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. That’s the core concept from Voodoo.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

AI-driven tools generate dynamic content, adapt game mechanics, and customize aesthetics, resulting in more engaging gameplay and new storytelling possibilities. Generating Game Content Every video game features countless unique models, animations, sounds, graphics, and more.

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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. That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding. It’s also defined a bit differently. You wonder, can I trust them or not?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Gone are the days where a reasonable attempt at a core mechanic and a saga map were all you needed for 6 figure revenue. This should lead to more of a focus on product USPs, theme and mechanic differentiation rather than the wild fever dreams that have been propagated during 2019/2020. 2021 is the year when this will really change.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

In other words, villagers are the pacing mechanisms in the game. This game is likely straightforward to balance, but it’s not very creative for the players to play. This of course entails that Supercell is able to attract players at a manageable cost, retain them with existing and new content - and most importantly, monetize them.

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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. Difficulty.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed. Alien Artifacts.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

It was a very tranquil concept at first, though we found our prototype didn’t offer enough things for the player to do.” For stuff like gameplay balance and feature implementation we have equal input and chime up if there’s something we feel strongly about.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

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. Research different game themes and art styles The first step is researching different game themes in order to find the highest converting concept for a specific game mechanic.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The entire mechanic revolves around a single new utility: the Scrap Engine. Although in both cases the results are indeed based on the inputs, the process is not deterministic, so it’s not a pure “crafting” mechanic in that sense. A new utility is born. Constructs can be power sources, propulsion, or weapons.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

The match 3 success trifecta generally consists of: a fun core match mechanic a good metagame with a clean sense of progression a new feature or innovation that brings something different to the space. HDP chose a “collapse” mechanic as their core (similar to Lily’s Garden, Toy Blast, or Toon Blast). The game responds quickly to input.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cosmetics have included multiple new collection mechanisms that grant rewards when acquiring enough of a specific type. The update has been received with mixed reactions in social networks , with players praising the gameplay additions and big amount of new playable content, but disliking the strong focus on loot boxes.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. It’d sure be nice to resolve that!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

A key reason is that Clash Mini seems in a much earlier and rough state than other Supercell soft launches : Less playable content, less spending depth, and several unfinished systems (i.e. This points out that new playable content is consumed faster than in other SC games. No reason to play leagues…).

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Cogmind generally has fewer such direct escape options, but teleport mechanics are out there, if an advanced tech not usually available until the late game. As a general concept teleportation technology exists in quite a few varieties throughout the world of Cogmind, though the player only has access to some of them.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Sky Mavis team knows all this, which is why there are several new developments in the pipeline: a F2P version with (potentially) greater distribution, land, user-generated content, and more. On the other hand, Axie Infinity mashes familiar turn-based gameplay with a Hearthstone-like card battler mechanic.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. After carefully composing a balanced team of fighters, the player takes their party of stalwart heroes into battle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics. Another MMORPG-related bias was the expectation of continuous content updates, visually different challenges/upgrades and a metagame focused on progression and cosmetic rarity.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t go heavy on realism, in which case backtracking for this reason can be considered a non-issue and solely a decision to be made within the greater mechanical design, though this does mean progress ends up feeling gamier overall. Design Control.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. 1UPT, on the other hand, helps balance some of the extremities of the Orders system by making it more difficult to kill a unit via stacking.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The game's complexity, especially for new players, is a significant challenge, with an overwhelming number of game mechanics introduced rapidly. With Blizzard's expertise in creating compelling end-game content, Warcraft Rumble has the potential to become a major success and influence future game design trends. ? This is great!

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

And even in the current days of e-sports, tournaments obviously do not run on this 50-50 concept. No, and in fact the concept of seeding exists specifically to prevent that from happening. Notice that this isn’t just about poorly balanced games. Even the best balanced asymmetric game will suffer this fate.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. and I think this balance tuning is intentional. Or at worst, they are leftover consequences of the design and they had to fudge some random content for it. Limited regen (e.g. No health potion inventory , big change from Dishonored / Prey.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The game's complexity, especially for new players, is a significant challenge, with an overwhelming number of game mechanics introduced rapidly. With Blizzard's expertise in creating compelling end-game content, Warcraft Rumble has the potential to become a major success and influence future game design trends. This is great!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Some content, I just record and publish. So this is this tough balance between being really super fast and building something really small and iterative and getting data soon and deciding what to do. Now it's moved to concepting. This one, I’ve watched or listened to 5 times now. And usually there's like an 80 20 rule on that.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Royal Match Royal Match is a perfect example of finding success through improvements - not step-change innovation - cherry-picking the strongest mechanics from the best games to create a new top game. Even though Candy Crush Saga had roaring success with the match-3 switcher, King was not the first company to create the mechanic.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

CONTENT WARNING: This post contains discussion of gay sex acts and some screenshots with obscured pixel art nudity. Balancing the weight of each system was difficult. Back in 2012, John Mix Meyer wrote "Women aren’t vending machines you put kindness coins into until sex falls out" to critique proto-PUA concepts like the friendzone.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Chad: With blogging, the content often comes across in an informal, personal tone. There may even be some storytelling to convey the reason or meaning behind a particular series rules and mechanics. You want to strike a balance between being specific and deliberate, but also human and approachable when writing rule books.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

” One concern raised during the conversation was the use of copyrighted material in AI-generated content, as seen with AI models like DALL-E and StyleGAN. ” In terms of legality, Chaumette expressed that large companies like Disney and Epic Games might not see AI-generated content as a threat, as it is not copyrightable. .”

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

CONTENT WARNING 1: I mention a suicide from a century ago. CONTENT WARNING 2: the game is rather explicit, but I've kept the imagery in this post relatively tame, at a semi-NSFW / soft-R rating. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player. L of semen for each one.

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