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Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 29, 2024
Prototype - A playable example of a single gameplay system to prove out the concept. The above screenshot is from the Breath of the Wild systems prototype - wind, fire, etc. was modeled in this prototype before being translated to the 3D game world.
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Game Developer
MAY 29, 2024
LocalThunk shows how 2024's breakout deckbuilder evolved in the course of its three-year development.
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Game Developer
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The developer has put its staff on notice for redundancy as it shops around a prototype of its next project to potential business partners.
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Game Developer
MARCH 21, 2023
The program will focus on key areas including porting, information, and prototypes.
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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. So far I haven’t done any prototyping either as I feel it would have taken too long to validate my ideas that way. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.
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PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 25, 2023
A friend told me to give it a go again last year, so I started working on a prototype.” I started working on a prototype project during my free time, which eventually evolved into Ontotis.” The post Solo dev Chris Arvanitis: “Total control can be a double edged sword” appeared first on PreMortem Games.
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GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 19, 2024
Launching this summer, the Global Games Fund will offer studios grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to assist with games in the prototype stage or pre-production. Read more
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
He took some online courses on programming and he was in business, as a solo dev operating under the name of Frambosa , only six months later. So, his solo debut game Billy Bumbum might be the first and last game he made as a one-man-dev-team. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype.
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PreMortem.Games
MAY 24, 2024
It’s important to stick to the plan to avoid spending years making prototypes, that you will need to adapt in most cases after the first playtests. The post Solo dev Jason Nicot on his new project Sanctua “A more mature party game” appeared first on PreMortem Games. You just have to remember that!”
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 29, 2024
Working in Mixed Reality, I met many ex game devs and artists, who I learned from and was greatly inspired by. Although we weren’t making games, the tech for Mixed Reality was identical to making games, so I picked up a lot of technical ability with Unity, game dev, shaders and more.” It’s made a huge difference.
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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 27, 2024
The game is developed by Californian solo dev Michael Cosio, working under the name of Tainted Pact. Being a horror game dev, Cosio draws inspiration from other movies, games and stories in that genre. The idea for Terror at Oakheart was born during development of Cosio’s last game ‘ Suffer The Night’. “In
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. By September 2022 I had most of the design and lore elements of the game ready, including several prototypes, but it all looked terrible. Which art and music will be needed?
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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 13, 2024
I lean heavily on text for as long as possible, postponing prototyping until it’s absolutely necessary. After building out the systems for AI/building/crafting, I had a bit of the game prototyped out, but it was missing something. From there, it’s all about iteration. This is something I plan to delve deeper into with my next project.”
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Brand Game Development
DECEMBER 30, 2019
If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. You can read more about that in my article here: Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course.
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
This also meant we had less dev time to fix bugs or optimize performance. Identify key features you need your engine to support, make some prototypes and see if Godot suits you and your game. The post Ascent of Ashes dev switches to Godot halfway development “Not as chaotic as Unity” appeared first on PreMortem Games.
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PreMortem.Games
MAY 19, 2023
The idea for New Heights emerged as a personal prototype, driven by the desire to create a game focused on exploration rather than violence. The post Indie dev studio Wikkl Works takes virtual rock climbing to New Heights appeared first on PreMortem Games. It is great to see that it’s working out so far.”
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PreMortem.Games
JUNE 20, 2023
People who follow indie/solo devs on social media tend to be really nice and positive, but even so it takes a lot of effort.” When I have an idea I consider viable, ideally I go straight to prototyping and develop the game from there. What’s your creative process? “I I like to get my hands dirty as early as possible.
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Ask a Game Dev
JULY 31, 2023
I invariably chuckle and shake my head because I know that the devs are almost certain not to respond. Here’s what we are prototyping/thinking about doing. Still, I see the same demands made over and over, as if this time will be the exception. So here’s a list of some of the responses you’ll (probably) never get from a developer: 1.
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Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 5, 2023
] (Spoiler: Prototype it) I wish you luck. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ
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Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 10, 2024
Some cut content never goes beyond existence in documents, let alone a prototype. Most gets a few iterations on a prototype before the plug gets pulled, often because we can't find the fun in the idea within the time we've allotted to it. The other thing is that cut content often comes in various degrees of completion.
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 28, 2024
When I’m prototyping, I keep adjusting the visuals until I feel something click in my heart, when it feels like it’s beautiful.” New prototypes Despite Selfloss’s challenging sales performance since its release, Khoroshavin remains optimistic about the future.
