PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 30, 2025

And of course, balancing everything like coding, art, marketing, and playtesting can be exhausting. Something I want to feel in a game rather than a structured concept. Playtesting is a huge part of the process, but also biased if you find yourself asking the same individuals for help. Whats your creative process?

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Development Playtesting Prototyping Point and Click 138

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

” Once a concept is chosen, it goes through a prototyping phase where function takes priority over form. “Playtesting is key. Play the demo now. We love exploring different styles of puzzles, logic, pattern recognition, environmental interactions and even experimental mechanics like cooperative dialogues.”

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2025

AWS presented playable ads for Ludeo and powering Xsollas game streaming service, to game streaming smart TVs for JackBox Games and a time-saving proof of concept playtesting workflow for Epic Games. Image 2: GDC 2025 attendees demo Amazon GameLift Streams. Learn more about the AWS for Games GDC 2025 demos.

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AI Demo Game Developer Game Development 52

PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

Everyone must be online from 14h to 18h on Discord because this is ‘when things get done’ and we can all do brainstorms, playtests and all that.” She drew a lot of the first concept art for the main characters. According to Lamhut the team explored several concepts before settling on Roguelites. says Lamhut laughing.

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Studios Build Playtesting Concepts 104

Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Then it cuts to concept artist Emily Johnstone anxiously trying to pitch design ideas to a group brainstorm meeting which she just happens to be the only woman in the room. Meanwhile, Sony is happy with the VR demo, and the studio is getting more experienced with Unreal. Sharp criticism and failure is what hones your design sense.

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Art Concepts Dev Studios 147

Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Gabriel Tanko – Concept and 2D Art. Some people finished the demo level in 4-5 minutes. You’re working in a bubble for 12 hours a day to get that last build ready for the demo and then suddenly: BOOM! Fix the problems we identified during the playtest. Make the demo bigger and better. Cosmin Coroiu – 3D Art.

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Point and Click Dev Demo Playtesting 52

Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Since then, we've been laser-focused on our next big milestone: completing the entire vertical slice for Kristala.Which means we're inching closer and closer to the official release of the game's demo too. Concept Art. Each clan's capital city will have its own unique starting point. 3D Modeling.

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