PreMortem.Games

JULY 26, 2024

I then had enough time to focus on game dev, so I made the decision to start changing careers. I didn’t really think about what it meant to be a solo dev, I just focused on what I wanted to do which was learn how to make games. I knew plenty of software devs, even some that were making games, but they worked for game companies.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Solo dev Lente lives and works on a boat and that shows in her game Spilled! Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Write the first draft of your rules. Write down what works and what doesn’t. Write a 100-150 word story for your game. Write down anything you find that doesn’t reinforce the story you want to tell. Write down what works and what doesn’t. If not, write down what they found confusing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

GUI: Optimize Font calculations by avoiding unnecessary copy-on-write ( GH-102132 ). GDScript: Fix Plugin Scripts load twice on startup ( GH-102535 ). GUI: Android: Add Snackbar UI component ( GH-102590 ). GUI: Fix Tree Mouse hover position ( GH-102842 ). Input: Web: Refactor mouse_mode setters in display server ( GH-102719 ).

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2025

For 2-3 years I've been contributing level design to Big Hops (check us out at Day of the Devs) and I've learned a lot about making 3D platformer levels But for a demo / better sense of the game, contact the director Chris Wade ( chris [AT] luckshotgames.com ). A lot of the dev team will be hanging around GDC too. social event.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. A pattern most of us learn in school holds us back from writing clearly. Not games writing mind you, but copy writing – for pitches, store pages, press releases, & everything else.

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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. Then I write down everything I consider relevant into spreadsheets to compare them all. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs. I write everything down and spend some time trying to find alternative paths.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 8, 2025

I learned that the only way to make placeholder text actually temporary (and eventually get replaced) is to purposely write text that would either fail cert or look bad on the company and get flagged by QA. Basically, games have a lot of hacky s**t put in "temporarily" that can (and often does) eventually become load-bearing.

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That One Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

In this article I showcase how you can use GDExtension to write some very simple game logic. The post Godot 4: GDExtension for C++ using CMake appeared first on That One Game Dev. I set this up using the common CMake tool.

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That One Game Dev

JULY 23, 2024

Intrinsics are like a recipe for the most optimized code that you can write to achieve certain behavior. The post What Are Intrinsic Operations in C++ appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 16, 2018

About a year ago, I wrote How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev. It’s funny – I actually planned to write a whole new post from scratch with up-to-date information. Read this first: How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev. Brandon the Game Dev. Need help on your board game? Trust me, I tried.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

Although I could write some code, I had never actually shipped any gameplay features with code I had written, so if nothing else I was going to learn a lot about programming! Now you went through a complete cycle of developing and publishing a game by yourself, what are your thoughts on solo dev-ing? How do you deal with that?

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I used ChatGPT heavily while writing the backend Amazon service that handles the daily challenge.” Solo devs have to be generalists, and that’s not for everyone”. I think this helps with keeping game dev burnout at bay.” I used ChatGPT heavily while writing the backend Amazon service that handles the daily challenge.

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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.” Writing things down helps too.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Try reading some articles on Meeple Like Us – they’re very informative and Dr. Michael Heron writes what could very easily be a dry academic subject with compelling intelligence and humor. You can read more about that in my article here: Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course. Happy New Year!

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 16, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Maybe you need to write press releases or make a list of local game stores to contact. The post 6 Ways to Cope with Kickstarter Anxiety as a Board Game Dev appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 9, 2018

I currently write for Geek & Sundry, PC Gamer, and ThereWillBe.Games. The post How to Use Reddit as a Board Game Dev appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. We quickly started doing written reviews as well and since then I’ve had a number of great opportunities. It was much smaller then than it is now!

