Brand Game Development

MAY 1, 2017

Drama aside, it truly is difficult at first because you have to identify reviewers, send prototypes, make sure your game is ready enough, cross your fingers, and hope they like it. Game reviews build trust. If something slips through your playtesting, it might very well be caught in the review stage. Probably not.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 11, 2018

Wiscon I’ve attended even early in development to test out ideas, check reactions, and see players interact with everything from paper prototypes to physical, professional printed game versions of State of Wonder. Brandon: Right, and building an audience is a long, slow endeavor (at least at first). What to Do at Cons.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

The idea for New Heights emerged as a personal prototype, driven by the desire to create a game focused on exploration rather than violence. This approach not only offers an almost infinite amount of content but also allows players to climb famous rock faces, buildings, and even landmarks in their own cities.

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Indy Dev Studios Playtesting 104

Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Prototyping This stage involves prototyping different ideas including level layout design, character design, gameplay elements and mechanics, and other core concepts, before finalizing them for the cemented stage of the game production process. Looking for experts in game logic and development?

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Mechanics Games Playtesting Prototyping 64

PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? All this before there’s ever any playtesting done. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. This whole process was a big learning experience on so many fronts.” And the biggest pitfalls?

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. ALMOST PRODUCTION (episodes 14 - 17) The core concept is set, so now they can start building out the game.

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Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I've created an online prototype for playtesting that has seen almost 2000 games completed with at least a dozen players clocking in at over 100 games apiece. The rapid feedback and iteration cycles enabled by this level of playtesting mean that the game is currently in fantastic shape. Limited play decisions.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

I will sometimes sketch out what I’m thinking on paper if necessary, but will always try to use the lowest fidelity needed, then prototype it to find out if it is good/fun/useful.” “For Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. I try to avoid wasting time with high-fidelity mock-ups.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Building multiplayer games can be rewarding and exciting for aspiring game developers. Here’s a quick overview of the entire process of developing multiplayer games, from pre-production to post-release: Concept and Design  Like any other game, the journey of building a multiplayer game starts by creating the game concept.

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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. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. As an example, by far the most sought after prototype was Lightpack 2.0,

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Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

We've had Mac builds as well as PC builds from day 1 on Fantasy Strike, though I can't comment on other platforms right now. We could certainly add more to our controls scheme if we need to, but so far it's gone over fantastically in playtesting exactly how it is.) I'm glad to bring them into the fold.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Building a brand Cilingir used League of Legends and Genshin Impact as examples of brands that have resonated outside games, and stressed that community-building has never been more important as it lowers your UA cost. So how should publishers think about launching new games right now? What is the next big thing?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We 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. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.

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Playtesting Prototyping Games Mechanics 104

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We 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. They’d begin the minigame, which starts the reel spinning.

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Playtesting Prototyping Mechanics Games 104

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

However, even back then, Chinese players would spend a substantial amount of money in microtransactions which, thanks to a massive gamer population, were driving multiple franchises above the annual billion dollar revenue mark, making the free-to-play model the only way to build a viable business.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret: I have been making games all my life, from building and tweaking Amiga Basic examples from a textbook when I was 8, to making Quake2 mods in my teens, to redesigning an all new dynamic version of Axis and Allies with my friends in university. Some are just a few lines of an idea, some are in design, others are being prototyped.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

After all, he created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! In my first prototype, I had special “Draft Leaders” cards shuffled into segments of the Adventurer deck. In playtesting, the time between turns has rarely been an issue. His unedited original post can be found here.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. Originally this was prototyped as "Saugzwang" and I made it for the 7 Day Broughlike Jam back in 2019. Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? Building up huge group sessions is the key to completing later levels.

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