PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

The debut game Dredge from New Zealand-based indie studio Black Salt Games oozes atmosphere and manages to combine multiple genres into one haunting adventure. They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We Even with no tutorial. So we considered that a big success!”

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

The debut game Dredge from New Zealand-based indie studio Black Salt Games oozes atmosphere and manages to combine multiple genres into one haunting adventure. They wanted to break away and create something different, so they started prototyping game ideas to work on. “We Even with no tutorial. So we considered that a big success!”

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. After creating some prototypes, we finally found it. The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch. Get A Space for the Unbound on PC , PlayStation , Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Atma has to deal with his magical powers.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

The brutal and bloody combat game from Slovenian developer Triternion has already been very successful for the last 4 years on PC. Memory limitations meant we needed to rework a lot of the materials from the PC version just to get everything in”, says Dunn. “We So, we had to be smart and make everything dynamic.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 26, 2018

It was bare bones, but it got the job done for the simple prototypes I was working on at the time. They did have Indie pricing where the first platform was free if your budget was less than $500K. On the PC side, David and I started to build the game and with that came wiring in sound effects.

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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. Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company. What can we expect from this team?

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Tom Francis

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

I’ve been tweeting GIFs of a game I’m prototyping in Unity for a while now, codenamed Tiny Ex-Cons, and recently did a video blog about the core elements I’m hoping to combine if I go ahead with it. My prototype is too early to say if either of those systems will stick, I’ll happily scrap or change them if not.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The first big mistake most developers make is starting with pretty art, making a simple prototype, and then expect to develop the rest of the game the same way. Wait, shouldn't a prototype come first? After a good idea, the most natural action is to prototype it. An Indie or Experimental Game : Steam, GOG, etc.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. Additionally, UE is good for prototyping. We can port Unity or Unreal Engine games from/to consoles, mobile, and PC. No problem!

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