Logic Simplified

JULY 18, 2022

Tap to grill, bake and prepare dishes to the top. In 2019, they approached Logic Simplified to build a crazy and fun cooking game with a similar concept to Cooking Craze, but with unique locations and classic restaurant dishes. What makes this game interesting is the array of ingredients, kitchen appliances, and dishes. Freemium Model.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

“It’s clear that simulation, as both a genre and concept, is far more popular in VR than in Console and PC games. So many games have that question baked into their core. As a multiplayer PvP (player versus player) game, it’s critical to get the balance right between crewmates and imposters.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Self-testing was my primary form of testing in the first and second versions of the game, when I wasn’t even sure if some of the core concepts would work. If you have multiple different viable strategies, then balancing them is often a matter of tweaking rules. A few versions later, I was testing with my parents and cousins.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. It’s awesome to see some good messaging baked into its core gameplay. We love the concept. Which is a difficult balance to strike. Sprinkling rewards throughout the gameplay, rather than at the end of each level, can make your game all the more fun to play. Net Fishing!

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In an attempt to make content more scalable, PVE design borrowed a page from PVP and the team built new PVE modes as rule-sets that could be applied to any map by a game designer through simple tooling vs. baked in-experiences on custom maps. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

and I think this balance tuning is intentional. So I think they got this balance right, even if I whine about it. The game says you must kill her first, like this, always -- and if she always dies so early, that means her concept doesn't get to interact with anyone else. You're trading health for ammo / convenience.

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Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

A key concept in addressing this question is the idea of the skill chain , as articulated in Characteristics of Games , by Elias et al. Evidence of depth – the skill chain. So what exactly are these features? Can we get more precise about them?

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