AWS Games

MARCH 11, 2025

They also have shared storage solutions, and other core features to streamline game development, including asset management, code collaboration, and project accessibility from anywhere in the world. These studios have utilized powerful GPU-powered cloud workstations and version control (through managed Perforce ).

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I like variety in my work (art, coding, animation, marketing); it keeps things interesting and I also love seeing my own progress over the weeks, months and years.” I also released the demo on Steam early (after invite-only playtesting) so I can gather feedback from real players. What are the biggest advantages of working solo? “I’m

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

In our team everyone has different roles in coding, design and testing, but at the end of the day we comment on each other’s work in playtests.” A big obstacle to overcome The Ancients has been in development for 3 years now and will release in Steam Early Access in November this year with publisher Camlann Games.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

The full sample for game server, game client and backend functionalities, including source code and deployment instructions, can be found in the AWS Sample GitHub repository. Once you’ve specified your messages, you can write handlers for them using GameSparks’ Cloud Code functionality. Game client – Unity.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

After three days of intensive game development and two weeks of playtesting and rating (over 3,500 ratings!), Browse the source code repository and have fun with the post-jam Enhanced Edition ! or browse the source code repository. The source code is available as an archive on itch.io. The Weather Guy.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Sovereign Moon Studios is dedicated to helping game enthusiasts bring their creative visions to life by teaching them how to make a video game from scratch without having to know how to code or draw. . Further over to the right we’ll see the playtest buttons which allow us to play, pause or stop our game. Want to Make Video Games?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

art, design, technology, physics, coding, music, maths, 3D, problem solving, empathy, and fun!” It’s very satisfying deleting a huge chunk of your old code. Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. Although I never imagined I’d make a game, it turns out it’s basically the perfect job for me.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To track down issues in your source code. PlaytestCloud PlaytestCloud enables you to playtest any video game on any platform, including iOS and Android. This tool focuses on gathering user feedback and playtesting. Xcode instruments offer numerous testing capabilities, enabling you to level up your game QA efforts.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Godot's code base is big, but well organized. Prerequisites: Laptop with Git, and for code contributions a C++ compiler installed. A presentation/discussion about the approach to the code and assets structure, and how it works for your team depending on the composition and experience of said team. Thursday, 11 October 2018.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Brainstorming is the key element before a developer dives into coding or designing. Voice actors breathe life into characters, and developers write thousands of lines of code. Coding errors, software compatibility issues, and the need for new gaming engines can feel overwhelming. Project leads ensure everyone stays on track.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

This episode is sponsored by [link] ⁠ 56% off subscription 20% for one-time purchases with my code GAMEDEV20 Introducing a special guest Max Fink, one of the developers behind the steam sensation, Battle Bit Remastered.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Teams collaborate to code and create the multiplayer game’s art assets, levels, and audio. During this phase, frequent iteration and playtesting are crucial in finetuning the multiplayer experience.  This may involve optimizing code, network performance, and in-game assets.  Also, check the multiplayer game for optimization.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In simple terms, test automation covers all edges and branches of your game code. Different game types benefit from varying levels of automated playtesting. Your game’s code changes frequently during the development process. These tests are usually challenging to run, especially when executed manually. Reusability.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

On the other hand, optimization testing dives into the fine details of your game’s code, assets, and graphics. So, playtesting sessions with actual can help gather insights and make improvements based on player feedback. These six best practices for console game testing can help you deliver a smooth console game that wows the players.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Solidity is one of the fundamental programming languages used to code smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Test Your Game and Deploy Performing thorough playtesting is crucial in NFT game development. However, if you’re using another blockchain, you may need to learn a different language.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

Without a clean-room test, developers risk fixing bugs in a singular code only to see the bug reappear. Usability/Play Testing Playtesting is another mandatory technique that must be mastered before a game application is released. Clean-room Testing Clean-room testing is a mandatory technique that must be mastered in game development.

