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 gave the studio a bit of an outsider perspective. Evan Anthony: “Alternating between two timelines with such different visual designs, mechanics, and stories has been a real brain puzzle for us.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

While I get feedback from friends and playtesters, it doesn’t compare to the iteration you get from working with someone who is equally as invested in the project as you are. Sometimes I have to make a bet that a feature will be fun only to end up cutting later after playtest feedback.” What’s your creative process? “I

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s the debut game of Turkish studio Gorilla Softworks. “We While the gameplay mechanics reflect the search for historical accuracy, the team of Gorilla Softworks didn’t try to go for realism in the visual presentation. We as a team learned from The Ancients to pace our enthusiasm and scale the game to the size of the studio.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

But the process doesn’t end there, and usually I keep discovering things that make me go back and forth and iterate, playtest, iterate, refine, playtest, iterate… I definitely recommend getting feedback from external playtesters at each step.” “I The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole. As an independent studio always running out of money, DF has to constantly seek new deals and diversify its projects: Headlander for Adult Swim, Rad for Bandai Namco, and now some sweet sweet Sony VR money.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 21, 2024

.’ Through our discussion, I gained a profound appreciation for the delicate balance required to honor the original’s spirit while introducing innovative gameplay mechanics that captivate a new generation of gamers. “Hacking is a central mechanic in the new game,” James explained.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

All this before there’s ever any playtesting done. But I think the main lesson is to test more, test sooner, test elaborately and don’t only test for the game’s mechanics. “Having full control over the entire project and its creative direction counts as a pitfall too. When working in a team ideas bounce around, feedback is given etc.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Different teams collaborate – writers shape the narrative, engineers discuss technical details, artists align visuals, and developers plan in-game mechanics. For independent studios, creative marketing strategies like crowdfunding and early-access Beta releases play a crucial role.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. The Mechanic I. I was looking for suitable solutions for having both views in the mechanic of the game. Adobe Acrobat Document.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

In January on 2019, Hearthstone and Blizzard veterans Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu announced that Net Ease had invested whopping $30M into their newly founded studio. Another thing that some of you might be wondering is: Why hasn’t the studio been acquired already? What’s the best way to describe Marvel Snap?

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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. The four person team at Black Salt Games founded the studio at the end of 2020 after working together at another studio for over a decade. Even with no tutorial.

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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. The four person team at Black Salt Games founded the studio at the end of 2020 after working together at another studio for over a decade. Even with no tutorial.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

To give you a sense of what it’s like to work on a team, I’ve reached out to the three members of Undine Studios – Ben Haskett, Sarah Reed, and Will Reed. Sarah: It was also in 2013 that we met Ben and were playtesters for his game Tower , which he launched on Kickstarter early in 2014. Will is the lead designer.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. Let’s look at what it means in practice, though keep in mind that it will vary wildly depending on the game genre, project structure, studio, and even country.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Additionally, the gap issue you can see at the end of the video below is now fixed too. Take a look!

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The game was developed by Raven, one of the historical CoD mainline studios, and Activision Shanghai, a local team assembled for the project. The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 11, 2024

She taught herself programming and volunteered for indie studios, eventually creating her first prototype, ‘Potions: A Curious Tale’. Frustrated with the traditional rewarding of slaughter in games, she developed a unique resource management mechanic that discourages unnecessary killing.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 14, 2024

The grappling hook is one rather unique mechanic in the game in the sense that it is a lot more flexible than most grappling hooks in other games. With my new project I will do A LOT more playtesting early on and also maybe art testing. I thought, why not go up instead, so the mountain climbing setting came to mind.

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