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Community-driven development
I'm about to touch on a somewhat controversial and unpopular subject within the game-dev world: listening to your players. But I'm doing just that and it's turning out into a very popular game with high approval ratings
Nov. 25, 2019
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Shovel Knight Showdown: Chester's Choice
A breakdown of how Chester's Choice, an innovative mode in Shovel Knight Showdown, a multiplayer platform fighter, was created.
Nov. 23, 2019
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Kliuless #59: Fundraising Free-for-All
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Nov. 22, 2019
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Video: Manifold Garden - Is it my Genre? Trailer Analysis
Discussing genre in game marketing best starts with the trailer. In this trailer breakdown of Manifold Garden, we discover what works well for associative puzzle marketing design.
Nov. 21, 2019
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How players shop during a Steam sale
Steam sales drive game purchases. Obviously. But what is happening on an individual buyer level? How can we make our games and store pages more appealing to increase purchases? I spent hours watching and interviewing gamers to find out.
Nov. 19, 2019
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DreamHack Atlanta 2019 - Neko Ghost, Jump! Showcase Postmortem
We talk in-depth about our experience showcasing Neko Ghost, Jump! for the first time at a convention. All the struggles and wins.
Nov. 19, 2019
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Kliuless #58: Tencent Eyes the West's Console Market
Each week I compile a gaming industry insights newsletter that I publish broadly. Opinions are mine.
Nov. 18, 2019
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Scrappy Social Media Management: Reusing Content
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Also, do the same to your content.
Nov. 18, 2019
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Agile Game Development, Part 1: The Conception of an Idea and the Traditional Model
It is important for developers of all fields, be they engineers or artists, to have a grasp on the process so they can apply their concepts to whatever project they have at hand, better adapt to changes and demands, and help projects to evolve.
Nov. 18, 2019
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Designing Interesting Decisions in Games (And When Not To)
Sid Meier once described games as "a series of interesting decisions". But how do you design interesting decisions in your game? And what are the pitfalls to avoid when trying to design interesting decisions? Lets find out!
Nov. 18, 2019
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Video Game Deep Cuts: That Superliminal Jedi Guy 2
This week's roundup includes impressions of a plethora of new releases, from Superliminal to Jedi: Fallen Order and Pokemon Sword & Shield, plus behind the scenes at the ESRB, how World Of Warcraft changed things (for good and ill), and lots more besides.
Nov. 17, 2019
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Genre Viability on Steam and Other Trends - An Analysis Using Review Count 2
Does genre affect your success odds? Using a database of review count-based revenue projections, we dive deep into sales trends on Steam. We look at which tags sell the best, as well as sales trends in release date and review score.
Nov. 15, 2019