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Game Global

DECEMBER 20, 2021

When this happens, developers may find that once they come to localize the product, there are issues with code, the user interface, or imaging that present a problem to the localization process. And there’s more than just the language to consider. Culturalization has just as much sway as translation in the success of a localized game.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This is never the case because some game tests, such as playtesting and ad hoc, cannot be automated. This ensures that tests are run automatically after code changes. The Human Aspect One of the key misconceptions about game test automation is that it eliminates the need for human testers.

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Grid Sage Games

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

At least the solution was obvious in this case: After all these years, I was finally forced to add a second page to the advanced commands :P The problem with the Achievements/Gallery/Lore records, and actually much of the “game menu” in all, was spaghetti code.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are some other nuances in there which I won’t get into, but anyway, “rough” yeah? :) I can see some people having a lot of fun with this thing, and I imagine it could get tweaked a bit after playtesting, but there are a good number of levers to tweak with this one.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

As is the changes are too new and we’ll have to see what real playtesting turns up. So yes this was another of those early “purely because we could” things without any playtesting or strong design basis, and it eventually showed. Fine tuning. I look forward to trying these out myself!

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

In playtesting so far this (among other benefits we’ll get to later) is already clearly tempting players who would otherwise always prefer regular branches over infiltrating a Garrison. Garrison encounter distribution samples, color-coded by category.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

At that point, Second Dinner revealed that their first project just so happens to be a licensed Marvel IP, which the team has been working on for six months already and is currently beginning to playtest. They've created a system where players can copy a deck code from anywhere online and easily paste it into the game to create that deck.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

The Sanctua game design document was 95% complete before I started coding. It’s important to stick to the plan to avoid spending years making prototypes, that you will need to adapt in most cases after the first playtests. Sometimes working 10 or 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, on a project you wrote months ago.

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Tom Francis

MAY 27, 2023

My chess variant stalled a while, cos I rarely felt like coding when my work day was done. A playtest of the previous version of Scavenger Chess also saw each side secure powerful but very different items, I’d love it if that became a signature of this game. Having both the Horsies vs Bugle might be winnable either way?

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

. “This holiday season you are NOT the Cogmind” Aside: My annual reviews each year cover a Dec~Nov period, and usually come out in the first days of December--this year’s is late since I was too deep in the coding mines at the time. Just this week I streamed the first playtest of that feature, and was pleasantly surprised.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

The platform offers a variety of tools and services, including integrated CI/CD and playtest environments, powerful graphic workstations, and scalable game development infrastructure based on AWS. Learn more. Read the blog to learn more.

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Grid Sage Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Improvements This whole feature has only just been added for the latest Beta 13 build released for playtesting among patrons , and being a relatively small side project it didn’t exactly go through the complete process of what all can we do with this newfound power?!

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

He was trying to create a whole city on a very real Commodore 64, and the ideas of these two designers required very different types of coding. However, after playtesting, Hudson realized that his game’s meaning was the exact opposite from what he wanted: My game was telling players: You can’t have it all. Life is zero sum.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Having playtested this new mechanic for a while, I’ve found that it comes with many interesting new strategic considerations, a whole new play style which can be both fun and challenging in its own ways. Treads can contribute the word “Armored,” and Hvy. Siege Treads can contribute the word “Siege.”

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

link] After adjusting the lighting, Ian then shifted gears to work on addressing some of the minor level-streaming issues we'd pinpointed during playtesting at the Play NYC game convention. Also fixed logic error in the code. Additionally, the gap issue you can see at the end of the video below is now fixed too. Take a look!

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 14, 2024

Naturally, I was really intrigued with creating games once I had the appropriate coding knowledge for it. With my new project I will do A LOT more playtesting early on and also maybe art testing. The feedback from players who played for more than 3 hours was really good. You can’t afford that nowadays.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

In my simulation code, men can have one of five sexual moods: Top, Bottom, VersBottom (Versatile), TrueVers, and Voyeur. Instead I adapted a more abstract "hanky code" , a color coding system most popular among gay men in the 1970s to flag which types of sex acts and roles they enjoyed. These moods must be compatible.

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