PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

. “From there, we kept exploring and experimenting, refining the concept into a story-driven adventure where players have real narrative agency aboard their flying ship, says Casals Meet deadlines Ticking Clock Games was founded in the summer of 2023 by Game Designer Roman Gushcha and Casals, who met while working in Poland.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Every successful video game features a few common elements- clear goals, surprise elements, a clean core loop, good graphics and sound, and so on. In short, they feature the major game design elements. Game designers follow a combination of certain basic elements to make it memorable.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 13, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Humble Game Design Book + Pixel Art Course Bundles There are a pair of Humble Bundles of interest to game developers launched today on Humble, the Game Design and AI Featuring Steve Rabin bundle and the Complete Pixel Art Online Course by Mammoth Interactive bundle.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 9, 2024

Curated by author and artistic director Sharna Jackson, the Ensemble initiative features a new cohort each year , with their talent being showcased at exhibitions in various locations across London.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 6, 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. This entry was contributed by Joe Henson, game designer and marketing director at Digital Cybercherries, which has just released Hypercharge: Unboxed onXbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

But initially, Techotopia was a completely different game. The original idea was to blend elements from Dorfromantic and Reigns ,” says lead game designer Ignat Negrei, “where players would create their own fantasy kingdom using cards representing forests, fields, and mills.”

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 13, 2023

In the following years the tool evolved through optimization and machine learning into a full AI-enabled character creator platform for game designers. For example, our character blending technology is an amazing feature. Specific needs As for the costs, Popul8 is licensed per game title.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Game design software does play a pivotal role in bringing the digital world to life, which allows game developers and designers to create immersive and engaging experiences. The world of game design is a captivating landscape brimming with possibilities.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 10, 2023

Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. Combining the world of ice hockey with a roguelite may seem like an odd match, but for game designer Hugo Julien and his fellow co-founders Jean-Nicolas and Mathieu Fortin, it was a natural choice.

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The Knights of Unity

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In the previous part of the post, we’ve introduced you to the most important reasons to create a game design document in your project, using three examples: personal project, internal project, and commission work. It should include the crucial information needed to create a first, overall picture of your game in the reader’s mind.

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Big Games

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are some points that’ll help you understand what makes it stand apart: Immersive Gaming Experience High graphics, sound systems, and larger screens of consoles make the experience draw the player into the game world. We offer customized solutions and mobile game development services for every game you dream of.

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Starloop Studios

MAY 14, 2024

At Starloop Studios, we’re dedicated to leveraging these trends to enhance our gaming projects and ensure the best user experience. Here's a deep dive into the current mobile game [.] The post What Every Developer Needs to Know About Mobile Game Design Trends appeared first on Starloop Studios.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

He’s also planning the overall game design. The game design process in this project mainly involved designing the rudimentary features for our level editor”, he explains. ” Part of figuring out the features of the editor is also designing the user interface for it.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 3, 2019

For that reason, I’ve brought in Sean Fallon, Founder & CEO of Smunchy Games and User Experience (UX) Designer extraordinaire. By looking at game design from this new angle, we hope to help you understand why board games are so playable and what that means for other aspects of our lives. What’s the point?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

Here, players are offered a game inspired by the classic arcade with the main goal of navigating through a series of vertical labyrinth Pac-Man-style levels, avoiding traps and enemies while collecting treasures and power-ups. The game features different modes and progressively more challenging levels.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ideas for the game’s content were inspired mainly from movies and TV shows, while the game designs came from the games the team loves to play, like Everquest for the open world concept and The Vanishing Hitchhiker for the atmosphere. We welcomed the different ideas and incorporated them into the full game.”

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Choosing the Right Networking Solution Unity offers multiple networking solutions, but selecting the right one depends on the game's complexity, player count, and required features. Looking for cost-effective Unity game development solutions? Choosing between these depends on your development goals and budget. Look no further!

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Tom Francis

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

They’re kind of ‘numbers you can see’ I’d like to use the term in game design to mean specifically that: numbers you can see. Anything that doesn’t work in place of ‘six’ there, like 3.4 or -2, is not natural.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 21, 2023

At Devcom today, the team behind Return to Monkey Island shed light on the project's origins and development.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

. “My Co-founder Jakob Schmid and myself created the rhythm based puzzle platformer 140 together back in the day, and we are both interested in integrating music systems with the game design.” Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

I have a free podcast series on game design, here. In this latest Raw Game Design episode, I discuss how we might use advanced AIs in the Fantasy Strike fighting game, if we had access to some pretty great AI tech. I also have a second podcast that's just for my Patreon supporters.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2023

Once we had that idea, the rest came really naturally, and it’s one of my favorite features!” About the studio name Grenaa Games: “Grenaa is my family name from my mothers side, so it adds a nice personal touch I think!” ” “It’s a game where you can win without ever starting a war.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 28, 2024

This shift is significant for the gaming industry, where development cycles are notoriously long and costly. AI’s ability to handle repetitive and time-consuming tasks frees up human developers to focus on more creative aspects of game design. ” AI’s potential to democratize game development cannot be overstated.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 10, 2024

AI is increasingly being utilized in game development, not just for automation and cost reduction, but also as an innovative gameplay feature. Various games now incorporate versions of Chat GPT to enhance NPC interactions. One notable example is Uncover the Smoking Gun by South Korean studio ReLU Games.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

HUD Navigation System (HNS) is the ultimate collection of the most common navigation concepts from various games. HNS is modular so you can easily disable features you don’t need (unused features don’t affect the performance). . Odin – Inspector and Serializer by Sirenix. Tiny Dragon by Suriyun.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

It's primarily a feature handled by game design and engineering. The designers figure out how the camera needs to behave for the intended player experience and then the engineers figure out how to translate those behavior rules into code.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Research: Research is important to the game design process.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development. This article compares these two platforms in detail and explores their features, benefits, and real-world applications to help you make an informed decision. It’s essential to understand how their core features compare.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Let’s take a look at a few different situations: A producer can’t tell you which metric a given feature is targeted at or explain why a given metric needs to be changed to meet a KPI. Designers and UI specialists keep redoing the user flow when they should be referencing a successful competitor. But we could keep going, right?

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Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

However, the rise of smartphones revolutionized the industry, offering developers powerful and advanced tools to create immersive gaming experiences for users. Over the past decade, mobile games have evolved into high-quality experiences featuring 3D graphics, multiplayer capabilities, and augmented reality.

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The Knights of Unity

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In the first one, we will list the most important reasons why you should create at least an outline of the fundamental features and mechanics you want to have your game. If you decide to work on your design doc at the beginning of the project, your future self will probably thank your past self on many occasions.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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Starloop Studios

JANUARY 5, 2023

From simple pixel graphics to complex, life-like open worlds, the visuals of modern video games are unparalleled. Animation and VFX are two integral components of game design and development that contribute to [.]. Of course, this advancement wouldn’t be possible without animation and VFX (visual effects).

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

The Transformative Landscape of Game Development: A Deep Dive with Willem Delventhal As a digital ecosystem thrives and transforms at a rapid pace, a recent conversation with game designer and educator Willem Delventhal offered insights into the evolving realm of game development.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2024

Things were getting serious three years later when Ryding decided to quit his job as a software engineer and work full time as a game developer. One of my close friends, Ches Denison, joined me working 5-10 hours a week as a playtester, game designer, and just a general jack-of-all-trades-guy.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 27, 2023

Iterating on the game’s core concepts allows developers to evaluate whether or not their game idea will attract players. It enables them to avoid wasting money and time on building features that are either ineffective or unattractive. Here, we will discuss what you can learn about your game by prototyping.

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