Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 28, 2023

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Designing and balancing new cards eight years into Hearthstone 's life cycle is no mean feat. We chatted with designer Leo Robles Gonzalez and VFX Lead artist Dominic Camuglia at Blizzard on the blood, sweat and.corpse effects that go into new expansions.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Here are the three green heroes: Master Midori is the Balance spec hero in the green faction. He’s honorable and fair and strives to keep nature’s balance intact. That's not really fair and Balanced. Wandering Mimic is another great Balance card. Gemscout Owl helps you rake in even more gold. They should stick to units.

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GameDev.Net

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As a solo developer it’s always a challenge to balance everything that needs to be done to create and finish a game. Howdy Folks! A huge thanks for all the great feedback, bug reports and support. Mercury Fallen has been an amazing adventure and I’m super excited to be looking towards the final version of the game.

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Half Geek

JULY 10, 2022

It’s a balancing act between more vision, and avoiding everything looking too small on mobile screens. This should balance out your own upgraded squad members capability in the mid-game. The default zoom is now further out by 20%, to give a bigger field of view. The goal is to keep Roguelike challenging from early to late-game.

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Lost Garden

DECEMBER 12, 2021

INTRODUCTION The problem with picking up sticks Recently I was designing the harvesting and crafting system for our Animal Crossing-like game Cozy Grove when I ran into a problem: picking up a stick is not that fun. The core activities in a life sim are generally not full of mastery and depth. You chop trees. […].

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 28, 2023

How to Approach Assist Modes For Your Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this critical thought, I returned to the topic of assist modes to discuss the best ways to use assist modes for your game, but why you shouldn’t balance your game on their use and the best … The post (..)

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In a summary of the investigation's findings , that external firm Gender Balance said it corroborated five accounts of sexual misconduct against a Nordic Game employee who had left the company by the time the investigation started.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 10, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said he would like the firm to balance protecting artwork and creators' engagement with new technology such as image generators.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 14, 2023

In an SEC filing , Roblox Corporation disclosed that it had 5% of its $3 billion cash and securities balance (as of February 28, 2023) held at SVB. Read more

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GameDev.Net

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In our upcoming PvP game we take aspect of balance very seriously and Wildcards play very important role. These are special cards which can be accessed at any time during the game what lowers the unhappy/bad-luck scenarios ratio by a lot.

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Sirlin

JULY 21, 2015

We discuss techniques I use to balance games. Hosts: David Sirlin and Matt "Aphotix" DeMasi We discuss techniques I use to balance games. Hosts: David Sirlin and Matt "Aphotix" DeMasi We discuss techniques I use to balance games.

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Half Geek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Some bug fixes and re-balancing. Thank you to players who have provided feedback! Fixed bug with new player Drone AI sometimes flying off into the void. Fixed a bug with Merchant NPC during random encounters, if the player is busy in conversation, and Pirates or Zerkers interrupt, it will now resume normal flight.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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Smart Fox Server

MARCH 31, 2023

Hello, we are pleased to announce that SmartFoxServer Cluster is finally here, as part of the tools in the Overcast cloud. Two months Cluster promotion Starting today and until May 31st. 2023 all SmartFoxServer Cluster prices will be discounted by 20%.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A mechanic is the concept behind the game and the rule is the way that it’s handled to ensure balance.” ” Rules are really tricky to do right because you have to serve two purposes: balance the game and communicate clearly. Making Balanced & Clear Rules. Rules vs. Rulebooks. 14 Rules for Board Game Rules.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Oftentimes, despite working in an industry I love, I feel like I'm balancing on a high-wire with no net below. Here was an opportunity for recurring positivity, simply stories about how the folks creating games today originally fell in love with what they now do for a living.

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DameDev.tv

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Although this isn't a complete checklist of things to include in your games, it's a good reminder of elements such as parallax backgrounds, color schemes/palettes, color balance, resolution options, and layers and depth. Color Schemes & Color Balance Color balance and color schemes are very important.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 6, 2023

It's also one in which the balance between community, audience, developer and publisher has shifted irrevocably. The latest of our Playable Futures series tackles the industry's foundational duo - publisher and developer - and looks at what the future holds for publishing in a sector in which the rate of change is rapid and accelerating.

