Lente's Game Dev Journey | Part 2 ⛵ @LenteGameDev #GameDev #IndieGame

Following our last peak into Lente's Game Dev journey we thought it might be a good idea to follow it up with some more detail with a peek into Lente's extremely interesting life so far. 

This is an excerpt from Lente's Newsletter that we found very interesting and hopefully you will too.

You can sign up for the Newsletter HERE

🎮 WAVE Game Studio Interview 🎮 @WaveGameStudios #IndieGames #GameDev

WAVE Game Studios are the publishers behind Senile Team’s Intrepid Izzy, a brand new Dreamcast game that was very well received at GF HQ (https://www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2021/07/intrepid-izzy-dreamcast-review-910-im.html?m=1) and they recently - and impressively - travelled the width and breadth of the UK in a bid to spread the word of Intrepid Izzy far and wide. 

Taking time out of their mile-crushing schedule to talk to us at Games Freezer, we took the opportunity to get to the heart of this extremely hands-on and quite frankly, impressively gruelling mission.

🎙️ Z-Software Talks To Games Freezer | Dev Interview | 🎙️ @zsoftware #IndieGames #GameDev

Z-Software recently presented Xbox One players the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Autobahn Police Simulator 2.

Britt got the chance to review this hidden gem of a game and today we are having a few words with the devs to see what makes them tick...

🖥️💾 An Interview with Michael P. Welch "Pocket Tanks, DX-Ball and Commodore Love" 🖥️💾 @mikew_blitwise #GameDev #IndieGames

If the name Michael Welch isn’t familiar to you, his games Scorched Tanks and Pocket Tanks almost certainly will be, especially if you owned an Amiga.

🎮🔮 EGX 2018: My 5 Favourite Games Of The Show to Look Forward To in 2019 🔮🎮 #GameDev #IndieGames

Birmingham is a great location for any event as it's so darn easy to get to for everyone and as such it means that it becomes a great place to meet up with like minded video games nerds every year. 

This year's EGX event was no exception with plenty of lovely people and loads of lovely video games to play!

Here's my favourite 5 games from this years video games extravaganza that i'm totally excited to buy in 2019!

🖳💣 Anonymous Game Dev's Story: "Hard Work & Review Bombing" 💣🖳 #GameDev #IndieGames

Dark Blue Monkey talks with an Indie Team about their experience of going through Kickstarter, being a boss, releasing on Steam, and why they’ll never ever do it again.

Our guest today went through the full Indie Dev experience;  working full time, doing a Kickstarter campaign, hiring a developer, and then finally releasing onto Steam.   

While this may seem like the ultimate dream for most of us, unfortunately for the team the experience proved to be far from the utopia we imagine it to be. Just as their project reached fruition,  they fell victim to the now infamous review bombing while the game was still in early release, still at launch price.

Trying to do the right thing, they tried to sidestep the clunkiness of Steam’s forums and help players directly who were having problems by giving them access to Skype and email.  This resulted in mounting numbers of unpleasant messages following them into the real world. For this reason, they’ve chosen to share their experience anonymously.

This is a tale of caution, and hopefully will help any aspiring indie developers to avoid the same pitfalls.

🧔 Interview: Bearded Giant Games "Dark Blue Monkey Chats with Bearded Giant Games About Taking the Plunge into the Unknown" 🧔 #GameDev @DarkBlueMonkey

Dark Blue Monkey chats with Constantine Bacioiu (aka Zapakitul) of Bearded Giant Games about taking the plunge into the unknown.

🎴New Game Trailer: Collective "players create and vote on all the cards which get into the final version of the game"🎴

Collective is the Community Created Card Game.

Collective is the first card game to open up its development process to the game’s players. Players can create any card they want with the Card Editor and submit it to the Subreddit, /r/collectivecg. Each week, the top 10 posts are added to the game.

🕵️‍♂️ Fransisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games Talks Lamplight City & Cholmondeley 🕵️‍♂️ #GameDev @GrundislavGames @BrittRecluseuk

We were lucky enough to have some time with Fransisco Gonzalez of Grundislav Games whose newest title, Lamplight City, is about to be released on September 13th. 

See the preview here:
http://www.gamesfreezer.eu/2018/08/preview-lamplight-city-unique-adventure.html

A detective game set in an alternate history in which players take control of Miles Fordham, a quite literally haunted private investigator who must struggle through his own personal demons whilst not only solving the murder of his partner but also other cases along his way.

