Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. The game mechanics involve matching three or more candies of the same color to smash them. Let’s take the example of Candy Crush again.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

TWiG 234: 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood Over 500m Tik Tok users watch gaming content every month, according to Jen's recent trips on the conference circuit, and this audience is one that the crew things you should be building your game thesis around from day one!

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Although the levels often underwent changes after testing in the 3D environment, when you start to feel the dynamics of the level and the puzzles. Finally, maintain a healthy balance between work and rest.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Clash Quest is Supercell’s most recent attempt at disrupting the puzzle category through titles like Smash Land , Spooky Pop, and Hay Day Pop , each of them trying to achieve success from different angles. Clash Quest 101 In terms of gameplay, Clash Quest can be categorized as a blast-based midcore Puzzle game with some RPG components.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. This time, we’ll look at the top games that use storytelling as a core mechanic and show you that you don’t need sparkling design and intense gameplay to create a hit. Reigns does a good job balancing this information while leaving enough mystery for unexpected twists.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

Particularly when hard choices come from simple mechanics. He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! In my Tasty Humans Designer Diary posts so far, I have focused on the puzzle aspect of the game. The design process really started with the puzzle.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. Cart Crash is an incredibly satisfying game that relies much more on timing than any other mechanic. Spinner Merge by Sunday.GG.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Especially since the game seeks to dominate the puzzle genre, which is the largest and arguably the most competitive genre in mobile games. Our partner ironSource builds technologies that help game developers take their games to the next level. In casual games overall, puzzle games account for just over 50% of all revenue for 2020.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. product management. product management.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yet, the real game-changer came when they borrowed a fraction of these strategies and applied them to an entirely new puzzle game. Drawing from their experiences at Peak Games, where they excelled in multiplayer games like cards and board games, they also honed their skills in creating accessible puzzle games, such as blast or match 3.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But we know that if you get the player engaged or focused on something in the world – a puzzle or environmental storytelling -then they’re very susceptible to being suddenly scared. It’s about finding a balance, and definitely not repeating ourselves. We try to vary. Players become numb to it.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 2, 2021

None of these systems were any fun and weren’t intended to be so; they were mechanics put in place to keep the players from ruining the game for themselves by founding too many cities just because it was simply the most effective strategy. The answer, frankly, has been around for almost as long as the 4X genre.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. One of the most popular monetization mechanics is the subscription-based battle pass , which was introduced via Valve’s DOTA 2 in 2013 but popularized by the worldwide phenomenon, Fortnite.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

So often, when we’re balancing our designs , it’s because we’re trying to nail down board game pacing. After all, he created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! Acquiring more Leader tiles gives the player more to try to balance. But how do you do that?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Submit your most up-to-date playable build, pitch deck, and gameplay video. The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. Build & Harvest Mode in Cookie Run: Kingdom. Create an account 2. Two key words - cuteness and mashup.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I’m reminded of Beta 11’s spicing up the main complex with Heavies and Cargo Convoys , though in this case it’s not just adding one or two new mechanics but instead about turning Garrisons into proper branch maps in terms of content distribution… Encounter Architecture.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be. Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 1, 2019

Once you craft the basic concepts of your game and find the right mechanics to express them , you have to set rules. He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! These elements combine to create the central puzzle of each turn in Tasty Humans.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

But what’s unique is that an actual villager needs to be assigned to the crafting building or construction site to finish the task. In other words, villagers are the pacing mechanisms in the game. And players can arrange their buildings’ positions to make resource transportation faster.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Players can join Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer as they embark on epic quests, solving intricate puzzles, facing dynamic combat challenges, and exploring breathtaking environments. Unicorn Run also introduces flying powers and shooting mechanics to help you achieve higher scores, adding an extra layer of excitement to the gameplay.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the main problems in Clash Mini is the strong similarity with Clash Royale , the other Supercell auto battler whose gameplay and unit mechanics are very similar. This is an existential threat to Clash Mini since the lack of innovation in-unit mechanics was among the top reasons why Rush Wars failed to captivate players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio. This has led to a resurgence in the value of IP in the market, as it is now harder to get new users.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Hypercasual Trend #1 The Rise of Feel-Good Mechanics Ultracasual is the youngest subgenre within Hypercasual and it seems to have peaked in 2020. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Nothing new really.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Running through the market by genre, Kress noted that King has done quite well, but other genres had suffered badly, with strategy, RPG, match puzzle, and casino games all down double digits. Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Is that new mechanic fun? But What About Different Builds? The ideal for a system like this is to encourage players to have and switch between different builds and strategies. These are perfectly balanced. Doggo leads to an enormous, entirely optional area with tons of creative fights, fun puzzles, and neat stuff to do.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

A well balanced revenue market share split across the East and West. This is the first piece of the puzzle — a founding team that is skilled in the art of designing highly addictive Hyper-casual core game experiences, while having the expert know-how of quickly validating marketability and scaling rapidly once globally launched.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 20, 2020

Then it’s largely up to game’s economy whether it can have a meaningful deep gatcha or a steady pipeline of content offered through a must-have battle pass mechanic. Riot has succeeded in building a brand that players trust. A brand that is known to avoid excessive monetization mechanics steering always away from pay-to-win systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This post is written by Sophie Vo who’s building a kick-ass game team at Voodoo Berlin. With each experience, I perfected my approach to building highly creative and effective teams. Building teams is like cooking to me, my other passion. I want to share my journey of building my team. Both are a mix of art and science.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. For example, a balance patch to Skyweavers that changes the power (and thus price) of different cards will shake up the market considerably. The reveal itself can be engrossing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

This game packs some of the best balanced, nerve- wracking, strategic gameplay on a mobile device. The game achieves this by gradually increasing upgrade costs (and can get away with it since most upgrades feel meaningful) and by releasing new town halls, unlocking new levels of buildings and units (plus new ones).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. The key to success is balancing IPM and LTV, and making sure that the gains on the IPM side are higher than the losses on the LTV side of the equation.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud? For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch. L of semen as upkeep for each person.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Over the past year, Hypercasual saw massive diversification in terms of core mechanic design. On looking deeper, it was found that this was driven by two things - 30-35% of the growth was driven by increased IAP integration in various hypercasual mini-genres, most notably Puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

2020 Prediction #4: More direct or indirect rivals of Golf Clash will appear mastering the recipe of fun arcade game play, easy to pick up core mechanics and intuitive UI/UX to compete for the growing arcade sports marketshare. Gameplay follows fire and forget mechanism , where all decisions regarding the team (training, tactics etc.)

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Tasty Humans is a 30-60 minute, tile-laying, pattern-building game for 1-4 players. Betrayal at House on the Hill quickly builds suspense and excitement as players explore a haunted mansion of their own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell their fate. Are you excited? Let’s get started. I LOVE GOMOKU!

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