PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Rebots came from a simple concept. We’ve gotten much better at the practical stuff of making things, prototyping, implementing and polishing,” Porkoláb notes. With over six years of development behind them, Lead Producer Regő Porkoláb has learned some valuable lessons. Don’t make a game for six years!”

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

In game development, one of the most essential aspects is prototyping. It is essential to avoid skipping the process of creating a “physical” prototype to understand and overcome the complexities associated with game production. What exactly is a game prototype?

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

However, getting a competitive edge in the industry requires creativity and that’s where rapid game prototyping comes in. This article aims to explore the rising significance of rapid game prototyping in the game development process. The Process of Rapid Game Prototyping Rapid game prototyping is a powerful tool in game development.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

” Once a concept is chosen, it goes through a prototyping phase where function takes priority over form. We love exploring different styles of puzzles, logic, pattern recognition, environmental interactions and even experimental mechanics like cooperative dialogues.” “At this stage, we dont care about visuals at all.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Protospiel conventions are based around prototype board games. Prototypes ranged from paper-and-pencil to full-on Game Crafter $100+ sets. When you go to a play-testing convention, it’s not about just getting your prototype tested. Need help on your board game?

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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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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A lot of brainstorming and analysis goes into developing the concept that sets it apart from the crowd. A sure proof of the concept or idea has to be generated to see how viable and feasible it will be for the gaming studio to develop the game.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). The idea of a helping instance was indeed present in a very early stage of the concept. Watch the new trailer for GenoTerra right here: 96. The Mechanik II.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 14, 2018

Failure can involve missed deadlines, lost clients, scrapped prototypes, controversial public statements, or no-show events. Operational failures come from a problem in your plan’s implementation, but not necessarily the core concepts of your plan. Not all failure comes in the form of unsuccessful Kickstarter campaigns.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design. Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

But also looking out for publishing or funding deals for our own original concepts and prototypes.” “By providing top-quality game development from A to Z. So we are open to new opportunities for co-development or work for hire. by Paladin Studios Another indie you will find at the Netherlands Lounge is Linx Interactive.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 16, 2024

It allows artists to bring concepts to life by adding depth, texture, and realistic lighting to their designs. From 3D architectural renderings to product prototypes and virtual environments for games and movies, 3D visualization is used across various industries to visualize ideas, streamline workflows, and communicate concepts effectively.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You always need a core team to get a project off the ground - engineering who can put together the foundations of the game, design that can prototype and build core gameplay, art that can establish a new visual standard for a new game. There's also the factor of how projects have different needs at different times.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. Honestly the concept doesn't make much sense to me, but anyway they pause everything to prepare for Amnesia Fortnight.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 24, 2024

It’s important to stick to the plan to avoid spending years making prototypes, that you will need to adapt in most cases after the first playtests. We are lucky to have passionate communities on all subjects, and it’s easy to interact on concepts, techniques, or production.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. You don’t have to publish it or market it or any of that. Just go out and make a great board game for fun.

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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. And from there we make a detailed script, then a level design and start prototyping. And the player’s imagination completes the rest!

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. This concept grew organically from a single idea. By September 2022 I had most of the design and lore elements of the game ready, including several prototypes, but it all looked terrible.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game concepts: In this phase, some of the questions asked are - What will be the genre of the game? Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look. Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look. What is the time frame?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2024

Jeff G (Design Director Jeff Gregg ) is not a talker, he will go into the game and make an idea a prototype reality, and the art team will go from rough concept, to hands on in the map to make damn sure it kicks as much ass as possible.

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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. The original 8 member team that built the prototype at Rubika – school for Game design and animation in Valenciennes, France- all went their separate ways after graduating.

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Played with Fire

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In education and training, VR helps learners visualize complex concepts, practice skills in safe environments, and engage with material in a more meaningful way. Engineering & Architecture Students can design, modify, and test virtual prototypes before real-world implementation. The Benefits of VR in Learning 2.1

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This is where most of the rules have been ironed out and are acceptable enough to use during a prototype either in person or online through something like Tabletopia or Tabletop simulator. Sean: I ended up resorting to a concept of taking MMORPG concepts and placing them into this D20 world. Public blind play tests.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 5, 2018

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. A graphics designer was hired to come up with a visual concept that would have people smile and feel good. Need help on your board game? He never earned a penny more.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

I lean heavily on text for as long as possible, postponing prototyping until it’s absolutely necessary. This isn’t a truly solo project, as I’ve had some contractors help out immensely in concept art, sound, and on the PR front.” From there, it’s all about iteration. This is something I plan to delve deeper into with my next project.”

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. The Role of Game Artists Concept artist The game concept artist creates the initial visual concepts of the game (characters, environments, props, vehicles and other visual elements) in accordance with GDD.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Will: I know for me personally, projects are a big concept. Sarah: I’m the one who makes the early prototypes and I’m in charge of the playtesting. The time to do quality printing, like with The Game Crafter, is for late stage prototypes that need to look as good as the game finally is. Brandon: Will, I agree with that so much.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

We made a pilot trailer and concept art that served as a main aesthetic code for the art style. After creating some prototypes, we finally found it. And since A Space for the Unbound is tackling topics such as nostalgia and melancholia, I feel pixel art is a great choice to be paired with those themes.

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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. And from there we make a detailed script, then a level design and start prototyping. And the player’s imagination completes the rest!

Fantasy 104

Fantasy Pixel Point and Click Art 104

CG Spectrum

JANUARY 20, 2023

This type of visual representation can also be used for marketing purposes or to help explain and clearly lay out complicated concepts and systems. Automotive industry — building digital prototypes. Product designers — building digital prototypes, and for marketing purposes. Who uses architectural visualization?

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. 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. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

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. Still, two main concepts are almost ubiquitous in multiplayer games: some form of messaging , and some form of state replication (synchronization and reconciliation).

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

” does not give them same context as “In playtests we found that a turn-based paradigm fits the prototype best, which answers questions raised about the prototype’s gameplay last week.” For any e-mail relating to sales, pitching, or decision-making, try using the concepts of BLUF.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. This is never a good thing.” What’s your creative process? “It From there I take it step by step.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 21, 2017

You have very limited ways of communicating complicated concepts to your players with static cardboard and plastic, so what you imply and what you suggest through your game’s design is very important! We’re doing rapid prototyping. Need help on your board game?

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2024

Similarly, the vertical slice also serves as a proof-of-concept for an internal project and used to get the green light for continued development. What's more likely to happen is that they fund initial prototypes for several new game ideas, then approve the more promising ones and cull the rest. Call of Duty, Pokemon, Madden, etc.).

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

We made a pilot trailer and concept art that served as a main aesthetic code for the art style. After creating some prototypes, we finally found it. And since A Space for the Unbound is tackling topics such as nostalgia and melancholia, I feel pixel art is a great choice to be paired with those themes.

Art 104

Art Pixel Studios Media 104