PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. We’re aiming at making non-violent games that bring families and friends together around the screen.” Narrative designer and Seed by Seed co-founder Antonin Demeilliez explains the idea behind Baladins.

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Co-op Fantasy Writing Studios 129

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 21, 2019

If you’re a fledgling designer and you want to make your players nervous, this is how you do it. A well-designed co-op game like Pandemic stands out among the crowd. There is a relative dearth of good cooperative games out there in the board gaming world. You know what I’ve noticed?

Game Design 130

Game Design Game Designer Co-op Games 130

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Kudos to Neil Long of Mobilegamer.biz for joining the event and writing the notes. State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.”

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Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Discipline Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. Or try to make a game designed to be loved by every person in the world.

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Development Dev Horror Playtesting 197

The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

I mean, Hidden Object Games barely even count as an activity. And yet, we know they are games, because they have “game” in the name. things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see. My games, by the modern standard, look like absolute dogs. Don't even try.

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Indy Art Writing Co-op 101

The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 9, 2023

If it looks good, you should write a copy of it. It was a fun cheap game that is still fun and cheap. It's also a charming, scruffy take on the classic Twin-Stick Shooter genre, great for mindless gaming, with a price that is effectively zero. Both about game design, and about the indie games biz as a whole.

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Co-op Indy Games Balance 82

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, Spyke Games showed how ambitious they were from the start with one of the largest seed rounds the games industry has ever seen… Of course, to secure this type of investment, you need an extraordinary team with unique backgrounds, and Spyke Games had just that. Thus, Tile Busters was born. What is next?

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Tile Co-op Puzzle Feature 52