Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity Developers Fight Back The fallout to Unity’s recently announced price changes, including the new Unity Runtime Fee, keeps getting worse. While Unity have been mostly radio silent since the announcement, Unity developers certainly haven’t been.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The Fatal Fury fighting game series stretches all the way back to 1991, when SNK Corporation released Fatal Fury: King of Fighters for arcades. The franchise had numerous iterations in the 90s, with Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) being the last – at least until now.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 28, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. How to Fight Tired Mode. Speaking of avoidance, the best way to fight Tired Mode is to never fight it at all.

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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. And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Analysts have widely reported developers’ ongoing challenges with user acquisition targets as they wrestle with stricter app tracking policies, especially on Apple devices. The post The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success appeared first on GameRefinery.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Back in March, Osama Dorias was part of an industry panel on burnout at the Game Developers' Conference, sharing his own personal story of burning out in the industry and the toll it took on his mental health.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021. Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene.

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Unity Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

In this guest blog, the Rubber Duck Games team breaks down the journey to developing a boss fight for Evil Wizard – from design and prototyping to animation, testing, balancing, and finalizing the visual effects.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A group of developers is fighting back against Unity's plan to charge for game installs by cutting off the ad and monetisation revenue they would have been sending to the engine provider.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Armello developer League of Geeks has just announced that it's laying off 50% of its staff. The entire team behind Jumplight Odyssey, which launched in Early Access in August, has been made redundant, with the title put on a hiatus indefinitely as the studio seeks more funding.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 10, 2024

It's hard to believe it now, but Dylan "TheBoyDilly" Johnson – CEO and founder of the wildly successful Good Gamers – didn't ever plan to be a game developer. Back in early 2020, Johnson was one of millions of health workers at the forefront of the fight against COVID.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

PUBGs mobile crossovers are a great example, letting players unleash Dragon Ball energy beams and fight alongside Evangelions towering mecha. The most interesting uses of anime IP in the mobile market tend to do something more aspirational from a gameplay perspective. How will this collaboration boost monetization?

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 22, 2024

Even reporting from the other side of the Atlantic, it's easy to tell that the vibe at this year's Game Developers Conference has been different. Check every Friday for a new entry. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 7, 2023

Seeing that was hard and I always found myself in the middle of a fight beside her. She’s a Technical Artist and she’s good at development as well as environmental art. The post Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio appeared first on PreMortem Games. We are a great pair.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For mobile game developers, collaboration events are an opportunity to engage lapsed players, increase retention rates, add new content and boost monetization. Developed by Netease, Vikingard is a casual simulation RPG set in the Viking era. The best in-game collaboration events are often mutually beneficial.

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Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This modular approach keeps everything clean and efficient, allowing developers to focus on their game logic instead of wrestling with tangled code. I’ve always believed that developers shouldn’t have to fight with the tools—they should just work. It’s all designed to make game development as smooth as possible.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

years of development. Cocoon’s development journey spanned a challenging 6.5 The solution he came up with was to mix up linear gameplay sections, open sections with world jumping, and tense boss fights. years of development the creator wishes that the game will leave a lasting impression on players. “I

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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. The fact that it took him over five years to get to the point that it’s nearly ready for Early Access is largely due to learning the ropes of game development along the way.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ground Shatter is led by founder and director James Parker, and is the developer behind roguelike deck-builder Fights in Tight Spaces. Extra Mile Studios is led by Bobby Farmer, and is known for providing co-developer services on Revolution Software's Broken Swords series. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. ” Why did you become a solo developer? How do you stay motivated through (years of) development?

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Game Wisdom

APRIL 24, 2023

The Design of A Robot Named Fight Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I sat down with Morningstar Game Studio’s Matt Bitner to talk about the development of A Robot Named Fight, and his next game Kop Killer 22xx.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When it comes to female game developers, it’s not only about the quality of their work but also about the environment they work in. This idea was at the heart of the discussion on the 2nd of December 2023 at the AGW panel titled: The Importance of an Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Support for Female Game Developers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 31, 2025

platform fighting game, MultiVersus, will shutdown on May 30, according to a statement by developer Player First Games.The game was released on May 28, 2024. The Warner Bros. Read more

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Harold Serrano

DECEMBER 4, 2024

As stated in my previous post , my goal is to improve the robustness of the Untold Engine by focusing on developing various games. So, I decided to develop one. Such mechanics would be perfect for testing the collision system, which I have yet to develop. Loading times were too long and Z-fighting was apparent.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. The English solo developer began his journey right after the Pandemic. Why did you become a solo developer? “I

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Sirlin

JULY 22, 2015

Former Street Fighter designer / Evolution staff member / writer of competitive gaming guide is working on a new fighting game focusing on easy execution, great online play, and will be free to play." It's clear that we're cut from the same cloth and have similar experiences with competitive fighting games. Did you hear the news?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 6, 2024

At Reboot Develop Blue 2024, Unity's Micaela Hayes appeared on stage to tackle the subject of online toxicity, how to fight it and how important it is to confront it not only from an ethical point of view but, frankly, as a business decision.

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Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

They are still key areas for gameplay with major fights. To honor the map's nonlinear multiplayer heritage, I try to support multiple nonlinear solutions since you can improvise different routes / tackle fights in different orders: Snipe the Spawns from the bridge, maybe with Lightning or Grenades (expensive) or with all your shotgun ammo.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Web3 game developers and publishers are often pretty bad about explaining their products to potential players. nWay’s previous games include overhead view, urban battleground Battlepalooza and head-to-head fighting games Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, and Power Rangers: Legacy Wars.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, the report contends that players are finding ways to fight back against the abuse they encounter. Game developers are more likely than players to say they’ve noticed a rise in toxicity ove(r the past year – 53 percent – compared to 32 percent of players. People who work in games are well aware of the problem.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021. Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 20, 2025

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 developer Treyarch has tweaked its anti-cheat systems and banned another 136,000 players across Black Ops 6 and battle-royale spin-off, Warzone. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 2, 2024

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. However, while Metal Gear Solid had many other instances of breaking the fourth wall, mostly through dialogues or in cutscenes, none felt as impactful to me as that one boss fight mechanic.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 1, 2025

They want to keep things as safe as possible and weather the storm, so they stick to the safest projects (the workhorses) and cancel development on risky projects (experimental and new stuff). Nothing is impossible, but this is improbable due to fighting against the human instinct to stay safe.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 15, 2023

Developed by MINTROCKET, The game challenges players to collect fish to supply a sushi restaurant, which involves collecting resources, crafting new items, fighting giant underwater creatures, perform quests for people and managing a restaurant. One of this year's breakout indie hits has been Dave The Diver. It's certainly different.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

The SAG-AFTRA National Board has unanimously agreed to permit its chief negotiator to call an immediate strike at will in a bid to protect voice actors fighting for job security as more and more studios explore generative AI.

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