PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ideas for the game’s content were inspired mainly from movies and TV shows, while the game designs came from the games the team loves to play, like Everquest for the open world concept and The Vanishing Hitchhiker for the atmosphere. All the murder scenes are fictional”, assures Tomi.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. An open-world social simulation of a whole human civilization on Mars. This concept grew organically from a single idea. What’s your creative process? “My This helps me define the set of key ideas I’d like to explore. It was a disaster!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

Combining the looks of a Ghibli movie with the condensed open world of that game, gave birth to the idea of an apprentice witch delivering packages. When we told Ernest Sala about Mika’s game idea, it didn’t take him long to create a series of concepts that defined the style of the world and characters.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 31, 2023

In cognitive psychology, there’s this concept called “Cognitive Load”. For an open world game like you mention, this means careful placement of quest givers and quest goals relative to each other in the world. It refers to the maximum number of things a person can easily remember and recall at once.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

Unable to continue in-person school activities, they used the time to create a concept. It started as an ambitious open-world project but was streamlined into a mobile game with a few missions. “ Bukola found inspiration in the book “The Wild Kingdoms” about Yoruba mythology.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The world of video games has undergone a remarkable transformation over the years, evolving from simple pixelated screens to immersive, open-world environments with complex narratives and stunning graphics. Let’s explore how game testing has evolved and how modern QA teams navigate today’s complex gaming landscapes.

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Game Errors

APRIL 7, 2023

It takes place in a fantasy-themed world and presents the gameplay through a third-person viewpoint. Players can freely move anywhere across the open world environment, while the gameplay includes the following features: Weapons, Magic Spells, Horseback Riding, Crafting, and Summons. is in your favor.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. “Open World Games" have the potential for countless hours of exploration and fun through their huge game worlds.

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Real Programming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Whereas previous generations played pinball at the arcade, or side-scrolling Nintendo games , the video games our teachers played as kids resemble the open-world sandbox games popular today, like Minecraft. RP4K begins at the start, diving into real math and coding concepts to build a custom video game that even young kids can manage.

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Played with Fire

APRIL 14, 2022

Outdated concepts, adherence to rigid genre frameworks and the excessive use of microtransactions are the reasons that AAA games not excite us as much as they used to. The consequence of this is that an indie game will take less time to finish than a high-budget (for example open-world production). Shorter gameplay.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Video games that integrate elements to create a “realistic and open world” aim to be more than just a source of entertainment. Let’s now discuss the ways to develop a detailed and realistic game world. Great controls are essential as they drive the game’s overall concept.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the same time, cross-platform open-world RPG Genshin Impact continues to break new ground, crossing its $3 Billion in IAP Spend in Q2 2022. Overall, in the key Western markets, MMORPGs, Roguelikes, Merge and Puzzle genres largely bucked the recession in terms of revenue.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 11, 2024

Here’s how to organize the process and make exploratory testing more efficient: Session-Based Testing Trying to explore a large open world without a map can be confusing. Knowing AI and ML concepts and tools to work well with developers and data scientists. Testers will need to learn new skills, such as: Data Analysis.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

If you follow that link, you’ll see open world events occurring as the quest proceeds, done without zone or quest locking, etc. Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. Highly narrative, intricate puzzles, and immersive storytelling. Heck, there was one quest that redid the entire zone spawn.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

Some concepts: More enemies could show up? Okay so that’s not a new concept, and kinda used generally throughout Cogmind for both clock and non-clock responses, so nothing special there and even kinda repetitive, not to mention it invites farming anyway.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. There are two open world regions, Redfall Commons and Burial Point.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. Rather, each game is made great by a purposeful use of atmosphere that helps to communicate the developers’ vision for the world and how the player should feel about it. Compare two games Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. We love the concept. Sprinkling rewards throughout the gameplay, rather than at the end of each level, can make your game all the more fun to play. Net Fishing!

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s figure out what this concept is about and then dig a little deeper for more details. The basic concept is as follows: the more you play, the more rewards you get. The Sandbox is a buzzing open-world platform where players can buy land and build games. We’re talking about web 3 gaming. What is Web3 in crypto?

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Tools and Techniques Game artists use different lighting tools to create realistic worlds. Example: Bright sunlight in an open-world game) Point Light. Plan for lighting early, from concept art to level design. Here are the main types: Directional Light. Example: Cozy glow from a fireplace in a cabin) Spot Light.

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