PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

Now, with the follow-up, Nirvana Noir , the New York-based indie studio Feral Cat Den is crafting audio-visual poetry in motion. This field of visual art emphasizes abstraction and graphic design to compress storytelling into quick digestible and fun chunks.” Their first game, Genesis Noir, was already a moving work of art.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Polish indie studio Eleven Puzzles has been making a name for themselves as the creators of some fine cooperative puzzle games, like Unsolved Case and Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. We make simple sketches and truly ugly placeholder graphics. Their latest project, Parallel Experiment, is their most ambitious title yet.

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Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

From improved graphics to reduced latency, remote gaming brings unparalleled opportunities for both players and developers. In the early 2000s, mobile games were rudimentary, characterized by simple 2D graphics and limited gameplay options, such as those available for Snake & Ladder games on Nokia devices.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 27, 2023

Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. Over time, I explored paths close to video-games such as graphic design, programming, learning on my own and discovering that I really enjoyed too many different disciplines. I started to follow indie developers I admired on Twitter.

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iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties.

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iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

What was once a domain dominated by pre-rendered graphics and traditional artistry has now shifted toward real-time rendering, highly stylized visuals, and experimental aesthetics. These innovations are blurring the lines between pre-rendered and real-time graphics, enabling interactive experiences that rival cinematic productions.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 24, 2023

That's exactly what the team behind the indie smash hit BattleBit Remastered has done. The game takes the large-scale battles – up to 256 players – and destruction of a game like Battlefield and reduces the graphical fidelity considerably so that it doesn't explode lower-end PCs. Read more

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Indie DB

JANUARY 16, 2023

Graphical improvements to this historical multiplayer indie are revealed

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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. The game’s graphics showcase a distinctive fusion of modern 3D visuals with a nostalgic pixel-art look. “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Fortunately, Steam has provided one good way for indies with hustle to get a little bonus visibility: Steam Next Fest! It's a biannual event where indie developers can make demos of their games available for a week. Our next indie RPG, Geneforge 2 - Infestation , is coming out March 27, 2024. Great strategy for an indie.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2024

If Triple-A games are the equivalent of Hollywood blockbuster movies and indie games are comparable to independent films, then you could call Indika by Odd Meter an arthouse experience. We really are an indie studio in the classical sense. This is very intentional, according to Founder and Game Director Dmitry Svetlow.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

Instead they settled for stylized graphics. “We There are plenty of indie developers that say this and it’s possibly the most crucial part of game design and development. Trying to develop an indie game on the scale of a AAA title is the reason why a lot of indie studios fail.”

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Ask a Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It would not be weird at all. I would try to get your game in front of as many people as you can, get all the feedback you can, and do what you can to improve your game. Get your friends to play it, get your family to play it, get as many people as you can to play it.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Midnight Girl , from indie studio Italic , oozes French cool. Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. I work exclusively in Adobe Illustrator, which means that I only ever use vector graphics.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. We are a very, very small indie studio working with a publisher (Assemble Entertainment) that cares about its titles, but is also small. Practically everyone on the planet knows Nemo and the Nautilus, even if they have never read Verne.

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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. The game’s graphics showcase a distinctive fusion of modern 3D visuals with a nostalgic pixel-art look. “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021. Much rougher The games graphics went through several iterations during the initial prototyping where they tested out different approaches like top-down 2D and isometric.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 27, 2024

We have just released Geneforge 2 - Infestation , our newest indie RPG, for Windows and Mac! We predated the indie game boom by a long time. ” This is really neat, though our graphics budget is far lower than ChatGPT thinks. Subscribe now Our newest indie role-playing epic, Geneforge 2 - Infestation , is now out!

