PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 7, 2024

FlatPonies , a Copenhagen-based game development studio, is finally launching Rebots , a first-person automation game that invites players to explore a universe full of quirky robots and expansive worlds. The quirky graphical style of Rebots adds much to the overall mood of the game. Don’t make a game for six years!”

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Playtesting Prototyping Development First person 265

Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

This approach echoes strategies employed by gaming giants such as Valve, known for their emphasis on performance, even at the expense of graphics, in games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). It forced them to reassess their development approach and switch to a steam playtesting model, allowing more players to access the game.

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Indy Game Developer Game Development Development 105

Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Being able to actually play as an Impostor or Crewmate in first person was just so appealing to players.” Playtesting is crucial at this point. Aside from making it first person, which was incredibly important, the next big one was adding spatial voice chat. So it’s demanding on the graphics card.

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Dev Playtesting Fantasy Render 91

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. This marks its true public release, with finished graphics, gameplay, tuning, more sex, and finally an ending. Zugzwang attempts to encode these New Sex Urbanism / Sex As Public Health ideologies into a first person broughlike design.

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