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Solo dev Lincoln McCulloch’s all-consuming journey to develop Dungeons & Kingdoms

PreMortem.Games

I have my own local wiki for game development so I keep all my notes, documentation and screenshots on there that I can reference.” I continued to learn and experiment with things like larger open worlds. This is when I first started really digging into world building. Also, I chat with other game devs occasionally.

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AI x Game Industry in 2025 - The Unspoken Part

Deconstructor of Fun

Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. This includes creating levels, missions, and even entire game worlds. QA, Localization & Producer Jobs: AI automates bug detection and optimization reducing the need for the QA teams of sometimes hundreds.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Radiator Blog

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. You're fighting not only the privatization of public health but also reckless climate engineering! But not really.

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Garrisons 2.0

Grid Sage Games

Failing that (gets blasted in a fight? And this approach is reflected throughout Cogmind’s other maps as patrol routes change, units carry out unique duties across different areas, and yet others are dispatched to react to something far away (dungeon environments can be about as dynamic as an open world!),

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The Forgotten City (2021) revisited

Radiator Blog

And as the Vestal, she administers the local election, and in this ancient Roman city only the male NPC citizens are allowed to vote. The final boss fight is a conversation, and the ultimate weapon is. So then you have to go talk to the male NPCs and solve their side quests to persuade them to vote for your candidate. Take that, god!

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On Backtracking in Roguelikes

Grid Sage Games

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

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In the game, you run your own farm, create your own products, and sell to the local community through your own small business. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile.