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What Obsidian Entertainment learned making Avowed a first-person fantasy RPG

Game Developer

The world of Pillars of Eternity looks very different up-close and personal.

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

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Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. “I

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

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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. They could maybe pull off a No Man's Sky / Final Fantasy 14 style maneuver and reboot it as Redfall: Revamped next year, but that's probably not the complete second chance that the team wants.

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Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

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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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How to Price Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

It’s a very intelligent abstract strategy game in which you competitively build towers in an effort to be the first person to stand atop one. Now, yes, Fantasy Flight does have to charge a lot of money to break even on all those parts. Here are a few examples: Santorini – $25.98 Santorini is a sharp game.

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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?

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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.

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

Game Errors

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. This article has the solutions for all freezing and lag spikes issues that may appear in this title.

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