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How to Create Video Game Atmosphere

Game Designing

Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. All of this creates a more lighthearted fantasy world. Is there a fog obscuring hidden threats, or is the level in clear view for easy puzzle-solving? A great example of this is the FPS-puzzler Portal.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

FPS/3PS grew by 30% and became half a billion-dollar sub-genre in 2021. Call Me a Legend and Girl X Battle amongst the ones to suffer the most) FPS/TPS (Some games scaled up significantly while the largest ones saw massive drops. To put the Strategy genre in proportion, it generates a whole Billion more than all Puzzle games combined.

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Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power). NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e.

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(The Unofficial) Deconstructor of Fun 2022 Gaming Awards

Deconstructor of Fun

Best game of 2022 A year ago we talked about Death Loop, Final Fantasy IV, Outriders, Valheim, and Royal Match as being in the run for being the best games of 2021. And that will lead to less mobile gaming companies formed, less new games and overall more mature and stagnant market - apart from launch of big budget and big IP titles.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #33

Astral Clock Tower Studios

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. If you're a big lover of fantasy games (and we're betting you are!),

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. If anyone under the age of 100 knows of Anthony Comstock at all, it's maybe as the racist preacher supervillain of the 2013 FPS game Bioshock Infinite. So what did she want then?

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