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Do publishers have their own “quality control” standards? For example, do publishers have any “we will not release a game unless it meets X standard of quality based our own playtesters/etc” systems in place? If so, what happens when a game near release does not meet those requirements? Are games that clearly aren’t going to meet X standard usually cancelled before announcement?

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 24, 2025

At the start, you have one or two developers who write a pitch. Really early on, you only have one to five senior devs working on building a prototype for the approved pitches. If the prototype gets approved, the team ramps more and builds an entire playable demo that demonstrates all of the major game systems at work.

Prototyping

Prototyping Dev Playtesting Build

GDquest Kickstarter Stretch Goals, Free Tutorials and Demos

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2019

Godot demos. Great 3d prototyping assets to help you develop games faster. This first goal is already funded , with over €21,000 at the time of writing. Professional 3d character and modular level prototyping kit. A modular level-design kit to efficiently design and prototype 3d gameplay. Free tools. 3d tutorials.

Demo

Demo Prototyping Animation Animation

Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

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. Meanwhile, Sony is happy with the VR demo, and the studio is getting more experienced with Unreal.

Art

Art Concepts Dev Studios

Bringing it Together – The Board Game as a Project

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

I sometimes use blank cards or write on prototypes if I need to iterate quickly, but that typically only happens at conventions. Carla: There’s making the review prototypes themselves. Stellar Leap took more than two weeks to put together 11 prototypes. Brandon: There’s a lot of truth to this.

Playtesting

Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping

How to Get Your Board Game Reviewed

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 19, 2018

Consumer protection is pretty obvious: with so many games coming out, there is no way for somebody to try them all, play the demos, or print out the print-and-play games. It’s no secret that board game prototypes are expensive, so you want to get the greatest authority and reach possible. The Strategy of Reaching Out.

Games

Games Media Point and Click Dev

Godot 3 at the Capitole du libre

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 5, 2017

We used Fracteed's demo to showcase the engine, along with Zylann's Wallrider. Even if we did not manage to finish the tutorial in two hours, all participants left with a serious playable prototype, with a moving player and enemies. Big thanks to Fracteed and Zylann for their demos. Passing the word to Gilles Roudière himself.

Demo

Demo Engine Engineering Alpha

I’m making an RPG!

Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. The goal for the next year or so is to make an absolutely kick-ass demo that we can put up on Steam, and from there hopefully we can get a budget from a publisher to make the whole thing.

Fantasy

Fantasy Pixel Art Fighting

Godot Editor running in a web browser

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 29, 2020

After this necessary preface, let’s get to the news: a Godot Editor prototype running in browsers is being presented at this address. Note: As of this writing, this prototype requires a recent Chromium-based browser or Firefox Nightly. The prototype branch (still based on 3.2). Known limitations. References.

Prototyping

Prototyping Engine Engineering Educational

Axmol-2.0 released

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

API changes: CHANGED: The prototype of ProgramManager::registerCustomProgram was changed ADDED: ProgramManager::loadProgram REMOVED: ProgramManager::getCustomProgram REMOVED: CommandBuffer::setLineWidth Rewrite console commands by powershell Many other improvements (A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) (A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) webp: 1.3.0 ==> 1.3.1

Shaders

Shaders Render Mesh Prototyping

Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

I will sometimes sketch out what I’m thinking on paper if necessary, but will always try to use the lowest fidelity needed, then prototype it to find out if it is good/fun/useful.” “For Plus, hearing from people who played the demo, really like the game, and want to talk about the details of it is the best.

Dev

Dev Development Sandbox Indy

Web Editor beta, AudioWorklet, GDNative and more!

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 24, 2020

It's been a very fruitful year for Godot on the Web since the announcement of the first web editor prototype. GDNative : Supports GDNative libraries, allowing to write your code in other languages (e.g. Most notably, audio samples can now be imported correctly, so the demo project now contains audio too.

Beta

Beta Bug Build Code

D20 RPG – Entry

The Liquid Fire

JULY 26, 2023

Even better is that all of your data will be rendered in the inspector, all together, without needing to write any special Editor code. Therefore, I have decided to implement this prototype using the Prefab approach. Click “Run Away” to skip the fight and demo branching options. Kill or be killed.

Asset

Asset Scripting Demo Data

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Building upon the initial prototype , we've now reached a state where we're happy to release the Web editor in sync with the native version, so you can find the latest stable version on editor.godotengine.org. Web editor running the "Ninja Adventure" demo from the eponymous CC0 asset pack by Pixel-Boy and AAA. Moreover a 3.2.2

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

C# version of the Dodge the Creeps demo running in Firefox. There is a burgeoning community of Quest VR developers already publishing interesting Godot-based prototypes, and the stable 3.2 Holger Dammertz's Voxel Works Quest prototype made with Godot for Oculus Quest. x release. support via Mono 6.6, release should boost it.

Feature

Feature Render Shaders Bug

Rebalancing Cogmind

Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

The scope of this rebalance is way too large to cover in its entirety, and while I don’t plan to write about every aspect, we’ll be looking at the broad strokes and pick out some representative examples here and there. Exiles Prototypes. ASCII art for Exiles prototypes. Categorical Approach. Slot-wise Approach.

Balance

Balance Mechanics Beta Prototyping

Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We Dredge was one of the game ideas that we prototyped very early on. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time.

Playtesting

Playtesting Prototyping Games Mechanics

Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We Dredge was one of the game ideas that we prototyped very early on. Getting a demo out well ahead of the release date allowed the team to receive feedback and make some changes ahead of time.

Playtesting

Playtesting Prototyping Mechanics Games

Game Developers Network

GDquest Kickstarter Stretch Goals, Free Tutorials and Demos

Trending Sources

Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

Bringing it Together – The Board Game as a Project

How to Get Your Board Game Reviewed

Godot 3 at the Capitole du libre

I’m making an RPG!

Godot Editor running in a web browser

Axmol-2.0 released

Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

Web Editor beta, AudioWorklet, GDNative and more!

D20 RPG – Entry

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Rebalancing Cogmind

Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

Unique blend of genres in haunting fishing adventure Dredge by Black Salt Games

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