PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

He has helped numerous developers close deals and accumulated a ton of invaluable experience in the world of game publishing and funding. “I I get to travel the world and help indie game developers succeed.” Efficiency is key in this industry, particularly for indie to midtier developers who are resource conscious.”

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Mnenad

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This is the story of the mobile game Countryball Potato Mayhem - my first ever published, solo indie game. Let's see how it all started as a whacky prototype and if it became a great success or an epic failure.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

The mobile gaming industry has exploded recently. Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 17, 2024

Japanese indie game developer Yamada has used ChatGPT as a key design element for his latest project, Doki Doki AI Interrogation. “Many game developers at that time were trying to replicate experiences like TRPGs, Werewolf, or lateral thinking puzzles with ChatGPT,” he explains. .

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The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 29, 2022

There are a million of these, and all of them do everything they can to make you play a different game. So just for fun, I decided to fire up my phone and try a bunch of mobile games, to find out how weird things have gotten with them. I started out with a game my kids used to play, Dragon Story. Weirdly cheap.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Games for Change , in partnership with HP and Google Play, announced the winners of the second annual Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge at the 2024 Games for Change Festival. The challenge is an initiative to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented game developers in the mobile gaming industry.

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OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

Pocket Gamer Connects London 23rd – 24th | London, UK Pocket Gamer Connects provides value for every level of the mobile and portable device gaming industry from global corporations through to indie developers, whether you’re looking to develop strategies or make new connections. Find out more. Find out more.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Unity’s game engine is a popular developer tool and, by comparison, easier to master than Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. Mobile game makers and indies can get mired in a host of different costs and expenses as component licensing arrangements—by relying on different service providers for specific technologies (e.g.,

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Twenty years ago Rohan Nowell made a game for a high school project and it was then that the seed was planted. However, it took another 15 years for his debut game Swoopy Boi to come out. The mobile game about a Magpie that swoops down and attacks pedestrians was successful enough for Nowell to keep developing games. “I

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CrazyLabs

MARCH 17, 2024

It’s no secret that utilizing AI in game development can be a game-changer. It expedites processes, improves efficiency, and significantly cuts costs when building your mobile game. Below, CrazyLabs’ AI […] The post The Best 6 Free AI Tools for Game Developers appeared first on CrazyLabs.

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Tom Francis

JANUARY 18, 2016

Medium-length single player games also get disproportionately recognised because they’re easier to judge than huge or multiplayer games, and feel more significant than tiny mobile games.

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The Art of the Game

APRIL 21, 2022

early ideas on the mobile game. Since I already have characters / assets / framework already in place for a game I want to make – how about bang out a mobile game that I can get out quick? And it avoids the failed KickStarter / Ko-fi / Patreon route that seems to doom a lot of indie devs.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 15, 2024

In advance of Gamescom, AWS is excited to highlight these stories, which feature: Kinetix , a technology startup using AWS to bring generative AI tools directly to players Azur Games , a mobile game publisher and developer that migrated all its game analytics data to ClickHouse Cloud on AWS Gamer Arena , a technology startup that minimized DevOps demands (..)

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.”

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And I believe that creative freedom is the greatest quality that an indie game has, as it is free from labels and return demands from big investors.” In the past I worked with a team developing a mobile game, where I had my first experience with developing a commercial game. Diego Ras And the biggest pitfalls? “On

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Rindoku

MAY 8, 2017

Looking back at the experience and attempting to answer why I felt that way, I got to thinking about what makes a great conference for an indie dev in general. Read on for some thoughts on what really matters to an indie when going to an industry event. Have a good, highly visible indie showcase area. Photo by Sebastian Bularca.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA. Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. For instance, mobile game development costs will be lower than Xbox optimization. Believe us, it’s worth every minute of your time.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

“The indie game developer scene in Slovenia is growing, but is still relatively small. There is a much stronger presence in the mobile games segment, but more and more developers are also dabbling in PC games, which is great to see.”

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The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 1, 2022

I Don't Think It's About 'Whales' In mobile games, a whale is a compulsive person who spends enormous amounts of money on upgrades in a game. Basic Economics Don't Apply To Me, Alas But back to my business, small indie games. Some people have a mental block against spending more for video games. Who know!?

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Cocos

MAY 25, 2024

My intention is to make F2P casual mobile games including Infinite Runners and hyper casual games. One thing I’m finding both confusing and discouraging is that there’s so many different versions of cocos with 2dx, creator a c# version and all sorts with very few tutorials online.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. The company website still announces their first game Deliver Us , but it looks like it’s now defunct since both members moved to other companies and their Twitter account hasn’t posted since 2020. billion revenue and 1.1

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 16, 2020

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. Young kids as players are not as demanding of high-end polish, graphics, or complexity.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Video games have evolved significantly over the years, branching out onto different platforms such as mobile devices, PC, and Consoles. Each platform presents unique challenges and opportunities, making focus group testing an indispensable tool for tailoring games to specific environments.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The illustration image ( full size ) is a screenshot from the 3D mobile game Marble Machine by Kivano, one of the nice indie studios gravitating in our community (and contributing to the engine development too!). Have fun with this new release!

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

While it’s fun and entertaining to follow Epic’s crusade on Apple, I think it’s equally important to discuss how these court battles impact tens of thousands of game developers around the World. We’ve seen mid-sized and indie devs find great success on PC by operating outside platforms like Steam; Battle State games is one great example.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 1, 2020

Games services providers have evolved along with the games industry. Today, especially on the mobile gaming side, the market has matured over the past 10 years with many of the key vendor categories having well entrenched and well capitalized players. According to Sensor Tower, the game achieved 5.7M

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

You can create a good game only through a dedicated software or a game engine. Game App Development Solution The demand for game apps on mobile phones has increased, and many game development companies are interested in developing mobile games.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Each device left an enduring mark on the gaming landscape, contributing to the evolution of portable gaming and influencing subsequent evolutions in the industry including today’s multi-billion-dollar mobile gaming landscape. The post The Golden Age of Handheld Gaming appeared first on iXie Gaming.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

We’ve talked with many students in our online game development course for beginners , and we’ve seen great examples of beginners using all four of these game engines to produce spectacular indie games. Our NoCode game development course teaches indie game devs how to build breathtaking games from scratch. .

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

Overall, the key insights from the August 2024 re-forecasts: Modest Market Growth: The gaming market is expected to see an uptick of 2.1% Mobile Opening Up: mobile gaming is set to grow by 3%, driven by improving economic conditions, platforms opening up, and increasing the success of existing big hits.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Originally launched back in 2019, Dicey Dungeons was an immediate hit indie game. And earlier this year, he finally released his mobile adaption – hitting a nice 4.6 What we especially love is Rovio decided to make this an affordable premium game, rather than F2P. star review on the Google Play Store. Plan your attack.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5% In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When thinking about AMC's involvement in the industry, you'd be forgiven for immediately picturing how it has licensed its star franchise, The Walking Dead, to several game studios over the years. But that's not its only foray into games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

. - Executive of a small developer who has till date amassed well over 100M installs on mobile The end of discovery also means that there will be no indie breakouts from small indie developers. Instead, the indie developers will have three options. Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Facebook used games for growth and discarded them quickly as it didn’t need them anymore. The platform killed the booming gaming business by handicapping the distribution channels used to grow our games. I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

It’s a warning from history and, I think, the really critical thing is, as developers are making decisions about what platform to support… basically what kind of game you’re building, and what you’re building it for? Tim, thank you again for your time and thank you for being so ambitious with Epic and for supporting small indie developers.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

The immersive worlds game developers craft will get players hooked and keep them coming back for more. Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development.

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