Games is a portfolio of purpose-built capabilities to help game developers build, run, and grow their games.

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