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Game Developer
MARCH 25, 2024
The So-Fu program will help Japanese indie devs with product management, teach them more about game development, and how to pitch their projects to stakeholders.
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Game Developer
AUGUST 19, 2024
Those surveyed believe the controversial technology may make games cost less, but that may also come at the expense of overall quality.
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PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 18, 2024
For Chad Crumbaker (working as KRUMP Games ), it was the promise of full creative freedom that drew him into the world of solo development. I was an early adopter of Unreal Engine 4 and always wanted to get into game development, he says. Making games is extremely hard. Why did you become a solo developer?
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
These are a few of the developers wed like to send some kudos, for making the industry a better place in a very difficult year.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
What started as a passion project has grown into a full-fledged god game blending city-building, resource management and player-driven storytelling. I became a solo developer initially because I wanted to make games, plain and simple, he says. I have full freedom and control over every aspect of my game.
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Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2024
As generative AI becomes a bigger presence in games, developers use the technology while remaining wary of its impact.
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PreMortem.Games
APRIL 3, 2025
Jason Priskomatis , the solo developer behind EJETA Studios, always enjoyed playing video games, ever since he was young. While studying Information Technology in Athens, Greece, he created a small game for his thesis. For now, hes happy in the solo dev life, but the door to collaboration remains open.
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Game Developer
JUNE 24, 2024
As the game indstry continues through these difficult times, those surveyed by the Game Developers Collective believe they know the real core problems of the industry.
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
With the new funding, Codecks aims to beef up staff and create new features to help game developers to keep track of their workload.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Ryan Burnett, president of Respawn's Wisconsin-located satellite studio, shines a light on how the state holds benefits for game developers.
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Game From Scratch
MARCH 17, 2025
GameFromScratch.com Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle There is new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Legendary Game Dev Environments bundle. There is also a huge collection The post Legendary Game Dev Environments Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
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Game Developer
MARCH 14, 2023
The newly formed Gas Giant Games will make their presence known at next week's Game Developer's Conference, where it'll show off its first project to court publishers and investors.
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Game From Scratch
APRIL 8, 2025
GameFromScratch.com GUI Galore Game Dev Market Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the GUI Galore by GameDev Market bundle. This bundle contains a collection of more than 50+ game UI packs for developing game user interfaces.
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Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 31, 2024
GameFromScratch.com The Game Dev Asset Mega Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, The Game Dev Asset Mega Bundle contains a large collection of assets for Unreal Engine and Unity. The assets are from the studio Hivemind.
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Game Developer
JULY 29, 2024
Common animation problems in mobile game development and find practical solutions to improve quality.
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PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 30, 2023
With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. are answered in his regularly updated dev blog. With his free, experimental 2.5D
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PreMortem.Games
APRIL 17, 2023
Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. It took him 4 years to create his game and in that time he learned some valuable lessons. “If I function well like that.”
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Starloop Studios
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
In the modern gaming industry, game co-development has become more commonplace across the board as development projects become more expensive and complex. Co-dev can help projects that seem insurmountable feel more realistic and doable thanks to the extra resources and experience.
AWS Games
MARCH 13, 2025
Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Meet with AWS for Games experts to learn about the transformational power of generative AI and cloud game development.
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
On his company Twitter account Next Game Level , he introduces himself with a great sense of humor. Game developer from Italy! We’re talking about Mario Malagrino, developer of Remote Life and the upcoming Crude. He’s operating as a solo developer because he works at a different pace than most others. “I’m
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PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone. Because, let’s be honest, creating games is hard. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. “I
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That One Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
The post Using ImGui for Game Development appeared first on That One Game Dev. In this article you will learn more about what ImGui is and why you should use it in your next project.
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Game development began as a hobby but became serious very fast. “I The Hanover, Germany based solo dev describes his creative process as ‘a mix of perfectionism and empathy’. The game is slated for release sometime next year.
