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Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely” 

PreMortem.Games

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. Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games.

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Tips For Writing a Video Game Story That WORKS

The Bottom Feeder

During those hours of walking and fighting (and, in Baldur's Gate 3, searching 20000 identical crates), players will forget a ton of story. Each chapter had exactly one very memorable, hateable villain to fight. A lot of people don't want sandboxes. So to make your story memorable, keep it simple. Remember Persona 5 ?

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VR: Where are the RPGs?

Rampant Games

It is an indie offering, so like most things VR, it is the indies who are blazing the trail. The latter began as an RPG, I understand, but evolved into being more of a sandbox fighting simulator. I would love to tell you how it is, but it currently has a bug that prevents it from running on my machine. The three Fs.

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