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2025

Localization devs do a great deal of the same kind of work that narrative designers do. 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 Yes, absolutely.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 4, 2025

Just write about what you built, how you built it, and (when asked) talk about the challenges you faced and what you decisions you made. 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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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 27, 2024

As of this writing, it also continues to hold strong among the top five downloadable titles on the Nintendo eShop. Released on May 9, the wholesome adventure game about a cat looking for its way home has been massively successful, selling over 100,000 units within the first 48 hours of release, and garnering over a million plays on Game Pass.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 27, 2017

As I write this, I have over 10,000 followers between the War Co. That’s why I’m writing this guide. For board game devs, you’ll find people on all of these, but some communities are better than others. You probably found me through Twitter. I have data that says so. My first game, War Co. Do your homework.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 2, 2025

This primarily means writing code to make the systems and rules that the designers come up with work. 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 Yes, Gameplay Programmer is a specialization.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 13, 2024

The campaign aims to raise between $15,000 and $5 million, and at the time of writing it's approaching the $1 million milestone. Via the website StartEngine, Frost Giant Studios launched a campaign earlier this year that enables players to buy shares in the company with the promise of (hopefully) sharing in its long-term success.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 29, 2018

It was my intent to do this through the Highways & Byways failure write-up, although there are many other ways to do this. The post How to Recover From Failure as a Board Game Dev appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. You can apologize, explain, and completely accept your failure.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Much like my old staple How to Get Big on Twitter as a Board Game Dev , I’ll be covering everything you need to know to get started on Facebook as a board game developer. In fact, at the moment I’m writing this article, it’s the third most popular website in the world, bested only by Google and YouTube.

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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. But for me it might be different than for other solo devs. This is never a good thing.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Physics: Fix sphere-capsule collision logic ( GH-70660 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Add support for FORMAT_{ETC2,DXT5}_RA_AS_RG ( GH-71248 ).

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Brand Game Development

MAY 22, 2017

I am thrilled that many of you enjoyed Setting Up Social Media as a Board Game Dev: A Primer Course. Getting Started Getting Noticed Refining Your Approach Using Twitter for More than Just Tweeting Key Takeaways for Game Devs. Making connections is so important that I spent weeks getting ready to launch a game dev Discord group.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 24, 2020

At the time I’m writing this post, that means clicking Lists then clicking Create List button. You’ll be asked to enter the following: List Name – I use Brandon the Game Dev Newsletter. You’ll very soon be receiving updates from Brandon the Game Dev. Provide an email, username, and password.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2023

Sadly, financially I can’t keep the solo dev dream going for now – so it’s a lesson I had to learn the hard way.” But somehow, writing code and seeing everything come alive keeps it amazing every time. It turned out to be a tough lesson. But Van Dijk is not giving up on his dream. “I What are your next plans now?

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Brand Game Development

MAY 7, 2018

Then write a catchy and short bio like you would on Twitter. You can upload your photos and write your captions to a scheduler such as Buffer. The post How to Get Big on Instagram as a Board Game Dev appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. Tweak your Name and Username to your satisfaction. Click Submit.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2023

Writing games was always the impossible dream for me – like being an actor or an astronaut or a dinosaur. Eliminating things from your life until re-writing your world loading algorithm for a third time because Unity keeps making pointless API changes is by far the most interesting activity practically available to you.”

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 16, 2024

BookTok) where some game devs like Holly Gramazio are making new careers as authors writing fun books that people actually read. I want to read and write fun things too! I suspect an English literature degree turned me into a snob. I'm so disconnected from modern popular book culture (e.g. I'm jealous!

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 24, 2019

I didn’t write these articles – Ryan Langewisch did. His writing provides an excellent analysis of all the important decisions he made when designing the game. The post Tasty Humans Launches on Kickstarter Tomorrow appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. He is the designer of Tasty Humans. After playing, I agreed.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. As of the time that I’m writing this, that’s a little under a month away. Writing blog posts – at least my long-form Start to Finish posts – take a few hours each. Click here.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Impressive numbers To give an indication of how much time a dev team saves on the creation of NPCs, Dao Si shows some impressive numbers. It even helps writing the lines. Of course, we will still choose to use voice actors for our protagonists.” ” Nuverse is building on the GPT-3 network to create natural sounding dialogue.

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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. You may wonder why I’m writing about this today. I’m able to provide specific advice to new game devs on very particular areas of development. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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