Game Developer Digest 12/22/2022
We have yet another three feature day for you! Today, we have a truly in-depth feature (it's about a 62-minute read, chock full of detail) on generative music for game dev, an analysis of the tone and storytelling in Dwarf Fortress vs. Rimworld, and the first piece of our Best of 2022 content, with our picks for best developers of 2022. We have plenty of news to round up the offerings, with the Pokémon company filing suit to the creators of a (very unauthorized) Pokemon NFT game, Fallout 76 hitting 13.5 million players, and ex Far Cry boss Dan Hay joining Blizzard.
From developers in Ukraine to Poncle, Naughty Dog, and Second Dinner, these are our picks for game developers of the year.
Both?Rimworld?and newly 1.0?Dwarf Fortress?allow deep simulation and player-centered storytelling, but Bay 12's game simply feels more personal.
The goal is to use computational creativity and generative techniques to extend the capabilities of human composers.
That's a lot of vault dwellers.
Legally, you can't mint any of 'em.
From open worlds to unannounced worlds.