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 12, 2024

The Lab Video Game TV refers to the game as “An Indie Masterpiece” and continues to state, “I will say it without apology, Aurion LKO is the deepest, more story-driven game I have ever played. To further immerse yourself in the Aurion universe, visit the website , where you will receive 3 free graphic novels.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Shadow Warrior 2 is a first-person shooter developed by the indie studio Flying Wild Hog, available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players with an i7 processor and GTX 980ti graphic card are complaining about low fps and stuttering in the game. The most common issue is that players are unable to start the game.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Four mobile games from indie studios in the U.S., Best in Impact – Songs of Travel Developed by: Causa Creations (Austria) An animated graphic novel exploring the unique stories of five migrants seeking new beginnings in Europe. Through innovative mechanics, they provide a unique perspective on dementia. Download the game here.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 15, 2024

French indie studio Seed by Seed appreciates the importance of players’ time. That immediately dictated the game’s graphical look. “In That’s why the play sessions of their narrative-driven, co-op multiplayer RPG Baladins last around an hour. In that time players go on little big adventures in a magical world. “We’re

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 23, 2024

At first glance a normal indie game studio, but the co-founders live and work continents apart. We are a very, very small indie studio working with a publisher (Assemble Entertainment) that cares about its titles, but is also small. Practically everyone on the planet knows Nemo and the Nautilus, even if they have never read Verne.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Blinkmoon can securely manage remote teams using the most cost-effective graphics processing units (GPU)-enabled EC2 instances for designing immersive worlds with 3ds Max, creating captivating characters with Maya, Substance 3D, ZBrush, and developing games with Unreal Engine.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

Pham and Max delved deep into the world of indie game development, discussing everything from the inception of the game to its surprising success. What’s also worth noting is that Battle Bit Remastered is the first game released by this indie team. It’s quite a simple formula, not gonna lie,” Fink said.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Interesting fact : Did You Know Performance Issues are common in newly released Indie Games? Indie games often experience performance drops upon release due to a lack of extensive testing across various hardware configurations. Update Graphics Drivers Updating my graphics drivers was a game-changer for me.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Avernum 4: Greed and Glory will be an epic, indie, turn-based fantasy role-playing adventure for Windows, Mac, and iPad. It will be a remaster of the indie RPG cult-classic Avernum 4, which came out way back in 2005. Q: How Will The Graphics Change? I'm also getting some great results with the lighting.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Interesting fact : Did You Know Crashing is Most Common in Indie Games? Indie games like Wizard with a Gun often face more crash issues compared to AAA titles. Given that indie developers might not have the vast resources to iron out all bugs, crashes can be more frequent.

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

In 2023, gaming is for everyone and we are proud to support the game developer community Video game creators are now able to share their vision and journey with a growing, global audience and gaming has been transformed by innovations in mobile devices, Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality and realistic, high-fidelity graphics.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Interesting fact : Did you know that some indie games are not launching due to compatibility issues? Many indie games use third-party game engines like Unity or Unreal. The uniqueness of indie game development can thus ironically contribute to issues like not launching, especially in the days immediately following release.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 2, 2019

They help everyone –– from indie developers to AAA studios –– to focus on creating the best game rather than having to rebuild a physics engine, shift graphics blobs manually in memory, or develop reliable back-end infrastructure. That meant the path from gamer to game developer was inexpensive and usually free.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 16, 2020

Young kids as players are not as demanding of high-end polish, graphics, or complexity. The slightly older indie creators do not necessarily require a high monetary reward for the time and effort they put into the development of their original creations.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This method allows developers to collect qualitative data on various aspects of the game, including gameplay mechanics, graphics, user interface, learning curve, and overall player engagement. Video games have evolved significantly over the years, branching out onto different platforms such as mobile devices, PC, and Consoles.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What kind of graphic resolution and quality will you use? Undertale, Hollow Knight Lower budget, potential for high profitability AAA Game These require massive budgets to cover expenses such as high-quality graphics, voice acting, and extensive marketing campaigns. Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

Everything dynamic The biggest challenge for the console port of Mordhau was getting the game running at a good frame rate and a decent graphical quality on the previous generations, Xbox One S and PS4. “The indie game developer scene in Slovenia is growing, but is still relatively small.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 14, 2023

I think racing games have fallen out of favor because there’s a lack of innovation as they focus more on graphics and realism than creativity and feel”, says founder and Art Director Brian Young. Like many self-published indie games, a lot depends on success so we have our fingers crossed.

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