Raph Koster

MARCH 3, 2025

It’s a mad scramble to get everything done, make sure you have all the content ready, to answer the huge inflow of questions, find all the spots where you weren’t quite clear enough… but you just survive on little sleep and keep pushing. We will try to be good about reposting this content on Reddit and Steam as well.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A narrative can also help with pacing, building and releasing tension alongside key story beats while directing the players’ attention and emotions through them, all the while supporting other features and creating a meaningful foundation for retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

In addition, due to the topology creation process, 3D modeling is time consuming and has a high entry barrier for content creation. According to Ashot Gabrelyanov, CEO of Shapeyard development company Magic Unicorn, “As the web evolves, its content form does, too. This makes them inoperable with multiple platforms in the metaverse.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

Lets take a look at the features available in this release! release Here comes another release of the Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin with plenty of features and bug fixes! Features Update OpenXR to Khronos 1.1.41 You can download version 1.0.2 from GitHub or the Asset Library. OpenXR Vendors plugin 3.1.2 and later only.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A standout feature of Wall Town Wonders is its hand-tracking interaction, allowing players to control the game and engage with characters using just their hands. Wall Town Wonders features a distinctive aesthetic that blends realism with charming cartoony vibe, giving it a diorama-like appeal. Our main focus right now is on this game.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

To stay ahead of the competition, studios are exploring innovative strategies, like enhancing ad creatives to attract new players and introducing fresh gameplay features to keep existing players engaged and invested in their titles. Magic Cauldron follows Wordle’s template, with similar mechanics but featuring potions instead of words.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

We got to work with professional writers and craft stories featuring iconic characters. Beyond Cutscenes : Todays dramatic content isnt yesteryears skippable cutscenes. Narrative content, on the other hand, is virtually unconstrained. The FTUE, however, features a highly dramatic mini narrative driving a key conversion event. (At

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4. We wont risk merging any new features or risky bug fixes until after we release 4.4 Highlights Many features originally intended for 4.3 is jam-packed with new features despite having a much shorter development period than 4.3. release cycle. New in Beta 1!

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Game Refinery

MARCH 27, 2025

Two people who know all this too well are Kalle Heikkinen, Market Insights at Liftoff Intelligence, and Altti Fromholdt, Content Creator at Liftoff Intelligence. But theyre also becoming increasingly prominent in casual space, as demonstrated by the likes of Stumble Guys and Roblox, which have a new crossover every month (if not more).

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

DLC and continued support is a great training ground for juniors and mid-levels to level up their skills on lower-stakes content and features and post-launch content has a notably less brutal delivery schedule. I thought it was a big gamble when Veilguard marketing announced that there wouldn't be any post-launch content.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 28, 2025

Producing a Metroidvania is a huge undertaking, and the developers could easily be overwhelmed by the content they wanted to create, according to Berriche. We reviewed the production schedule, adjusted certain features to have enough time to design and implement them optimally in the game.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Joanie Kraut, CEO of Women in Games International (WIGI), will moderate a panel discussion featuring Stephanie Latham (Roblox), Jen MacLean (Dragon Snacks Games), and Sarah Anderson (Amazon Games). Each space features two demo stations, and an opportunity to dive deep with AWS for Games solution industry experts.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Not only are collaboration events a great way to engage players, but they’re also a great way to boost your game’s monetization through the addition of new content, such as event-exclusive cosmetic items and collectibles. What makes a successful in-game collaboration event? Collaboration event framework.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Complex feature The core concept of worlds within worlds was the first feature prototyped for Cocoon, undergoing substantial improvement and iteration. It was a complex feature to make, and aside from making it look cool, we also had to solve a range of technical challenges.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

The game features different modes and progressively more challenging levels. Thus, when every pixel of the old games seems to be explored up and down, DLC (downloadable content) might become a good option to sugarcoat things. The general goal is to catch all the sweets without missing a single one to score the level.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 27, 2025

Our next impactful content update is dropping on Steam on April 1st! This action-packed baby will bring you a ton of new features, enemy AI refinements, and highly requested improvements to combat, enemy behavior, and the games core combat and stealth systemsall based directly on your feedback!Heres Ailurs chosen, prepare yourselves!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 4, 2024

