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What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners

Game Refinery

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Tencent’s PUBG Mobile, and Riot’s League of Legends: Wild Rift) might just have the answers you’re looking for. Their secret to success? Mastering the art of LiveOps.

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Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

His first game, mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. Developing my first game was a complete learning experience for me. He now works under the name of HALbot Studio s on not one, but two first person survival horror games, House of Lies and The Nightmare Escape.

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Mordhau on consoles: “A lot of smoke and mirrors go into making things hit”

PreMortem.Games

First person slasher genre Triternion was officially founded in 2017, but the roots go back as far as 2014 when two developers built the initial prototypes and explorations in the first person slasher genre. Since then, the team has grown steadily to 40 people and opened offices in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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The Basic Fundamentals of Game Design

Logic Simplified

Whether you're interested in designing platformers, first-person shooters , or role-playing games, these game design fundamentals are applicable to any genre. So, whether you're designing a console game or a mobile app, it's essential to prioritize UI and UX to ensure your players stay engaged and interested.

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There was a popular video a few years back (What games are like for someone who doesn’t play games). It struck me as a gamer because of how much unwritten “gamer intuition” that we just learned over time and tutorials sometimes seem to take this for granted (ie Day9’s criticism of Tears of the Kingdom). What do gamedevs keep in mind when crafting a tutorial for gamers but also for newcomers to gaming or the genre of the game?

Ask a Game Dev

If we're building a big budget AAA first person shooter, we can expect that our representative player recognizes and likes first person shooters and is likely already familiar with the basics of how to play them.

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CrazyGames upgrades platform with real-time friends system using AWS AppSync

AWS Games

Whether playing through a desktop or mobile device, all gamers can now enjoy an enhanced social experience with a new real-time friends system built using Amazon Web Services (AWS) AppSync. Currently, CrazyGames has integrated the new friends system within 30 games on their platform, ranging from first-person shooters such as Kour.io

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Halo Infinite Could Not Find A Data Center [FIXED]

Game Errors

Halo Infinite is a 2021 first-person shooter game with several fans across the globe. If these don’t work, try the following fixes: Reset your network device Update your network drivers Configure DNS settings Use a mobile network 1. This is often due to network connectivity or latency issues.

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