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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration. Carlsen: “When Jakob and I founded the company, we did that first Coccon prototype over the course of 3-4 months. Cocoon’s development journey spanned a challenging 6.5

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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration. Carlsen: “When Jakob and I founded the company, we did that first Coccon prototype over the course of 3-4 months. Cocoon’s development journey spanned a challenging 6.5

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Rami Ismail • Find your USP by describing the game in one or two sentences

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Years ago, at the annual Penny Arcade Expo games convention, I was showing off an advanced prototype of Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing. The newsletter is free but you can support the existence of LTPF with a small subscription fee. Describe it!

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Mordhau on consoles: “A lot of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit”

PreMortem.Games

The fact that you can tell who you’re up against because of how they fight, not how they look or what their name is. First person slasher genre Triternion was officially founded in 2017, but the roots go back as far as 2014 when two developers built the initial prototypes and explorations in the first person slasher genre.

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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This suite is based on the Five Levels of Communication through Game Development , my own personal board game development philosophy. At that point, I’m getting close to a prototype. Need help on your board game? Smash Bros.

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How to Tell Great Stories Through Board Games

Brand Game Development

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This suite is based on the Five Levels of Communication through Game Development , my own personal board game development philosophy. The Seize the Bean prototype has little sugar cube pieces to tell its story. Need help on your board game?

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Reality, Upgraded: Navigating VR/AR Gaming with Alex Silkin

Game Dev Unchained

As a pioneer in the field, Silkin reminisces about the time when VR was essentially a prototype cluttered with wires and bulky headsets. He concluded, “I think there’s obviously enough space for these two to kind of fight it out.”