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Gaming 28 - Revisiting the Village

Posted on 21st Jun 2011 at 12:00 by Podcast with 19 comments

Podcast
We're joined by Mode 7 Games, the developer of Frozen Synapse this week.

This week the team chat about Duke Nukem Forever and the controversy surrounding its release and reception. The conversation then moves on to Prey 2, and the fond memories most of us had of its predecessor.

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Tags duke nukem forever, frozeen synapse, gaming podcast, mode 7

Developer Blog: Prototyping and Playtesting Frozen Synapse

Posted on 21st Jul 2010 at 11:50 by Mode 7 with 2 comments

Mode 7
In my previous post, I discussed how we came up with the initial idea for Frozen Synapse.

As lots of boring industry types will endlessly tell you, ideas are cheap. Actually, this is complete nonsense, but the point they're trying to make - that the hard work is in the execution - is correct. Even if you do have a strong idea, translating that into a viable game is extremely difficult.

During the development of Determinance, we struggled to get the core mechanics right, so every aspect of the design seemed in flux throughout development. This is a phenomenon that afflicts games of all sizes, and we were determined to overcome it this time around.

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Tags determinace, determinance, dev blog, developer blog, frozeen synapse, frozen synapse, game development, indie, interview, mode 7, paul taylor
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