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Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

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When I’m prototyping, I keep adjusting the visuals until I feel something click in my heart, when it feels like it’s beautiful.” New prototypes Despite Selfloss’s challenging sales performance since its release, Khoroshavin remains optimistic about the future. But right now we don’t have a specific next game.

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DIY desserts and tie dye shirts – Mobile games inspired by social media (part 2)

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Social media has a knack for bringing niche topics to the attention of a large audience. Lately, we see more and more games inspired by these social media trends making it to the top charts in terms of downloads. You thought you were alone in your appreciation of tie-dye or pop-its? Think again.

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Rebots by FlatPonies launches after 6 years “We’re ready for more ambitious projects”

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We’ve gotten much better at the practical stuff of making things, prototyping, implementing and polishing,” Porkoláb notes. We entered Steam Festivals, ran regular playtests and used social media.” We’ve also improved at planning, looking ahead and marketing the game.” “Our

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Parallel Experiment by Eleven Puzzles: “Put your heart into it and players will notice”

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” Once a concept is chosen, it goes through a prototyping phase where function takes priority over form. “We have an amazing player base and much of our growth comes from word-of-mouth and social media interaction. “At this stage, we dont care about visuals at all.

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Where to find and how to pick the right trend for your hypercasual game

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In addition to the series of articles about hypercasual games and the social media trends that inspire them, AppMagic talked to AZUR Games and FreePlay, both developer and publisher in the mobile- and hypercasual games market. Which social media platforms do you mostly use to search for trends? How do you track mobile market trends?

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20 New Year’s Resolutions for Board Game Devs in 2020

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If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. Build up one or more social media accounts on a site such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

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GenoTerra - The finished prototype.

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Prototype is ready! But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). Using this method, I tried to reach a new level of visual coherence in the prototype. Watch the new trailer for GenoTerra right here: 96.