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Golel playtest keys and news

Indie DB

Experience a first person rogue-like dungeon crawler with turn based actions.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

For the last five years, off and on, he worked on Critter Crossfire , a turn-based tactics and first person shooter hybrid. Playtesting Patrik Nagy , a 20-year-old software development student from Hungary, began working on simple games at age 12, driven by a passion for programming and game development.

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Rebots by FlatPonies launches after 6 years “We’re ready for more ambitious projects”

PreMortem.Games

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. We entered Steam Festivals, ran regular playtests and used social media.” Don’t make a game for six years!”

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Solo dev Evan Polekoff of Critter Crossfire “Motivation is a limited resource” 

PreMortem.Games

For the last five years, off and on, he worked on Critter Crossfire , a turn-based tactics and first person shooter hybrid. While I get feedback from friends and playtesters, it doesn’t compare to the iteration you get from working with someone who is equally as invested in the project as you are.

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Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

Game Analytics

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. Among Us VR is similar here, too.

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The Story of Battlebit Remastered with Max Fink (theliquidhorse)

Game Dev Unchained

It forced them to reassess their development approach and switch to a steam playtesting model, allowing more players to access the game. “I’m the last person to tell you if we did something right or wrong… I would never be someone that reviews my game.”

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

I wanted to try to merge these design sensibilities with my first person gay sex aesthetic, paired with the old tradition of retro grid-based first person CRPGs like Wizardry / Ultima Underworld / Legend of Grimrock where you crawl through dungeons step by step. You play as a sex angel.

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