PreMortem.Games

JUNE 29, 2023

Great game and great trailer ! Most games do not call for the flashy or stylistic trailer editing you see in a typical Hollywood movie trailer. This is because a game trailer often has to communicate more, or at the very least, different information than a movie trailer. Game trailer editor Derek Lieu made this.

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Yotes Games

MARCH 26, 2025

It's starting to look and feel like a real Adventure Mode now, but it's not really "a thing" until there's cutscenes tying it all together, ya know? However,big important tasks have been done like putting NPCs on every map with movement behaviors, battle teams, and placeholder dialogue. See More

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 31, 2023

It includes new boss, in-game cutscenes and localization system. New update for Hero's Story has been released!

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2023

It was back in 2016 when Márcio Rosa had an idea for a game. It was going to be a SHMUP game in which Earth had to defend itself against an aggressive alien invasion. Rosa needed something to set the game apart from all the others. The sound studio worked in the cutscenes and game as a single unit. “The

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

I don't believe that gameplay will ever look like fancy prerendered cutscenes because gameplay has certain needs that cutscenes do not, and cutscenes have certain needs that gameplay does not. When you're watching a cinematic in a game like Spider-Man, what are you seeing on screen? Here's what I mean.

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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. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. But not really.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 12, 2024

Once upon a time, back when all cutscenes were pre-rendered FMV, it was tremendously expensive to make changes because making any small change required re-rendering the entire video which was enormously expensive. Today, for an in-game cinematic, a lot of the things are done in real time so we can swap things out as needed.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2024

The importance of the narrative depends primarily on how important the narrative is to the game. For a game like Overwatch, where the core gameplay is team pvp, the narrative is a lot less important and things like relationships are generally prioritized. If we can always make changes forever, we'll never ship the game.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 15, 2024

. “I drew heavily from the first game’s reviews to design this one, striving to create something better,” says Jones. So, I hope fans of the first game return to see how I’ve addressed their feedback.” However, the idea gradually took shape after the first game’s release.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 2, 2024

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Ember Trail's Cruz Segovia Ardiz, game director of the alien planet management game Distant Bloom , which launched on Steam last week. Read more

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Radiator Blog

MAY 19, 2023

I was surprised Turnfollow was working in this big systemic genre space, since I mostly know them for their very good linear story games Little Party and Wide Ocean Big Jacket. But you can see the "seeds" of this game (ha ha) in their wartime gardening game A Good Gardener so maybe it's not so unexpected.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The cost of any content in game dev is directly proportional to how much new stuff needs to be created for that content. that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes. that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes. that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In my last post about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Z:TotK for short), a very popular game, I suggested that people would be interested in thoughtful criticism of slightly older games, once the dust has settled and people had the chance to calmly reflect about them. Most people don't actually care about deep dives into game design.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 19, 2024

Cinematics are mostly for storytelling purposes, but they also hid a very real secondary purpose - we would do a lot of game setup during cinematics, like streaming data off of a physical disc while the cinematic is playing so that we can load what comes next.

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Jaunty Bear Games

JANUARY 31, 2023

Game storytelling and narrative design involves creating a compelling and immersive narrative that enhances the player’s experience and engagement with the game. World-building: Creating a consistent and immersive game world that players can explore and interact with.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

SPOILER WARNING: I keep specific story spoilers vague, but I do have to talk about what happens in the games somehow. Still, you can argue that it's a stunning achievement just to be able to debate these questions in a video game. Can't wait for the full frontal in the next game!) Well, I don't know anything about that.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. Our next game!

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

and my notes are obviously going to spoil some of the game's structure, but all these spoilers are pretty vague and anyway I don't name any names. This is a business model I've always wondered about -- make a big complicated game, but then earn revenue from selling ads on the wiki for your own game? Anyway, here's my notes.

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Game Errors

APRIL 22, 2023

However, some worldwide players claimed to experience crashes on their PC while trying to run the game. Before checking and applying the leading solutions, it is better to ensure that your system meets at least the minimum requirements for running the game. Most of the time, gaming crashes are caused by outdated GPU drivers.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To Si-wooks’s deep passion for game development inspired Hee-sang to take a leap of faith.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster is released on Steam, and the game celebrates two of the most cherished and beloved entries to the world-renowned franchise, completely remastered in gorgeous High Definition. The game may have some bugs so the most common issue that players confirmed on forums is the Final Fantasy X green screen on Steam.

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Game Development for Beginners

JULY 3, 2023

Some games take the player experience to a different level using zoom effects. In first person shooter games, camera zoom is implemented for aiming and in some games, it’s used for cutscenes. If you are looking for a tutorial to create a similar effect, then you are in the right place. In this tutorial, we.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Like most of the new big game releases these days, the PC port comes with a fair share of errors and bugs. People reported having a crash: on startup after first mission after shooting range not enough resources crash cutscene when customizing to desktop display driver crash Why does Deus Ex: Mankind keeps crashing? Restart the game.

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I don't believe that gameplay will ever look like fancy prerendered cutscenes because gameplay has certain needs that cutscenes do not, and cutscenes have certain needs that gameplay does not. When you're watching a cinematic in a game like Spider-Man, what are you seeing on screen? Here's what I mean.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this episode, Soren and Leyla interview independent game developer Chris DeLay, co-founder of Introversion Software and best known for his work on Uplink , Darwinia , Defcon , and Prison Architect. This episode was recorded on March 24, 2022.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

Within broader game design culture, the theme also invokes an awkward aspect of cultural appropriation and reduction. Instead I'm making a small level for a 25 year old game that no one plays. The textures are fine! If I were making a big project with funding, I'd seek out experts and collaborators to do these cultures justice.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2014

As you know, Okam Studio, the company that develops Godot Engine, also makes games. One of our oldest projects is The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizza Boy , a 2D point & click graphic adventure that we’ve been developing in-house as a side-project, and we’ve launched a Kickstarter to raise the funds to finish it.

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Game Designing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the world of video games, few people have played as large of a role in progressing video games as an art form as Hideo Kojima. For over three decades the Japanese game director has continued to release classic and critically acclaimed video games, most famously the Metal Gear series. Early Career. Independent Work.

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Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

related: Yarn "language" spec , a programming specification / standard for how Yarn should operate in any game engine Yarn Spinner Unity plugs the core into Unity and adds a convenient wrapper. You will need to mod this and personalize it for your unique game project. None of it is Unity specific. Alice: No comment.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

The charm of this game is off the charts and is the main thing that makes me love it. There’s just so many creative, brilliant, fun to look at, surprising situations – the dev team had a ton of fun making a lot of the game. The “story” in this game is really just… very awful, I’m sad to report.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Does your Godot-made game or tool (published or work in progress) fill you with joy? Can show gameplay, cutscenes, menus, etc., If published, give us a link to where the game can be bought/downloaded, so we can include it in the description. If your game is pixel perfect, then send the video at native resolution.

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Game Errors

MAY 9, 2023

Friday the 13th: The Game is one of the most anticipated horror titles of this year, maybe of all time. Some players are receiving the following error “Database Login Failure, Verify Internet Connectivity” Apparently, this is another server issue and because of that, you are unable to log in to the game.

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Ask a Game Dev

JULY 9, 2024

If keeping the beat is the most important thing in the game, then you build the game around keeping the beat. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? Do you want to make people laugh at the silly things the game’s troops say if you click on them enough times? If so, you probably want to be a game writer. And that’s valid! We need to understand, at least at a high level, all of its features.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The idea of using a game engine for projects other than creating video games is not new. For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. These use cases include architecture visualization, cinema, animation and cutscene rendering. What is Movie Maker mode for? Example output.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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