Brand Game Development

JUNE 30, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week in the Dev Diary, I talked about how board game development is a long, ongoing process with a lot of different stages. Need help on your board game? I know it’s not sexy.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For Chad Crumbaker (working as KRUMP Games ), it was the promise of full creative freedom that drew him into the world of solo development. I was an early adopter of Unreal Engine 4 and always wanted to get into game development, he says. Why did you become a solo developer? when did you realise this was for you?

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Real Programming

JUNE 12, 2023

We use video games as a scaffold to frame our programming lessons around, but some RP4K students do go on to become professional video game developers. Your child may turn their passion for video games into a dynamic and lucrative career, or they could apply the coding skills learned at RP4K in a range of other professions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

They only write what is needed (no redundant information), keep the ordering of sections and are simple enough to understand changes by just looking at the diff. I hope that this write up made more evident why Godot is such a key technology for the future of the game industry. Large team VCS support.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

Josh Salley has always been a big fan of gaming, but thought that game development was out of his reach. “I I just assumed game development involved writing code all day.” I have always been a huge gamer, but never imagined I want to actually make games. I believe in keeping a good work life balance.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 27, 2024

Released on May 9, the wholesome adventure game about a cat looking for its way home has been massively successful, selling over 100,000 units within the first 48 hours of release, and garnering over a million plays on Game Pass. Double Dagger Studio arose from his desire to challenge himself in new ways as a game developer.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. Feelings are a deeply under-discussed part of game development, and an even more deeply underappreciated part of entrepreneurship.

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Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

It’s all designed to make game development as smooth as possible. After wrapping up the Collision System, my focus will shift to finalizing the documentation and writing tutorials. I want to ensure that anyone—even those new to game development—can pick up the Untold Engine and start creating right away.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 19, 2024

Something Wicked Games has reportedly cut an unknown number of staff. As reported by Game Developer , senior animator Eric Webb shared on LinkedIn last Friday that the studio "had to lay off most of [its] staff."

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

On the occasion of my upcoming book Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodor 64 Computer , I am writing The History of the Commodore 64 in Twelve Objects , posted weekly from November 1 st , 2024: Object #1: The Commodore 64 itself , known affectionately as the breadbox for its shape. The most popular computer, yet often forgotten.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 5, 2024

Nielsen is a self-taught game developer, with many of the necessary skills ‘accidentally’ acquired over the years. Nielsen worked as a comic writer and artist for over ten years before transitioning to game development. Since then, he has created three games. All built skills useful in game development!

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 24, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. To celebrate the launch, I’ll be releasing a five-part case study on the development of the game every week for the next five weeks. I didn’t write these articles – Ryan Langewisch did. After playing, I agreed.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

And it takes a special kind of developer that wants to fly solo. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. “I A point of interest in the indie game sea.”

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Now, she’s navigating the world of game development, where each day brings new challenges and exciting discoveries. Let’s take a trip back memory lane and find out when the seed of game development was planted and how each part of Kamo’s past adds up. This knowledge helps me create architectural designs in games.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

Riding the Wave of Tech Evolution In an era defined by rapid innovation and evolution, the game development industry continually grapples with the pressure to remain on the cutting edge. Dino Patti and Tadej Gregorcic , both co-founders of Coherence , a platform aiming to democratize multiplayer game development.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Google “list of board game mechanics.” Pick 2-3 that you like and want to incorporate into your game. Write the first draft of your rules. Test your game for the first time.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 9, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. As of the time that I’m writing this, that’s a little under a month away. Things are starting to get hectic around the Pangea Games office / my home office. Write and send press releases.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2025

There are jobs to be had that are gaming-adjacent and gaming-related that I found I could do. I, like many, ended up working outside of traditional video game development for a brief period of time. That might be casino games, mobile games, simulation, training work, user experience design, or something else entirely.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2023

At 9, he ventured into writing compositions, then graduated to writing novels, inspired by a friend working on a novel. Around the same time, he delved into the world of video games, playing titles like GTA, Scarface, Ratchet & Clank, God of War, Call of Duty, and FIFA. One of the stories I wrote was a game.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 17, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ten Square Games has written off Undead Clash and Fishing Master for more than $6 million due to market competition and high user acquisition costs. As reported by Mobilegamer.biz , the Polish games publisher has also laid off 120 employees. Read more

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Before you write on it, it is everything and it is nothing, the most perfect work of literature and the most grammatically defunct Internet copypasta shlock. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. That blank page could be anything.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2023

First time game developers Max Nielsen and João Martinez form Grenaa Games , a Sweden based indie game studio. “We I think that is clear in the language of the game and players seem to appreciate the humor.” Nielsen quit his job as a software engineer two years ago and decided to go all-in on game development. “I

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Brand Game Development

JULY 2, 2018

Much of the anxiety that new game developers experience when sending their games off to reviewers comes from the opaqueness of the process. That’s why I’ve brought in Dez Maggs of goto.game to talk about what goes into the board game review process. Need help on your board game?

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Starloop Studios

AUGUST 17, 2023

AAA game development is a complex process that requires well-oiled teamwork from an experienced team. The AAA game development process is an intersection of art, technical skills, writing, and many more disciplines.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? What are some guidelines for writing good rules?

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 20, 2018

Start to Finish: Publish and Sell Your First Board Game is still going to continue. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This will also help me since I’ll regain a few hours each week for game development. What comes next?

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 30, 2017

If you’re game developer, you’re an entrepreneur. Even if you’re not in it for money, the amount of physical material, labor, and funding you’ll need to organize to make your game real will make you into an entrepreneur. Just take a look at these Google results… Need help on your board game?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Unity is a leading game development engine used by about 70% of game developers globally. This platform provides numerous features and tools to build games for several devices, including consoles, desktops, virtual reality/augmented reality, and mobile devices. Why Choose Unity as Your Game Development Engine?

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Newbies and developers have always found it difficult in building tools for game development without using programming. However, there are now several online game production tools that enable game developers to rapidly and easily build games. Unity is a game engine for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, I posted A Crash Course on Selling Board Games , which is my way of helping demystify that which terrifies many first-time game developers. Need help on your board game?

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Cocos

MAY 27, 2024

TypeScript is more productive in game development. TS makes it convenient to publish your game to all platforms, including web and native platforms. but you can write in TS for all platforms. I was a C++ programmer for 10 years before I moved to Cocos Creator. I love JS/TS quickly.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Let’s jump in!

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A dispute between a game developer and one of its fans has resulted in a DMCA takedown notice pulling the studio's game from Steam.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week, I talked about how time-consuming and difficult it can be to get a board game working. It takes a long, long time for a board game to be fun. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 26, 2018

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week I talked about reaching out to board game reviewers. In fact, in many ways, getting featured on blogs and podcasts is easier than convincing people to review your board game. Click here.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

After a year of documenting the Highways & Byways development process through the Dev Diary, this is not the post I wanted to write. I would have much preferred to write a post about how Highways & Byways funded on day 1. Need help on your board game? Writing this post was like performing an exorcism.

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