PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 30, 2025

Ive always loved creating things, and game development felt like the perfect mix of art, storytelling, and problem-solving, he explains. While the ability to shape every aspect of the game without compromise is a major advantage, he acknowledges the downside: Wearing all the hats can be overwhelming. That done is better than perfect.

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Big Games

JANUARY 9, 2025

The gaming world is changing fast, and mobile phones are leading the charge. Not too long ago, we could only dream of playing high-quality 3D games on our phones. However, now it is possible with a blink of an eye, just one click away from your hands. Are you also curious about the future of mobile gaming?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 5, 2017

Prior to becoming a game developer, I was an art thief. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. You have a limited amount of bullets (“Bang”) and blanks (“Click”). Pointing foam guns at your friends is ridiculous.

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Point and Click Games Art Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Kickstarter campaigns are rapidly becoming the primary means of sales for many board game creators. Even if you can’t get your game into physical stores, you can always set up shop online, whether through Amazon or through your own site. Need help on your board game? Click Products. Then click on Checkout.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 11, 2020

I was chatting with a friend the other day and the conversation turned to modern point-and-click adventure games and there was much lamenting on how the UI (the way you interact with the game) hasn't changed that much. I'll be the first to admit I don't play a lot of adventure games these days.

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Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Chatting with a game designer friend the other day and we were bemoaning the state of adventure game puzzles and it got us talking. So I was wondering what is your favorite puzzle in Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island or any other classic point-and-click game? Do you like head scratchers?

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 2, 2020

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I’d like to explain to you exactly how to create a demo of your board game on Tabletop Simulator, but first let’s discuss what I perceive as its five main benefits: 1. Click Table on the menu.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Christopher Mathes, the developer behind 'Agatha Christie in space' point-and-click murder mystery, Murder On Space Station 52. Read more

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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. Click here. 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. It was a sentence. One sentence.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. The subtlest of tweaks are all that’s needed at this point. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Brandon is humoring me with a mini game blog series where I give you MY perspective on board games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Game Play Overview.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 15, 2024

The creator of Let Bions Be Bygones (LBBB) is indie game studio Bohemian Pulp , the brainchild of co-founders and life partners, Đorđe and Jasmine Marković. “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself. “We’re “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself.

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Pixel Point and Click Art Games 138

Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ve been making games for about 2 1/2 years now, and a lot of things in my life have clicked because of the ways of thinking I have adopted by making and playing games.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Over the last couple of weeks of Behind the Scenes: Lessons from a Kickstarter Board Game Publisher , I’ve talked about some of the strange goings-on I’ve noticed in the board game industry. Today, we’re going to talk about the tabletop gaming news cycle, and why it is – frankly – just plain weird.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and one of them was about how much to spend on board game advertising. Need help on your board game? Basics of Board Game Advertising.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 24, 2018

The argument that players don’t want to play point-and-click on a console doesn’t hold water given how well we did on Xbox. PS4 and Switch came out close to the same time, so I figure Switch sales have cannibalized PS4 to some extent, but it doesn’t fully explain it. Thimbleweed Park has done well.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 25, 2018

The argument that players don't want to play point-and-click on a console doesn't hold water given how well we did on Xbox. PS4 and Switch came out close to the same time, so I figure Switch sales have cannibalized PS4 to some extent, but it doesn't fully explain it. Given the large installed base of PS4, it's a tad confusing.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 1, 2021

If you’re making a board game that you plan to launch on Kickstarter, you’ll find no shortage of advice on the internet. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. 2 Reasons to Promote Your Board Game Kickstarter Early.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This week, I talked about How to Play-Test the Core Engine of Your Board Game. This is the process by which you confirm that the game you ultimately want to make is possible.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 23, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. He created all 300 of the original pieces of art in my first game, War Co. , Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. I’ve already play-tested this game a ton. I even blind play-tested it at a game design convention. Need help on your board game? Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Point and Click Dev Games Mechanics 130

Cocos

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New writing However, the content is in Chinese and requires translation software to read it The main points are as follows Why go on STEAM? Now plug-in only $15 Demo projects are only $3 demo address Click here plug-in address Click here

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Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Chatting with a game designer friend the other day and we were bemoaning the state of adventure game puzzles and it got us talking. So I was wondering what is your favorite puzzle in Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island or any other classic point-and-click game? Do you like head scratchers?

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Puzzle Point and Click Game Design Game Designer 100

PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The creator of Let Bions Be Bygones (LBBB) is indie game studio Bohemian Pulp , the brainchild of co-founders and life partners, Đorđe and Jasmina Marković. “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself. “We’re “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself.

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Pixel Point and Click Art Balance 104

GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox At the very end of last week, Unity finally revealed its revised plans for the controversial Runtime Fee, which originally intended to charge developers every time their games are installed past certain thresholds. revenue share based on self-reported revenues.

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Game From Scratch

JUNE 3, 2024

GameFromScratch.com 001 Game Creator Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle for game developers, the awfully named Royalty-Free Game Creator STEM Bundle. As […] The post 001 Game Creator Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 9, 2018

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. According to the Attention-Interest-Desire-Action model which I discussed in A Crash Course in Board Game Marketing & Promotion , I consider web traffic to be interest. Learn how to break through the noise online.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The point-and-click adventure unfolds in a stylish 1960s Paris that exudes both an inviting and eerie ambiance. Funny then that the game is made in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This is a process I follow to ensure a game’s quality. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like. Shocker, shocker.

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Point and Click Games Dev Prototyping 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 27, 2020

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Whether you’re just spreading the word about one game or whether you’re building a whole long-lasting business from scratch, you should consider advertising as part of a larger marketing plan.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The point-and-click adventure unfolds in a stylish 1960s Paris that exudes both an inviting and eerie ambiance. Funny then that the game is made in Copenhagen, Denmark. Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer.

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Point and Click Vector Graphics Indy Art 104

Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here. This week, I posted How to Work Alone in the Board Game Industry. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Point and Click Games Mechanics Dev 130

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Point and Click Games Art Communications 100

Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Game development is a marathon. It takes at least a year, at the bare minimum, to take a board game idea and turn into a ready-to-sell product. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Lots of people make games. Game design and development.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Today’s post is the last of my “Top 5 Games” series. If you haven’t noticed, the game Pandemic pulled a Jumanji and now we’re living it. But I decided that I would be remiss if I did not include it, as it was the first modern board game and it really reignited my love for board games. Gameplay Overview.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 11, 2018

Octavi: When making any kind of artistic work we know there’s always a disappointingly huge difference between our first idea and the end result: which one of your games you’d say it’s the most faithful to your original vision? I’d love to make a true point-and-click adventure in real 3D (not that fake 2D/3D).

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Last week, I posted A Crash Course in Games , where I acted as a tour guide to the board game industry, covering much of the contextual information you’ll need to make games. Let’s pick up from there and talk about what specifically goes into making a game. What is board game development all about?

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