☆ Games Freezer Video Game Ideas - #1 - "Stadium Architect" ☆ #GameDev

Normally whilst showering in the morning I think of video games related ideas. 
These range from articles to write for Games freezer to Video Games that I’d love to see get made.

In today's world of Indie Devs, the impossible is now possible as the indie devs are always bringing out games that you never thought would ever get a chance in the world of AAA big budget games. 

The indie Devs are creating new genres and genre mashups that delight niche audiences and wider audiences alike.

☆ Review: Vive Le Roi "Meet The Narcoleptic Executioner!" - PC ☆ #GameDev

VIVE LE ROI - PC

Vive Le Roi is a stealth puzzle video game created by Sylvain Seccia

There aren’t too many games set during the French Revolution which sets this game apart from others of its ilk, it is also a port of a mobile game and although the stripped back gameplay does show its mobile roots, lovers of stealth puzzle games shouldn’t be put off as this is a solid little title.

Can I save King Louis XVI?

Will my knowledge of French history improve?

Why did the executioner get offered the job when he clearly suffers from narcolepsy?

Let’s find out.

☆ 8 Video Game Mechanics That Changed My View Of Video Games Forever ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

Courtesy Of Lost Garden

The Definition Of Game Mechanics:

“Game mechanics are rule based systems/simulations that facilitate and encourage a user to explore and learn the properties of their possibility space through the use of feedback mechanisms.”

I’ve been thinking back to some of the games that I loved to play over the years and thinking about the mechanics of those games that made me realise what was possible to achieve in the medium. The best mechanics seem to hook you and here’s 8 that hooked me….

☆ 2016 -The PS4 Diaries Part 11 "One Tough Mudder" ☆ #PS4 #GamersUnite

Hotline Miami has kept me entertained for the last few weeks and now I have completed this brilliant game I am left wondering how I went from bumbling bludgeoner to hard to kill hitman in a game that tested me every step of the way. 

This video game was tough to begin with and then proceeded to get tougher!

☆ Oh I Do Like To Play Beside The Seaside "Play Blackpool Is Only Two Weeks Away!" ☆ #Retrogaming #GamersUnite

This years PLAY Blackpool event is bringing us all a world first, hands on session of Sociable Soccer! 

After time away from Football games the legendary Jon Hare of Sensible Soccer fame is ready to show the world the 'spiritual successor; to the Sensible Soccer phenomenon.

Jon be giving a mega exciting talk and Q&A session all about the past and present games and I for one can't wait to listen in on this.

☆ 2016 -The PS4 Diaries Part 10 "Time To Call The Hotline" ☆ #PS4 #GamersUnite

After a lengthy trawl of The Playstation Store and some in depth research I have finally found my next game on PS4.....

Last week I downloaded Hotline Miami and now I just can't get the game out of my head!

☆ The Hottest Kickstarter Video Games Projects This Week ☆ #GameDev #GamersUnite

One of my favourite past times on a Sunday night is to sit down in front of the TV and get my laptop out.

Then I head over to Kickstarter, type in Video Games and get myself knee deep in the latest video games Kickstarters so I can share with you the cream of the Kickstarter crop.

Are You Ready?

Let's Go!

☆ The Count Lucanor - "A Boy And His Rabbid Goats!" ☆ #GameDev #GamersUnite #PixelArt

Last night a video game stole my heart and then messed with my brain!

The Count Lucanor is one surprise that I wasn’t expecting when I loaded it up from Steam.

When I took a peek at the screen shots I was thinking it looks like a nice pixel art style Action RPG.

When it started up I was hooked from moment one.

☆ At Full Velocity With Velocity Stream ☆ #GameDev #GamersUnite

I’ve had a few days to play Velocity Stream and I can safely say that this game is something special.

The initial view leads you to think of Wipeout and F-Zero which are those awesome futuristic racers that all other futuristic racers tend to be compared to.

☆ F-Zero + Wipeout = Velocity Stream ☆ #GameDev #GamersUnite

I got a message from the guys at Cavelight Entertainment last week, they wanted me to take a look at a game of theirs called......

VELOCITY STREAM

☆ Retrogaming VS Current Gen Gaming (a happy harmony) ☆ #retrogaming #gamersunite #gamedev

When I set out to make the Games Freezer website I was firmly in the retrogaming camp as I had become disillusioned with the current generation of video games 

(this was XBOX360&PS4 era).

I wanted to create a space to share my passion for the video games of old and all the cool culture surrounding the retrogaming scene.