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November 21, 2024

Video games are the most diverse form of entertainment. They transport players to other worlds and provide challenge and satisfaction. But games can be much more than pure entertainment. They can tell stories of great and small suffering. Hold up a mirror or invite players to walk in someone else's shoes. Take an unpleasant experience in someone's life and turn it into a remarkable experience. That's what makes this art form so unique.

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A real car crash served as inspiration for The Wreck by The Pixel Hunt

Since 2013 French indie game studio The Pixel Hunt has been making games that go far beyond mere entertainment. Founder Florent Maurin calls them ‘reality-inspired’ and they tackle serious topics like the refugee crisis, current affairs and making big moral and ethical decisions. His latest game The Wreck is inspired by a car crash he got into himself.

MOST WANTED

Secret Shuffle turns your dance party into a social multiplayer game

The idea struck indie game developer Adriaan de Jongh when he was dancing at a house party one night. Looking around he saw the person next to him dance in a very strange way. So strange in fact that De Jongh wondered if he was listening to the same music at all. If there ever was a lightbulb moment it was there and then.

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The surreal world of GRUNND is inspired by David Lynch and Kafka

Rokaplay thinks it’s time for a Cozy & Family Friendly Game Fest – Join now!

RUNNING A STUDIO

Solo dev David Stark ‘lives comfortably, just not extravagantly’ of his game Airships

He released a first, very early version of Airships: Conquer the Skies in 2014. Now almost 9 years later, the game is still going strong on Steam. “The game is successful enough for me to support myself. I can live comfortably, just not extravagantly”, he says.

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Column • The single most important skill of an indie game developer

The European Game Showcase is coming to GDC once again

FUTURE TECH

Artists fight back against AI-art with the AI Watermark Generator app NoAI

Concept artist Edit Ballai is fighting back against the unfair use of human-made art to create AI generated artworks. She -and some industry friends- created an app that embeds an AI Watermark on original art. Thereby tricking the Internet scraping bots into thinking that the art is generated by an AI, so it won’t get fed back into the machine.

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Want to make a great game trailer? Show the consequence of actions

The 15th Global Game Jam started Monday (but you can also join at the weekend)

DATA & INTELLIGENCE

Mobile market in December sees new monetisation and big collaborations

December was an interesting month for the mobile market. We saw high profile entertainment franchises collaborate with some of the top mobile games. There were musical collabs as well, with several virtual concerts by real life artists that were exclusive for players. And then there were new ways to monetise players.

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