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Half Geek

JULY 28, 2022

Ship re-balancing: The goal is to make lighter ships more viable longer towards the mid & late-game, by improving firepower. Weapon re-balance: Firefly (Plasma Torpedo Launcher): Range increased from 2000 to 2200 for the M-Class. Having extra turning speed helps their damage potential.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 31, 2023

Figuring out who needs to be in a meeting is a real delicate balance. Not everyone who is in a meeting always needs to be there, and their time spent in those meetings means less time spent actually doing the work. Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 30, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. We realised that it was a really interesting game and we could see where we’d take it in terms of scope and gameplay.”

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The GameDev Guru

JULY 14, 2020

When choosing your next shader, you need to strike the balance between your dream visuals and the performance you take away. But how much performance do your shaders steal? Today, I'll give you handy tables so you can see the performance cost of the commonly used Unity shaders.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Some objectives I’ve used for testing Highways & Byways are “make sure Byway Cards communicate the location of roads clearly” and “gather data on the balance of Event Cards.” Choose something to pay extra close attention to, such as balance, communication, or accessibility.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Seem like a monster to balance? These are valid concerns, but consider the following reviews on Board Game Geek: “Totally asymmetric but surprisingly balanced” – Patmol, 10/10 “Excellent design, asymmetric factions. You can read about that in-depth in this great article on Sprites and Dice. Really enjoyed.”

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 13, 2020

Balanced asymmetry leads to greater variety. The trick, of course, is to make sure all varying powers are definitely distinct while remaining balanced. Lastly, the variable player powers are balanced in such a way that the game stays fresh for a long time! I think Arah’s review on Board Game Geek says it best.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2023

Delightfully eerie world Development on Dredge began shortly after and took roughly two years to complete, with the last six months mostly focused on balancing, bug fixing and other tweaks. We realised that it was a really interesting game and we could see where we’d take it in terms of scope and gameplay.”

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 21, 2019

Force players to balance tactics and strategy. Pandemic forces you to balance tactics and strategy. The interesting decision points around balancing short-term and long-term needs and the manageable chance-driven events are worth study by all aspiring game designers. Oh, and you will get punished. Pandemic is a complex delight.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 16, 2023

PC and console gaming is attracting a more balanced audience in terms of gender and age, and players are becoming more varied in what drives them to games. More diverse This past year, the PC and console player base became more diverse in varying ways.

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Game Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

We focused on diversifying our optimization mix to balance scale and efficiency, test different creative concepts to appeal to a wider audience, leverage automation to grow at our scale and finally lean on new measurement approaches to truly understand the marketing channels that work for us.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

This extra layer of strategy balances the need to kill off stragglers, focus on impeding more skilled opponents, or exact revenge against irritating individuals. “Our intention is to ensure that all cards are balanced. “So far, no-one has made a Battle Royale tower defense game,” says Fredrik Wahrman.

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Game Industry News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Generally, Trek does a great job balancing the old and the new. However, Trek doesn’t always manage to achieve this balance, and I’d argue that the inclusion of Spock in Discovery is an example of where the franchise failed. There’s a certain other Star -related franchise that has allowed itself to make that mistake.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There's no balancing. It's not about math and prissy game balance. First, it's all managed between games. Second, it all makes you stronger, so it feels good. Third, the new characters and levels are fun and prolong how long you play the game. No downsides. This price is a perfect “high risk, high reward” strategy.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

It’s a tough balance. Yet if you strike this balance, the reward is precious: you can prime a player’s experience. A lot of the appeal of games is that their secrets are slowly unlocked as players discover more tactics and better strategies.

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Muha Games

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Community month continued As a continuation from last week’s community led Q&A, I will talk a little about community feedback and how we try to balance it as we develop the remake. We’ll also share a few pictures of our own improvements and try to explain the process behind it… Continue reading.

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