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BitCake Studio built online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. says Lamhut laughing.

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SenAm Games is developing Al-Sirah, a game that educates young muslims about the Islam

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Founded in 2018 by CEO Senad Hrnjadovic, SenAm Games is an independent game development studio based in Munich, Germany. We have a solid track record of developing and releasing three games in the last seven years, including client work, Hrnjadovic says. That is if they can get the financing in place.

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says.

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Feral Cat Den is pushing the audio-visual boundaries of games with Nirvana Noir

PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

Their first game, Genesis Noir, was already a moving work of art. Now, with the follow-up, Nirvana Noir , the New York-based indie studio Feral Cat Den is crafting audio-visual poetry in motion. Previous to making their own indie games, the studio’s background was in advertising and product design.

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BitCake Studio builds online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2023

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. says Lamhut laughing.

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Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come”

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“I made a game for my major high school project when I was 17 (in 2004) and I’ve had the desire to make games for a living ever since. I didn’t take the thought seriously until I watched Indie Game The Movie and even then it was another few years before I released my first game, Swoopy Boi.

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish Board Games or Not?

Brand Game Development

MARCH 16, 2020

To get the Start to Finish series going, I’ve spent some time discussing games, game development, and the amount of careful messaging that is needed to create and sell a great game. At this point, you may be beginning to have some healthy doubts about the benefits and drawbacks of self-publishing a game.

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The Story of Battlebit Remastered with Max Fink (theliquidhorse)

Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

This episode is sponsored by [link] ⁠ 56% off subscription 20% for one-time purchases with my code GAMEDEV20 Introducing a special guest Max Fink, one of the developers behind the steam sensation, Battle Bit Remastered. What’s also worth noting is that Battle Bit Remastered is the first game released by this indie team.

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How to Get Started with Your First NFT Game Development

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Getting started with your first NFT game development venture can be interesting. But is the NFT game development market worth entering? The global play-to-earn (P2E) NFT games market is predicted to reach $3.6 So, yes – NFT game development is worth it. But what are NFT games? billion by 2028.

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Passionate Resilience: The Rise of Pineapple on Pizza Studios with Kushal Sithlu

PreMortem.Games

JULY 8, 2024

In 2022, a life-threatening incident could have derailed his dreams, but his passion for expressing his creativity through game development fueled his recovery, leaving his physicians in awe. The Pineapple on Pizza team developed a sequel to their game Braai Guy at the Google Indie Games Accelerator. “It’s

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Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. The English solo developer began his journey right after the Pandemic. Inevitably, I’ve gone over time and over budget,” he says.

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What Do Board Game Retailers Care About the Most?

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Molly's latest game, The Million Dollar Doodle, is live on Kickstarter! In my game development experience, I’ve never sought out retail distribution. But even still, I feel that not talking about what board game retailers want is a glaring omission in Start to Finish. We had no experience in the game industry.

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Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

This is a more business-oriented aspect of game development that we rarely see, and frankly, an aspect we rarely associate with DF either. Episode 04: “Bringing Back Psychonauts” shows the initial sequel announcement and all the work that goes into any trailer, PR push, and crowdfunding campaign.

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Godot Tutorial: The Basics For Beginners

SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this introductory tutorial series, we’ll teach beginners how to use the basic controls within Gogot’s game engine. Godot is a free and open source game development software that game devs can use to make beautiful 2D and 3D games. . Want to Make Video Games? Do you love game design?

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My friend is making an arcade racer and I’ve been playtesting his builds for him. He didn’t go into it thinking it’d be easy but there’s a ton of things he didn’t at all realize would be a headache going into it. Obviously all games are hard to make but some are more apparent about their daunting nature. Which genres are deceptively difficult even if reasonably possible by a small indie team? What surprised you when you hit the big leagues?

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 23, 2024

There's always a significant amount of UI groundwork that needs to be done in order to make a game playable at all, just because of how much information needs to be conveyed to the player. Building out the gameplay features is always a lot of fun, but you can only go so far by fiddling with variables and restarting.

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Schedule for GodotCon 2018 in Pozna?

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

The above activities are intentionally planned not to fill the whole day, so that there is time to get to know each other, present one's work to other attendees, playtest games, etc. In her free time, she enjoys developing games about Antarctica with Godot. He also made over 10 games with Godot during game jams.

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

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. I dont want to work on my game 7 days a week. There are no days off.

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Chris Zukowski’s tips on How to NOT screw up your game launch “Wishlists aren’t milk”

PreMortem.Games

JULY 22, 2024

Chris Zukowski , Creative Director of How To Market A Game , is a game marketing consultant and strategist who has guided numerous game studios in finding their audience. Once somebody can lay money down and get your game, the die is cast, the concrete is set,” states Zukowski.

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Is your baby ugly? We took ours out to find out.

Rindoku

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It was scary, thrilling, amazing and… we won the Dev-Play Indie Pitch! Alex and Ovi receiving the Indie Prize at Dev-Play. Meeting other indie devs is really cool. For one, we will be heading to Casual Connect in Berlin to take part in the Indie Prize. For the game itself, here’s what’s coming up: Multiplayer!

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AWS for Games at Gamescom 2023

AWS Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

The conference, one of the largest gaming events in the world, offers a platform for game developers, publishers, hardware manufacturers, and cloud providers for games to showcase their latest products, make announcements, and provide hands-on demonstrations to attendees. Learn more and register for the event. Learn more.

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Renee Gittins, developer of Potions: A Curious Tale faced death threats after the game’s release

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 11, 2024

Renee Gittins , indie game developer of Potions: A Curious Tale , faced severe harassment after the release of her game on Steam earlier this year. When EA unexpectedly dropped their back catalog just hours after her game’s release, it derailed Gittins’ carefully planned path to success. This is her story.

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BitCake Studio built online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

SenAm Games is developing Al-Sirah, a game that educates young muslims about the Islam

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Solo dev Almar works on debut game Repunk “I’ve had some darker moments”

Feral Cat Den is pushing the audio-visual boundaries of games with Nirvana Noir

BitCake Studio builds online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come”

Choose Your Own Adventure: Self-Publish Board Games or Not?

The Story of Battlebit Remastered with Max Fink (theliquidhorse)

How to Get Started with Your First NFT Game Development

Passionate Resilience: The Rise of Pineapple on Pizza Studios with Kushal Sithlu

Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely”

What Do Board Game Retailers Care About the Most?

Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

Godot Tutorial: The Basics For Beginners

Schedule for GodotCon 2018 in Pozna?

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

Chris Zukowski’s tips on How to NOT screw up your game launch “Wishlists aren’t milk”

Is your baby ugly? We took ours out to find out.

AWS for Games at Gamescom 2023

Renee Gittins, developer of Potions: A Curious Tale faced death threats after the game’s release

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