Remove Content Remove Game Designer Remove Prototyping
article thumbnail

COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics.

Puzzle 257
article thumbnail

Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

PreMortem.Games

While Goodwin Games was officially founded in 2023, Selfloss has been in development since 2019, starting as a solo project led by Khoroshavin himself. In 2020, he was joined by his wife, Gorokhova Rita, who took on the role of 3D modeler and content lead. Later, Dmitriy Nakhabin, a former student of Khoroshavin’s joined the team.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A follow up to your answer about veilguard (was really hoping you would touch on that one). Why do game companies that have a “bad” release always seem to start from the bottom of the pyramid when it comes to restructuring and recouping losses? Why fire low level devs who did their best with what they had, when the companies have people in senior positions making hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not more) that they could just cut from? Why do the trenches always get the punishment first?

Ask a Game Dev

This is because a given project is at its maximum headcount right before it ships - you need all hands on deck during full production, building and validating all of the content in the game. There needs to be other projects in development to pay for those people after the game launches.

Dev 69
article thumbnail

Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

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. In this blog, we will discuss the difference between game art vs game design and how each plays a unique role in game development. Who is a Game Designer?

article thumbnail

20 New Year’s Resolutions for Board Game Devs in 2020

Brand Game Development

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. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

Dev 130
article thumbnail

COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics.

Puzzle 104
article thumbnail

GenoTerra - The finished prototype.

Mnenad

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*). Master in Integrative Design. As you might know, and I repeatedly keep saying, this game forms the practical part of my Master thesis.