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

PreMortem.Games

In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. Lonely Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. There are no holidays.

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

Until Then Nominated for a plethora of awards, the visual novel Until Then tells the emotional story of the highschooler Mark in polished pixel art. Enjoy co-op gaming and procedurally generated worlds in Unrailed 2. Build relationships, play minigames, use social media, and most importantly: solve the mystery at hand.

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Genres are Marketing Terms, and Your Advice is Bad.

The Bottom Feeder

Co-Op Action Puzzle Game With Brief Sections Containing Every Other Genre" ( Puzzlequest, Slay the Spire, It Takes Two ) Defining a genre of any art is like trying to describe a cloud by drawing the cardboard box it's closest in shape too. Because it is kind of creative, and because it has pixel art. Don't even try. Match-3 RPG."

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Roguelike Elements in Mobile Games in China

Game Refinery

In a run-of-the-mill roguelite game decorative items such as skins probably would not be a very effective monetization tactic since roguelites and roguelikes are by default single-player games, but Soul Knight has tackled this problem with a synchronous co-op possibility.

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App Store’s NFT Guidelines: Imminent peril or entry ticket for blockchain games?

Deconstructor of Fun

deal Big Pixel Studios veterans' Landmark Games raise $4.6m investment for co-op mobile game Sweden’s Behold Ventures raises $25.9M INVESTING / M&A Matchingham Games acquires two IPs from Pow Games in $11.7m

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