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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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This finally leads me to prototyping and validation. 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 That’s terrible!

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

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.

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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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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

It shows the everyday work of medium-scale commercial game dev in unprecedented detail: the creative high of successful collaboration as well as the ugly prototypes, grueling bug fixes, and painful miscommunication. Tech-wise, it's a vertical slice "learn Unreal 4" project, a big shift from a studio that used to roll its own in-house engine.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

” does not give them same context as “In playtests we found that a turn-based paradigm fits the prototype best, which answers questions raised about the prototype’s gameplay last week.” ” A Tool, not a rule As always, BLUF is a tool – not a rule.

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Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

Tabletop Simulator doesn’t just let people play before pledging, it’s also a great place to design and playtest games. Tabletop Simulator can be used to prototype your game with hundreds of people remotely with the freedom to change and customize on a whim. The Unheard-of Benefits of Tabletop Simulator.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

All this before there’s ever any playtesting done. If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. “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. I realized I missed this aspect a lot.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

I will sometimes sketch out what I’m thinking on paper if necessary, but will always try to use the lowest fidelity needed, then prototype it to find out if it is good/fun/useful.” “For Feedback from playtest sessions with friends or players is really important. I try to avoid wasting time with high-fidelity mock-ups.

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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. Ni-Zhan was the local competitor to Crossfire and the first FPS developed by a then unknown internal Studio called TiMi. Nobody believed mobile shooters could be big in the west.

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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’. She used it both as a marketing and playtesting tool. “The main issue why it took so long was I never intended for it to be a commercial product.”

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