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February 2023 Round up

Some people criticise the games industry for being uncreative. Safe, predictable, boring even. But then they don't take indies into account. Because free from shareholders and spreadsheets, creativity reigns supreme. So read great stories about indies doing what they do so well. Making beautiful, creative games.

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Matthieu Fiorilli is taking creative control with his debut game Chasing the Unseen

Matthieu Fiorilli worked as a Creature Technical Director in the Visual Effects industry for many years before he decided to give game development a try. “I wanted to do my own project where I could have complete creative control over the product. So I decided to make the leap of faith and try my luck at game development.” He now operates under the telling name of Strange Shift Studio.

MOST WANTED

Solo dev Pat Naoum of the handpainted The Master’s Pupil: “Creativity is a tool”

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. That alone took him hundreds of hours and the whole project now sits at 7 years."It’s something different. A point of interest in the indie game sea.”

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ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree by Wildboy Studios gets a second chance

Backfirewall by Naraven Games reveals the secret life of apps in our phones

RUNNING A STUDIO

Deliver Us Mars is a giant leap for indie game studio KeokeN Interactive

Dutch indie game studio KeokeN Interactive has never been shy of dreaming big. Founding brothers Deetman (Paul and Koen) once boldly claimed -before they even had released their first game- that their ambition is to one day rival Guerrilla Games. Their latest game Deliver Us Mars has brought them a step closer to that goal.

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Looking for a publisher at an event “Be open to everyone”

Get your free copy of the 2023 Video Game Publisher List now

FUTURE TECH

New tool dramatically improves compiling times for Unity

You can call it a live compiling tool for Unity. Hot Reload lets coders skip Unity compile times for real-time updates while changing code. A feature Unreal devs are accustomed to, but has been a bottleneck for Unity development for years.

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Pimple popping and soap cutting – Mobile games inspired by social media

The valuable lessons of rejection according to investor Joakim Achrén

DATA & INTELLIGENCE

Newzoo: Young Americans spend more than 12 hours per week on video games

The latest free report by Newzoo tackles some persistent misconceptions about how different generations engage with media and entertainment. 60% of all media consumption happens on mobile devices. On average people spend about 4,3 hours per day engaging with the tiny screen in their hands.

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