Onslaught of digital newcomers Not every game maker has been equally successful at adapting to the new reality of digitally distributed content, micro-transaction sales, and live-services operations, or had the intellectual property that managed to differentiate itself from the onslaught of digital newcomers.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 10, 2024

The kind of games that have the least cut content are annual sports titles - they have the most stringent schedules and know exactly what they are committing to with each annual cycle, so they have significantly less wiggle room than a project with a longer schedule and bigger scope (e.g.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

b) prevents different content, subscriptions or features (including consumables in multiplatform games) being offered to iOS users (as compared to the content, subscriptions and features offered on other platforms)." Read more

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

E pic’s user-generated content (UGC) domination has required thousands of employees and 5 years of development but pays off with 40% of player game time and $350M generated from creator worlds. Gamemakers should watch closely for how this new mode impacts Fall Guys’ performance as a distinct add-on feature.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Content warning: This article discusses violence towards children. Activision made a secret deal with Remington to feature the arms maker's Adaptive Combat Rifle in 2009's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

and you need content to feed the Machine -- contact me (see above) and I'm happy to talk about whatever to help you: General video game opinions / GDC gossip. Below, my event schedule / dance card for the week: SUNDAY: I'll be at Day of the Devs , where I've contributed level design to a featured game Big Hops. social event.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Despite the debate surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in games development, Unity has been a big proponent for adding AI-powered features into the process, announcing its Muse suite of features earlier this year as well as signing partnerships with AI-driven asset creators. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2025

The game is still very early in development, but I’m excited to see how several of the planned features will work out, especially what relates to the ‘courier’ gameplay and packing your inventory for long trips, Ruppert says. The visual appeal of Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori is also a standout feature.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Publishers and studios are constantly looking for new ways to improve these, whether it’s with more powerful ad creative to boost UA or by adding new gameplay mechanics and features to improve player retention. The game also started running UA creatives and changed its Appstore page featuring gameplay from these levels.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. Similar to popular games, the success of viral content is often down to it being relatable and fulfilling certain needs. Meta layers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 28, 2024

In 2023, we witnessed an exceptional year of content, featuring a multitude of high quality games, encompassing both small and large-scale innovative titles. Read more

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Starloop Studios

APRIL 18, 2024

Procedural content generation (PCG) is a prime example of how AI in game development is leveraged in creative and compelling ways. As the use of AI in game development ramps up and speculation is rife as to how it will be used in the future, procedural content generation is one of the most well-recognized and [.]

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 18, 2024

As reported by IGN , players noticed that a mod created by modder 'iamashaymin' was reportedly featured in the game despite its developer clarifying last month that it did "not include any code or content that is taken from uncredited sources."

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Typically highlighting a game’s mechanics in their raw form, even before content and visuals receive their final polish. As you approach the launch phase, directing your efforts towards a public demo can effectively engage your established target audience and immerse players in your game’s narrative, should it feature one.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

This year, we featured 22 inspiring creators in our Solo Developers-series and we love to share some of their highlights in these final days of the year. I prioritize creating content based on what I believe will facilitate the games marketing efforts, he explains.

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Nvidia

MARCH 21, 2024

Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of rendering technology, the latest release of NVIDIA Nsight Graphics introduces new features for ray tracing development, including tools to help you harness AI acceleration. The union of ray tracing and AI is pushing graphics fidelity and performance to new heights.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

We launched the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker to provide an all-in-one platform that allows users to monitor their competitors and live events in real-time, get daily updates, and analyze the features and mechanics proving the most popular with players.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In terms of both technical achievements and content expansion, 2024 was a huge year for Cogmind… but first, the traditional opening collage, a quick visual summary of the year: Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (larger size here ). Including art!

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 9, 2024

While there certainly are games which feature India as a setting, both from Indian studios and international companies, they tend to focus on fantasy or mythical aspects of the nation. In the outlandish adventure game Detective Dotson , modern-day India plays an equally significant role as the titular hero.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Unlike traditional solutions, a comprehensive approach considers multiple factors - from content selection to optimal duration and technical quality. Missing Breakdown Sections A robust set of features must include detailed technical proficiency explanations. Remember, audio should never distract from the visual content.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

We saw games igniting player competition and social interaction through innovative LiveOps events, collaborating with beloved IPs to launch all-new gameplay experiences, weaning narrative threads into their content plans, leveraging seasonal themes to keep things fresh, and more.

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