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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights. Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Here at PreMortem.Games we have a great admiration for developers that go through a complete development cycle alone.

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Step into the many fantastical worlds of Nightingale by Inflexion Games

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 1, 2023

” The team sought to break away from traditional sci-fi and fantasy genres, finding inspiration in gaslamp fantasy—a style that blends nineteenth-century history with magical elements. Transdimensional portals Nightingale is a first-person, PVE, open-world survival crafting game played solo or cooperatively online.

Balance

Balance Games Fantasy Technology

There was a popular video a few years back (What games are like for someone who doesn’t play games). It struck me as a gamer because of how much unwritten “gamer intuition” that we just learned over time and tutorials sometimes seem to take this for granted (ie Day9’s criticism of Tears of the Kingdom). What do gamedevs keep in mind when crafting a tutorial for gamers but also for newcomers to gaming or the genre of the game?

Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 30, 2024

If we're building a big budget AAA first person shooter, we can expect that our representative player recognizes and likes first person shooters and is likely already familiar with the basics of how to play them. We, unfortunately, don't always get the resources to do that.

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First person Dev AAA Fantasy

Dark and Darker Freezing, Lag Spikes: How to Get Rid of Them

Game Errors

AUGUST 8, 2023

Is the new fantasy multiplayer game Dark and Darker freezing on your PC? The first-person view with strategic decision-making, various challenges, and modern graphics, everything has made this title unique. Disable the overlay feature Open the Chaf Games app. You may notice Dark and Darker lagging even more.

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Shaders Fantasy Graphics PC

10 Best Free Sci-Fi Games You Can Play for FREE

SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Destiny 2 is a first person shooter (FPS) with action packed gameplay and an engaging narrative. Spacelords is a beautiful tactical sci-fi fantasy game with engaging lore and intense action that helps to push the game’s narrative along. This means that you can actually earn (or lose) real money by playing Planet Calypso.

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All Time Favorite MS DOS Games

Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

This first-person shooter game is based on episodes, meaning you’ll need to move through the story, accomplishing goals in order to reach the next level. An upgrade to WarCraft, Tides of Darkness provided a number of advanced features, including fighting over sea and air (not just on land). Wolfenstein 3D.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Anyway I didn't mind the incompleteness so much because I was playing less for fun, and more "for work", as a first person game developer. As a narrative stop-gap, every boss unlock quest features mandatory scripted scenes where you listen to faceless blood ghosts re-enact the boss backstory while you jump on furniture.

Studios

Studios Co-op Open World Cutscenes

The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Since then, the mod makers have remade it into a UE4 standalone time loop first person RPG called. These 3 features are clearly more important than the cave theming, so here I think the better move would've been to cut the cave stuff and set it in a generic lost valley or something. The Forgotten City (2021).

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NPC Fighting Art Dev

Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

So you need to help them feel like they’re really there and really that new person.” Let people play out the fantasy Simulation is key for a successful VR game. Being able to actually play as an Impostor or Crewmate in first person was just so appealing to players.” Start with the fantasy.

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Dev Playtesting Fantasy Render

Top 10 VR Games to Try Out in 2023

iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Superhot VR This is a first-person shooter game with a unique feature where time moves only when the player moves. The game’s innovative time mechanic adds a new dimension to the classic first-person shooter genre, making for a truly unforgettable experience.

Games

Games Mechanics Simulation Technology

Best High Graphics Games for From Casual to Hardcore Gamers

Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Ratchet & Clank – Rift Apart Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a remarkable third-person shooter platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It features stunning visuals, inventive weaponry, and gameplay advancements, making it one of the standout titles for the platform.

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Graphics Racing Entertainment Games

2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

The biggest acquisition in the sub-genre happened last year, with Applovin acquiring Machine Zone - the company that made some of the most iconic top-grossing 4X games of all time (Game of War, Modern Strike, Final Fantasy: New Empire). These games feature real-time combat and competitive PvP gameplay.

Cross platform

Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile

The 2020 Holiday Shopping Guide for Board Game Lovers

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

You are a fantasy monster trying to sate your insatiable appetite. The tile might feature a city, a road, a cloister, grassland or some combination thereof, and it must be placed adjacent to tiles that have already been played, in such a way that cities are connected to cities, roads to roads, etcetera. Let’s get started.

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Tile Games Point and Click Art

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

I wanted to try to merge these design sensibilities with my first person gay sex aesthetic, paired with the old tradition of retro grid-based first person CRPGs like Wizardry / Ultima Underworld / Legend of Grimrock where you crawl through dungeons step by step. You play as a sex angel.

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Game Developers Network

Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

Step into the many fantastical worlds of Nightingale by Inflexion Games

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

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