Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Developing a game is no child’s play! Game developers can vouch that the game development landscape does not look as pretty and exciting as it seems. Months, sometimes years of planning, impending deadlines, trials, and corrections go into creating a video game loved by the targeted audience.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 7, 2024

FlatPonies , a Copenhagen-based game development studio, is finally launching Rebots , a first-person automation game that invites players to explore a universe full of quirky robots and expansive worlds. With over six years of development behind them, Lead Producer Regő Porkoláb has learned some valuable lessons.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Want to get away from the hustle and bustle in the Moscone Centre and just have a good conversation and decent coffee with Dutch games industry professionals? Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business. We create games that make you smile”, says CEO Stein Damen. “By

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 4, 2024

With over 2000 pitches flooding their inbox every year, Kepler Interactive is no stranger to reviewing a deluge of game ideas. The small team of six to seven professionals is tasked with wading through roughly 150 new concepts per month, determining which few might have the potential to become the next big title.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 29, 2024

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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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

In fact, fulfillment often determines how big games are and how many components can be included. Many game developers think about fulfillment only after their project is complete – and you can certainly get away with it! Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last Saturday and Sunday, I attended my first board gaming convention – Protospiel in Atlanta. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Need help on your board game?

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

In game development, one of the most essential aspects is prototyping. In today’s world, game development is an art, and quite inarguably, it is one of the most complex and intricate art forms. In this article, you’ll learn some significant and exciting things about the development of game prototypes.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

Jason Nicot , a French solo game developer operating under the name Choose Red , recently announced his latest game Sanctua. In this co-op multiplayer game a group of players have to work together to escape a cursed tomb. He went into transportation management, but game development never really left his mind.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As game development progresses from initial concept to prototyping to preproduction to production, there are certain major evaluations that the project must pass in order to get the green light to continue.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Just go out and make a great board game for fun.

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Have you had an excellent game idea but not sure where to start? Or are you an experienced game developer who’s looking to grow the knowledge you already have? The process of game development is a unique experience. What is Game Development? Game development is the process of creating games.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As a result, multiplayer games have revolutionized modern gaming, from human vs. computer to human vs. human interaction. Building multiplayer games can be rewarding and exciting for aspiring game developers. Start by defining the type of game you want to create.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Where in an MMORPG world, that concept is very straightforward.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. A Space for the Unbound is their own developed IP. “We all at Mojiken love cats! The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2024

Incredibly painful Coming from a background of large teams building multi million dollar games, it’s been hard for Williams to break out of the mindset that that’s the only way to do game development. “It’s

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One of the things that fascinates me most about pixel art is that you are working with concepts, like working with Lego pieces. What you create is a representation of a concept, an emotion. The game is obviously based on the many works of Jules Verne, but the story that it tells is an original one.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. This is a more business-oriented aspect of game development that we rarely see, and frankly, an aspect we rarely associate with DF either.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

“Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Let’s jump in!

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, in Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game , I released Five Levels of Communication through Game Development. Need help on your board game?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

When the allure of game development clashes with the necessity of a traditional job, the only choice is to juggle both endeavors simultaneously. I simply couldn’t shake off my passion for making games. So, I ended up living a dual life, working my day job and moonlighting as a developer. This is a tricky question.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2023

The developers of Fireplace Games made an early prototype of the game while still in school, but are now well on their way to release it as a full-fledged game. prototype started gaining traction with nominations, awards and people posting YouTube videos. has to be the visual flair of the game.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve talked about the benefits and challenges of working alone in the board game industry. Yet I’m a bit of an odd beast in the board game development world since most people prefer to work in teams. Need help on your board game? Will: I know for me personally, projects are a big concept.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 5, 2018

Fulfillment is one of the most intricate and complex parts of the board game business. In fact, I’ve written about a few times: a crash course on the concepts , how to prepare for the costs , and a personal story of how hard it was to fulfill War Co. Need help on your board game? The smiley face was his graphics solution.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. A Space for the Unbound is their own developed IP. “We all at Mojiken love cats! The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 23, 2024

One of the things that fascinates me most about pixel art is that you are working with concepts, like working with Lego pieces. What you create is a representation of a concept, an emotion. The game is obviously based on the many works of Jules Verne, but the story that it tells is an original one.

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Fantasy Pixel Point and Click Art 104

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. For any e-mail relating to sales, pitching, or decision-making, try using the concepts of BLUF.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? At that point, I’m getting close to a prototype.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement? In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

Virtual Reality’s Second Surge As the first decade of commercial virtual reality (VR) draws to a close, we caught up with seasoned game developer, Alex Silkin , to discuss the twists, turns, and future of the VR and augmented reality (AR) industry. “Right now, the quality of games and experiences, it’s just not there.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. One of the trickiest parts of self-publishing a board game can be finding good artists.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2024

The vertical slice is a big milestone in a game's development because it shows the entire game coming together in a cohesive play experience. This also gives them a good idea of how much longer the game will take to build, how the game will fit in with the rest of the publisher's release schedule, and how it will sell.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2024

Here are some impressive stats: Voodoo maintains an average of roughly 100 prototypes in progress at all times, reflecting a massive stream of game development ideas. They test around 1,000 prototypes each year, demonstrating their dedication to exploring a wide array of concepts.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

It's finally time for the long-awaited post about the new multiplayer replication system that is being developed for Godot 4.0. Below, we will introduce the concepts around which it was designed, the currently implemented prototype, and planned changes to make it more powerful and user-friendly. Initial prototype.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, in the spirit of Halloween, I wrote Performing a Board Game Autopsy: Learning from Your Mistakes. The analogy is morbid, but the concept is simple. Need help on your board game?

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