Big Games

AUGUST 25, 2021

The main aim of the game developers is to make sure the gaming app is engaging and interactive, whereby they can gain a larger user base and get a share in the marketplace. When we talk about building engaging and interactive mobile games, there are a few things that have to be considered while developing games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I joined Voodoo in Berlin with the goal to open a new studio that would develop new types of games (i.e. Do you have a concept in mind?” Will you make another puzzle game?”. Some of the puzzle games I’ve worked on. Puzzles are one of the biggest market categories and it continues to grow each year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team. What can we expect from this team?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Written by Michail Katkoff , games executive and founder of Deconstructor of Fun, and Niek Tuerlings , Senior Game Designer and author of popular game development blog Ludocious.com. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Mobile developers look up their fake AppStore accounts and download with excitement wondering what the new game could be. A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Playing levels awards stars , which are used to earn coins in the Puzzle Pass. The Twist: The Puzzle Pass.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

Nevertheless, Everdale is not a placement puzzle like a typical city-building game. The valley has several community buildings that players can cooperatively invest resources in to develop. This game is likely straightforward to balance, but it’s not very creative for the players to play. And we don’t blame the designer for it.

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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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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s hardly surprising that so many developers have jumped on the bandwagon, as battle passes have a wide range of benefits and can be introduced into almost any genre. But with so many different examples of battle passes on the market these days, developers have had to get increasingly experimental to build on their past successes.

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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. and I think this balance tuning is intentional. Very streamlined, much faster, low stakes, and often just setting up the inevitable ensuing gunfight.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a consequence, autochess has remained as a niche concept that hinted at a strong potential but that nobody has been able to find a way to turn into a profitable product ready for mass adoption (at least in the West). The concept of a seasonal content reset it’s a risky but high reward opportunity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow.

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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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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. Trivially easy games can’t support long skill-chains, and neither can all-or-nothing puzzles, no matter how large and difficult they might be. Stay tuned for further developments.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focussed on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. 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. This concept would end up remaining true into the final design.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. 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. Voyeurs work differently, they have sex by watching a couple have sex. L of semen for each one.

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