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Brand Game Development
MARCH 30, 2020
Board game development is incredibly complex. To create a board game from start to finish , think of everything you have to do: Come up with a board game idea and design a game around it. Play-test the game until it feels right. Create digital print files of your game. Find artists.
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Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets By Synty Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle for game developers, the Best of POLYGON Game Dev Assets by Synty bundle.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
SenAm Games ‘ founder, Senad Hrnjadovic , has been involved in the games industry for years, but it was the Pokmon obsession of his two older children that made him realise the power of games as a learning tool. Thats when Hrnjadovic came up with the game Al-Sirah. It got him thinking.
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Game Developer
JANUARY 25, 2023
According to our State of the Game Industry 2023 report surveying game developers, nearly three-quarters of devs working more than 40-hour weeks said they felt self-pressure to do so.
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 26, 2024
Canadian developer Lincoln McCulloch, working under the studio name Uncle Grouch Gaming , spent the last five years creating the upcoming Dungeons & Kingdoms. An ambitious game that combines medieval city building and kingdom defense with ARPG combat and monster hunting. “So, Why did you become a solo developer?
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Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 13, 2025
There are jobs to be had that are gaming-adjacent and gaming-related that I found I could do. I, like many, ended up working outside of traditional video game development for a brief period of time. That might be casino games, mobile games, simulation, training work, user experience design, or something else entirely.
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Game Wisdom
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
Why You Can’t Objectively Build Great Games Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com I was reading a piece over on Game Developer that gave me pause for a second about whether this is what game design at the AAA level is about now — focusing on analytics and trying to “math” the perfect … The post Why You Can’t Objectively (..)
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Ask a Game Dev
MAY 8, 2025
Basically, games have a lot of hacky s**t put in "temporarily" that can (and often does) eventually become load-bearing. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on BlueSky Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ
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PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 3, 2023
Josh Salley has always been a big fan of gaming, but thought that game development was out of his reach. “I I just assumed game development involved writing code all day.” I have always been a huge gamer, but never imagined I want to actually make games. The Nightmare Escape is a horror game.
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Game Developer
MARCH 11, 2025
A cozy RPG about woodland creatures surviving in the wilds is, in so many ways, a metaphor for this moment in game development.
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Ask a Game Dev
JANUARY 3, 2025
Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ The more one's responsibilities increase in scope, the more valuable communication skills become. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?
Ask a Game Dev
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
You'll be able to earn the skills and experience needed to make your dream game real while building other games and seeing some best practices in action. and programming generally pays a lot better than indie dev work. and programming generally pays a lot better than indie dev work.
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PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 30, 2025
As a one-person team, he embraces both the creative freedom and the intense challenges that come with solo development. Ive always loved creating things, and game development felt like the perfect mix of art, storytelling, and problem-solving, he explains. His biggest takeaway from the development?
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Brand Game Development
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Need help on your board game? 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. Create your first board game. Card games count, too!
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Ask a Game Dev
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
For your first question about what kind of non-creation teams there are: Game dev studios typically have internal support teams - back end, build, IT, user research, etc. that are primarily there to support game development and content creation efforts.
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Ask a Game Dev
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Game dev still primarily runs on C++ to do the heavy lifting. Some games will run interpreted scripting languages like Lua for designers to script out encounters and such. To my knowledge, nobody uses Rust, Swift, or Go in game development. To my knowledge, nobody uses Rust, Swift, or Go in game development.
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 30, 2023
Daedalic Entertainment is giving up on game development, as first reported by Games Wirtschaft. The Hamburg-based company is shutting down its internal game development efforts as it pivots to emphasize its publishing and marketing business instead.
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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 20, 2024
Solo dev Tuomas Auronen , operating under the name Redbeak Games , looks pretty relieved three days after the launch of his game Mortal Glory 2. When his last game, that he spent 17 months working on, flopped, Auronen felt the pressure to make enough money to support his family. Why did you become a solo developer? “I
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I I feel like I was put on Earth to make this game”, he says. “I’ve Why did you become a solo developer? “I
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