Nodens: Building a Lovecraftian Robot for Multiplayer Shooter From Idea to Release

Hey! In this article, I will break down a private case for creating content for a mobile game - how we do it at Pixonic. From the search for ideas to the appearance of a character in the game - we will talk in detail about all these stages and the difficulties that arose on them. 





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