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PreMortem.Games
JULY 10, 2024
Before Smoking Gun, there was a prototype game called Demon, where GPT played the role of an evil spirit, and the player had to find hidden information and banish the spirit through conversation. When we first conceived Uncover the Smoking Gun, we lacked sufficient personnel and time for prototype development.
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Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 30, 2022
I invariably chuckle and shake my head because I know that the devs are almost certain not to respond. Here’s what we are prototyping/thinking about doing. Still, I see the same demands made over and over, as if this time will be the exception. So here’s a list of some of the responses you’ll (probably) never get from a developer: 1.
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Brand Game Development
OCTOBER 27, 2017
Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Prototype of a beach volleyball game by Julio Nazario. Protospiel conventions are based around prototype board games. Prototypes ranged from paper-and-pencil to full-on Game Crafter $100+ sets.
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Ask a Game Dev
JULY 6, 2023
Prototype Artist - an art generalist who specializes in putting together usable art for a game prototype. 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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Raph Koster
AUGUST 28, 2024
W hen it comes to interim stages of game dev, I am a bit of a packrat. I mention this because we just posted up a little article about movement and the camera in the game, which has pictures from some of the prototypes that we did to test out moving around.
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PreMortem.Games
MAY 29, 2024
After releasing the game to the public, the solo dev got a severe case of post-game release depression. I’ve since spoken with and read about this feeling from other devs who have experienced it after release. I think products from solo devs often feel a bit different. I should have been happy, but I wasn’t,” he says.
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Brand Game Development
MAY 15, 2017
Whenever I saw a complaint from a game dev pop up on my Twitter feed, I recorded it in Excel. In my geeky analysis of game dev Twitter gripes, I found some common threads. Tabletop Simulator – as much as I love it and recommend it for rapid prototyping – often does the same. Key Takeaways for Game Devs.
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Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 27, 2024
What's more likely to happen is that they fund initial prototypes for several new game ideas, then approve the more promising ones and cull the rest. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Call of Duty, Pokemon, Madden, etc.).
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Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
One common mistake I see with young devs is that they invest too much of their identities into what they do for work. I was the game dev. I would caution young devs to avoid this. an economic recession), that gap in my sense of identity from being a game dev encourages depression and melancholy to occupy that space.
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Brand Game Development
OCTOBER 13, 2017
Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. I’m able to provide specific advice to new game devs on very particular areas of development. That was fine for getting the ball rolling, but now that the physical prototype has arrived, that changes things.
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
African Game Dev Prototype Fund They say the best leaders lead by example. The title has gone on to win awards and funding from the African Game Dev Prototype Fund and Humble Bundle. We also got some support from Humble Bundle, which helped us overcome this challenge.” That’s where Dungeon Crawler was conceived.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 7, 2021
This new beta 5 comes with 4 weeks' worth of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). see recent devblogs on glTF 2.0
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Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 11, 2020
This new beta 4 adds a new round of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). a lot of work is also being done on the 3.2
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Ask a Game Dev
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
It's generally easier to prototype and develop ranged combat that feels good than it is for melee. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ Melee combat lives and dies by the animations and systems we build.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds (new in 3.2.4 HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer (new in 3.2.4
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Ask a Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The first category is "information that is not or no longer accurate" - things like cut content, proposals for gameplay that didn't get the green light, prototypes we chose not to pursue, ideas we decided against, and so on. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ
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Brand Game Development
MARCH 2, 2020
It saves you a ton of money and time on prototyping. It takes less time to create a prototype. This is one of the most underrated marketing opportunities around for board game dev. If you plan on using Tabletop Simulator for anything other than rapid prototyping, it’s not enough to simply create a Tabletop Simulator demo.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
OCTOBER 21, 2020
HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. HTML5: Synchronous main, better persistence, handlers fixes, optional full screen ( GH-42266 ). iOS: Fix multiple issues with PVRTC import, disable ETC1 ( GH-38076 ).
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 9, 2023
What originally started out as a treehouse building simulator prototype, slowly evolved as the duo gradually added different mechanics. “It As the scope of the game evolved naturally over time, the dev duo assessed each feature addition to the game very carefully. “We And it resulted in The Enjenir.” Do we know how to implement it?
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Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 16, 2021
Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.
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Brand Game Development
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. A lot of people, left to their own devices will use the pernicious myth of “I need to play more games” to defend their game dev procrastination. If you’re an aspiring game dev, avoid snobbery.
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Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 26, 2024
Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ The purpose of the vertical slice is to persuade the executives that the rest of the game is worth making. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?
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