Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. It was a quirky story-first 3D platformer with jokes that were actually funny.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1. Production 1.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 11, 2018

I’m a solo game designer/developer of strategy games on both analog and digital platforms! I’m currently working on releasing my first game, State of Wonder , as well three other projects on the side. I met many of my local testers at Wiscon – many of whom backed the game on Kickstarter.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are many aspects to consider when building a game. Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. Dreamteck Splines is designed to feel like a native part of Unity, leveraging familiar tools and interfaces.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2024

The game, at its core a third-person adventure with exploration and platforming, uses dramatic camerawork that strengthens its cinematic ambitions. “I Personally, I was a bit tired of the traditional style seen in games and wanted to create something more refined and stylish.” Many had not made any games at all!

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

There are a lot of moving parts that go into making board games. Game Design. All games start with ideas. A designer usually starts with the simplest possible prototype – often either pen and paper or on an online testing tool such as Tabletop Simulator. It’s also what makes a game design sell-able.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder. “I

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder. “I

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The two most common types of game development are game design and programming. Game design involves thinking about what kind of game you want, while programming involves creating the code that makes it happen. A game has a specific purpose: to be fun for players. Prototyping.

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Raph Koster

AUGUST 28, 2024

I mention this because we just posted up a little article about movement and the camera in the game, which has pictures from some of the prototypes that we did to test out moving around. Just for fun as I was writing the blog post, I actually located the last version of the prototype and played around in it!

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design? require a unique approach.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

“While our games were web2 focused, we had been following the development of the NFT market,” says Rössig, who also serves as iCandy’s head of Europe. “I’m personally very interested in the idea of digital items, as I started my career in F2P monetization and in-game shop management.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. We want to build ambitious games players may not expect from Supercell. It’s two teams , actually.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A computer science degree teaches computer languages which is essential when designing games. Game designers must know various coding languages to create levels, interactions, progression, etc. Computer science in gaming will help you develop games. Video games are also available at different price points.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.” He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2024

Numerous Metaverses have been developed that are accessible to anyone who has registered on their platforms. For those not in the know, this technology allows you to experiment with different technologies, and create prototypes of products, without any risks involved and spending a lot of money.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2025

That moment eventually led to the birth of Clutter, a now 18-game franchise that has quietly built a loyal following and defined its own subgenre within the hidden object space. Rather than rely on traditional platforms or publishing routes, Cassavaugh focused on a specific audience: fans of casual puzzle games, particularly women over 40.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. That is a huge plus when you’re talking about in-game development. Cinemachine Is Especially Ideal for Game Developers. What Is Unity Cinemachine?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

The only true bright spot was Art of War , which despite prototype level production quality has scaled up to over 5M in net revenue a month with no stop in sight! WWE Super Card close-lined Hearthstone in 2020 to become the second-largest card battle game in the West on mobie after Yu-Gi-Oh. Then Yu-Gi-Oh came along.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Simply put, players of hypercasual games are simply switching from one short-lived game to another causing money to change hands largely between hypercasual publishers and the mediation platforms. Production Evolution Having said all the above, achieving Archero’s design prowess is no simple task.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

I also create all the social media posts for Pangea Games, including the weird cheese question. Tabletop Simulator is a physics-based board game engine which you can buy on Steam. With over 30,000 games, it’s the biggest platform to play all your favorite games. On a digital platform, the cost is basically zero.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Launched in 2005 by Unity Technologies, the game engine was initially designed uniquely for OS X games. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Or do the two platforms remain equal? C# is considered to be more appropriate for game development as compared to C++.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences.

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Febucci

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A new type of game. This platformer is different from “standard” ones and many development rules don’t work here, either them being game design, programming, and art. I’ve decided to show the game straight from the prototype phase, and I hoped to incrementally gather people’s interest after it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In an attempt to make content more scalable, PVE design borrowed a page from PVP and the team built new PVE modes as rule-sets that could be applied to any map by a game designer through simple tooling vs. baked in-experiences on custom maps. Lightspeed came in with a mobile rendition of a single player campaign mission.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

They get to a prototype level. The other piece, I would say, I agree with the hiring point, but that the complicated thing about shipping fast, though, today in which you have some teams that are really reasonably saying, look, if we want to compete on this platform, on this, in this genre, it just takes 18 months to make the game.

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