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Sulfur, by Swedish indie dev Perfect Random, is absolutely wild to look at, featuring a wide variety of crazy monsters rendered in bright, colorful, blocky graphics. CEO & Co-founder Anton Albiin: “Sulfur’s uniqueness comes from its artstyle, smooth gameplay, quirky gunplay and rich customization options. As well as our stupid jokes!” #gamesindustry #gamedesign #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev Landfall Games

Technotopia by Yustas Game Studio is a deck-building game of high-stakes urban strategy. But initially, it was a completely different game. Lead game designer Ignat Negrei: “After market research we decided to change the style of the game from fantasy to cyberpunk, which turned out great!" #gamesindustry #indiegame #gamedev Alawar #gamedesign

Set in a beautiful, Slavic-inspired world, Selfloss by Kazakhstan-based indie studio Goodwin Games is an emotional adventure game full of heart. Founder and game designer Aleksandr Khoroshavin started the game as a solo project, but was later joined by his wife Gorokhova Rita and his former student Dmitriy Nakhabin. "I like being a team player now." #gamesindustry #indiegame #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegamedev

Thank you so much to everyone who joined the watch party and supported the premiere of my podcast! ☺️🙏🏾 Your presence meant the world to me. If you missed the watch party, no worries! You can still catch the trailer here:👉🏾 https://bit.ly/4f3qF9n Special thanks to Kamogelo Makhoba and Dennis Waweru for their invaluable support with marketing, editing, and animation, and to Dean Gichukie for planting the idea of a podcast in me. A huge thank you to Ng'endo Mukii for her incredible mentorship, and to Kennedy Kyalo, Stephen Mwangi, Nelly Arunga, Furaha Ruguru, and Roy Kisielo for being part of my exclusive feedback group. To my amazing interviewees, whose stories were first shared on PreMortem Games thank you! With your consent, I hope to bring all your stories to life in an animated format soon. And finally, to Christine Maingi, Mutisya Muindi, Kathini Mutisya, mwende mutisya, Habiba Gicheru, Joseph Obel, Eric Bartelson, and Fedor van Herpen you’re my rock. Asanteni sana! ✨ Episode 1 drops on November 14th! ✨ I can’t wait for all of you to experience Cukia Kimani's inspiring journey!

Ascending Inferno is the debut game from Australian indie developer Oppolyon Studios. In the game, players must traverse the layers of hell to save their brother's soul. For these first-time developers, the process has been challenging. Co-founder Isaac Iozzi explains, “Working on the game on weekends and late at night is innately hard to do. Because of that, burnout tends to sneak up on us.” #indiedev #gamesindustry #gamedev #gamedesign #indiegamedev

Exciting news! 🎉 The trailer for my animated podcast, Creative Tech Convos, drops on October 31st! ✨ Starting Monday, October 28th, we'll be counting down to the big day, and I’d love for you to join the journey. In this podcast, we bring you stories and insights from creative tech changemakers across Africa. We're taking the 30-minute to 2-hour interviews you loved as articles on PreMortem Games and giving you the full gist of the conversation—in an animated format! Stay in the loop by subscribing here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6y4ecn5. Let's make this a community moment! Can't wait to hear what you think of the trailer!

"For too long, Africa has been portrayed as a continent that’s merely surviving, struggling through hardship and battling stereotypes. But this year’s Africacomicade’s Gamathon shattered that outdated lens, replacing it with a vivid, inspiring view of African excellence and growth." Another great piece by Wendi Ndaki. #gamesindustry #africa #gamedesign #gamedev Michael Oscar Esio

It took author Richard Moss and art director Sam Dyer of Bitmap Books Ltd. about two years to research, write and design A Tale of Two Halves: The History of Football Video Games. One of Moss' findings after talking to several football game designers: “There’s a fine line between good, satisfying depth and excessive, tedious depth and designers often struggle to find the right balance point between the two.” #gamesindustry #retrogames #sportgames #footballgames #gamedesign

Patrik Nagy, a 20-year-old software dev student from Hungary about his game Backrooms Media, which dives into the eerie lore of the online phenomenon Backrooms. “I’ve always loved the idea and theories about the backrooms. After the popular Kane Pixels series, I came up with the idea of making my own game." #gamesindustry #indiegame #gamedev #solodev #indiedev

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