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Solo developer Voidmaw on creating Katanaut: “Done is better than perfect”

PreMortem.Games

Eugene, the solo developer behind Voidmaw , has spent three years crafting Katanaut , a fast-paced action-roguelite where players embody a katana-wielding astronaut fighting to escape a collapsing space station. As a one-person team, he embraces both the creative freedom and the intense challenges that come with solo development.

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AWS GDC 2025 Highlights

AWS Games

Nearly 30,000 attendees were welcomed to the March 2025 Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Moscone Convention Center with an official ribbon cutting by the Mayor of San Francisco. AWS also hosted insightful sessions featuring Epic Games, Netflix Games, Riot Games, Jackbox Games, and more.

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I’m a recent computer science graduate and finished my military duty, where I also developed a strong concept for my first game. Game development is my passion, and I’d love to pursue it full-time, but I’m unsure if going indie can provide enough financial stability at the start. Should I focus on funding and self-publishing, or look for a stable job in the industry or another field and keep game dev as a hobby for now? My friends think I could succeed as an influencer if I started streaming, but I’m also unsure if I want to specialize—programming might be an option.

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The amount of crossover from regular software engineering and game development is not nil, and leveling up in software engineering is a net positive towards making your dream game work out too. and programming generally pays a lot better than indie dev work.

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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement

Game Refinery

Here are just a few examples: Cooking Madness looked at how it could further monetize the concept beyond pickaxes with Pirate Treasure, which features a $4.99 Players are clearly fans too, given the game has made over $47 million in revenue and been downloaded more than 20 million times. premium battle pass.

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Game Dev Glossary: Prototype, Vertical Slice, First Playable, MVP, Demo

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Each of the terms are the same basic concept - a demonstration of gameplay - but they each have small but important distinctions. It’s a functioning version of all planned game systems in the game working together for a representative final game experience. Let’s go over them here.

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Video Game Prototyping and Its Importance in Game Development

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Therefore, before developing the game's final version, you must test a prototype. This is one of the most crucial parts of game development that can boost the game’s overall quality and success. What is a video game prototype, and why is it essential? It is the basis of high-quality game development.

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Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres”

PreMortem.Games

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Game development began as a hobby but became serious very fast. “I Super Fantasy Kingdom is my first gaming project. Only a few weeks in I had the fundamental concept. I had very little feedback up until the release of the demo.

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