Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 28, 2019

As the name suggests, Everdell has a fantasy setting, and is indeed named for a charming valley within the game’s world. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Cute fantasy themes go a long way. The shared lineage between science fiction and fantasy is on full display there.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. The Swap The initial idea that ignited the project was the core mechanic: The Swap. It was also important that the environments would be suitable for various gameplay scenarios and mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I had been struggling to find the fun factor with my entry, which involved players taking control of fantasy monsters and managing resources to try and eat adventurers without taking too much damage. How Pattern Building Arose from the Dropping Mechanic.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Call of Dragons features high-quality animated cutscenes that bring its fantasy world and characters to life.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2024

So when we really enjoyed the hat-throwing mechanic found in Mario Odyssee, we asked ourselves if that particular mechanic of taking over an enemy existed in a Metroidvania. Our vision was to blend the fantastical Ghibli-universe with the monstrous sci-fantasy ambiance of the 1970s”, explains Berriche.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I am the developer of The Bears and The Bees and Cover Your Kingdom , published by Grandpa Beck’s games. Let’s be honest though – as any developer knows, even your friends and family won’t buy your game unless it’s truly entertaining.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

After a year of development, Tasty Humans raised $20,536 on Kickstarter. It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Mid-Development.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 10, 2017

Becoming a game developer/blogger was my second career choice. It was therefore my great pleasure and fortune to be able to play out my Sergio Leone film fantasies at the game table of my friendly local gaming store. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

MAY 11, 2020

It’s quarantine o’clock and I’m responding to comments that I got on a post I wrote a few weeks ago: What confuses you about board game development ? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This time, I’m going to talk about pitching to board game publishers.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 20, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Good games have clever themes and mechanics. If people like sci-fi and fantasy, you give them sci-fi and fantasy. This is part two of four in the Failure Recovery series. Need help on your board game?

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. Stumble Guys. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. Everyone knows about them, but not all developers pay real attention to them. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. Try different combos, too.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. Understanding the difference between the two is vital if you are an aspiring game developer, a passionate gamer, or you are considering hiring a game development company to develop an immersive video game.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Companies have limited resources and can only spend their time developing the best of the best. There are mechanics in there that nobody’s ever seen!” Board game publishers have to sort good from bad. Most people already get this.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ambitious multiverse and Web3 project Avalon’s first trailer dropped yesterday, as well as details of the experienced development team’s plans for the game. Players move between fantasy worlds, from medieval to cyberpunk. In-game businesses can be built and sold. The game’s open beta test is set for this month.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. The naive designer may lament that board gamers are only looking at the surface, not seeing the mechanics or the potential for incredible gameplay. By sharing my methods, I hope you’ll be able to develop your own.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 6, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Along with your box, the theme and mechanics of your game, and the reviews you receive, board gamers will make a decision to buy or not to buy. Now, yes, Fantasy Flight does have to charge a lot of money to break even on all those parts.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Need help on your board game?

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Yobob Games

JANUARY 18, 2023

My Game Development Journey in Making a Trailer Game Development Journey in Trailer Making What I’ve learned is that making a trailer is extremely important. When you make a trailer, you have to communicate as a developer to the audience about the key idea of what makes your game so great. And it also has to be interesting.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Using it to check on Godot game development streamers resulted in this funny compilation both the content creators and their viewers expressed happiness that the communities they had built were being recognized by us. Logically, the next step was to hand over the reins of the channel to some of these talented developers directly.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

After a year of documenting the Highways & Byways development process through the Dev Diary, this is not the post I wanted to write. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. When I created this blog, I created it to help see creators through the entire game development process.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. The future of game development, he suggests, lies in the ability to harness both.

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Moonmana

AUGUST 15, 2022

It takes a team of developers, designers, 2D 3D artists, project managers, and producers to work hard to deliver a high-quality and lucrative game that will reach the top. In such conditions, the team that is responsible for the game development must make sure the final release is bug-free as well as visually appealing. .

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 9, 2022

You’re pretty much living a 2nd life in a fantasy world. Harvest Island is purely a story driven game with farming mechanics to support the plot. The main character doesn’t talk and it’s designed that way because you are playing that empty of a shell character and giving that character life to that fantasy world.

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Game Errors

APRIL 19, 2023

Japanese games have gained a significant following in the West, with many gamers eagerly anticipating the latest releases from developers like Square Enix and Capcom. However, there are still notable differences between the two gaming styles, from storytelling and character design to game mechanics and themes.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. The future of game development, he suggests, lies in the ability to harness both.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 5, 2022

Harvest Island is actually a very story driven game that has character development and not a blank slated character that doesn’t talk. Most farming simulators have dating but Harvest Island doesn’t, so from the get go, Harvest Island is very different from Stardew just by the mechanics and the premise. Wild Animals Bonuses.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. As such, most successful Telegram games today focus on developing markets such as India, Nigeria, Brazil, and Latin America.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 11, 2022

And it’s mostly because it’s such a low entry into game development. There are thousands of games made in RPG Maker and their success isn’t as great since most developers using rpg maker don’t have a strong programming skill or they are using default art given to the developers when buying the engine.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Back in 2019, we explored how Scopely was carving out its own space in the industry with a unique approach to game development focused on building a strong product foundation. Not by coincidence but by design—the game had been in development since 2016, with a commitment to delivering a high-quality experience over the long haul.

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Jesper Juul

AUGUST 3, 2021

This article analyzes fear and anxiety inducing mechanics and modalities found in Slender — The Eight Pages. However, Turner and van Gennep developed liminality together with related concepts that suggest a richer account of play than liminality captures on its own. by Bartosz Dudek. by Matthew Horrigan. by Gregory P.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

During Pandante development, I posted dozens of versions of the game board, cards, rules, etc. Right now, in addition to my podcasts, I have three main game development projects in the works. Codex, Flowchart, and now.the Fantasy Strike fighting game (yes, really!).

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With over 190+ million users, Dream11 is the world’s largest fantasy sports platform. Their site offers fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi, basketball, hockey, volleyball, handball, rugby, American football & baseball. Dream11 is the flagship brand of Dream Sports, India’s leading Sports Technology company.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This blog was co-authored by Qamar Ali Shaikh, AVP – Infrastructure & Platform Engineering, Dream11 and Arvind Sharma, Engineering Manager – Developer Platform , Dream11. Dream11 has developed a service using this architectural pattern – a centralized multi-tenant authentication service. Desigining architectures for multi-tenancy.”

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

As I’ve gone through the Final Fantasy series recently , it’s notable that the games used to have secrets, and now, they pretty much don’t anymore. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I’m starting pre-pre-development on an RPG of my own, and so this is something I’m thinking about a lot for that game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog!

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