PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

“We as a team learned from The Ancients to pace our enthusiasm and scale the game to the size of the studio. There are plenty of indie developers that say this and it’s possibly the most crucial part of game design and development.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In the indie game dev scene, the use of AI is often met with suspicion and disdain. Grandmother of ChatGPT Her vision for 1001 Nights started during a game design course in 2020 at Goldsmiths , where she thought about making something based on natural language interactions, using a story everyone knows. “I

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I would try to get your game in front of as many people as you can, get all the feedback you can, and do what you can to improve your game. It would not be weird at all. Get your friends to play it, get your family to play it, get as many people as you can to play it.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2024

There's an exclusive playable demo for the game that is only available for a limited time. Additionally, Hollow Home will be at Gamescom, as a part of the Polish Indie Booth, Hall 10.2, With the game Hollow Home , Ukrainian indie studio Twigames shows what it means to live in an occupied city. Booth E-069.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. ” Play the Atomic Picnic demo on Steam.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Because if you go to a consumer show, you meet people, individuals, consumers, who can buy your product and you can do really well and you can make a few hundred, maybe a few thousand dollars for some of my game designer friends. If you can’t offer them a demo copy, maybe it’s a mini promo version.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Outside of game design, there's a growing tide against "design thinking" style methods, see "Design thinking was supposed to fix the world.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

It’s an interrogation game where you actually talk to a suspect and try to get a confession. When we showed the demo at EGX, the average playtime was forty minutes and we were having to kick people off to let others have a go.”

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2023

Then the first wave of really successful indie games appeared on Steam, in the late 00s and early 10s. I thought if I practiced enough, I could make 2D games by myself, and so I decided to try it.” I wouldn’t feel comfortable working on a game if I had to just follow someone else’s ideas.

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Yobob Games

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Even though the current state of the game uses bless on animals, statues, and crafting/buildings, it doesn’t mean that I’ll add more features to the game to help create a strong foundation this game needs. When the demo gets released, I hope I get input from you through discord and what you want more in the game.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I was focused hard during this time on learning as much as I could about game design, focused on “efficiency” and elegance in design, which is what brought me to crunchy rulesets like those of designer Eurogames and the indie Rogue-likes-and-company world.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

Penny was kind enough to share her experience at GDC and why she believes it's such a valuable event for people looking to break into the games industry. GDC is an annual event that brings together programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders from around the world.

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Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It was scary, thrilling, amazing and… we won the Dev-Play Indie Pitch! Alex and Ovi receiving the Indie Prize at Dev-Play. Some people finished the demo level in 4-5 minutes. Meeting other indie devs is really cool. Moving from full-on development to showcasing your game is a huge shift. Teaching is in order.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Demo: A short guide to contributing to Godot's editor | Gilles Roudière ( groud ). Workshop: 2D game workshop/demo | Leszek Nowak ( John Meadow ). Leszek will demo the development of a 2D game with audience interaction. Demo: Showcase and insights into the new TPS demo | Juan Linietsky ( reduz ).

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OPM Jobs

JUNE 9, 2022

Are you passionate about video games and want to try creating your own for a living? The gaming industry is no longer a niche, and there are lots of opportunities from major studios through to indie developers. Here is our guide on how to get a career in video games. Update your CV and portfolio for hiring managers.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Demo: Diving into the Vulkan: Presentation and demo of the Godot 4.0 Juan will show us the current state of the (work-in-progress) Vulkan branch, and explain how it was designed and the main differences with the Godot 3.x Talk: Creating open games together with Godot | Nathan Lovato ( NathanLovato ). x backend.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

Talk: Visual Vertical Slice - Not just concept art, but not yet a demo | Matejs Balodis. Visual Vertical Slice is essentially a gameplay trailer, when there is no playable demo. It showcases the idea of the game. Demo: Making 3D adventure games with Godot | Paweł Fertyk ( miskatonicstudio ). Try 3D adventure games!

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

We’ve talked with many students in our online game development course for beginners , and we’ve seen great examples of beginners using all four of these game engines to produce spectacular indie games. Every game engine mentioned in this list is incredibly powerful. Want to Make Video Games?

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 24, 2022

It's an indie, epic, turn-based, story-heavy, et cetera, et cetera. We've been in the business for 28 years, a record for the longest period of continuous professional indie development. I've spent a lot of time playing this game. We even provide a generous demo on our web site. It's our 18th all-new full-length title.

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