Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

The lack of specialization and trading breaks the illusion of a simulation game. This game is likely straightforward to balance, but it’s not very creative for the players to play. Research in Everdale is not a similar feature like in other simulation games. We’d be equally terrified to balance a more player-friendly game.

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Radiator Blog

JULY 6, 2021

all drawings by Eleanor Davis "We Dwell in Possibility" (WeDIP) is a new queer gardening simulation game about planting bodies and ideas, and watching them grow into a kinetic landscape. It's a zoomed out perspective, it's not immersive, it's a simulation. Naked simulated AI people ("peeps") arrive and flow across the terrain.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Will: I know for me personally, projects are a big concept. You help balance out each others’ weaknesses. In fact, the cost of early prototyping is why I push Tabletop Simulator so much. How would you characterize the experience of working as part of a team, compared to working alone? I look forward to sharing this online!

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AWS Games

JANUARY 16, 2024

That’s where a game-changing concept can significantly simplify the technical aspects of bringing your game to life: a managed game backend solution. Load testing simulates heavy player traffic and mimics peak usage scenarios. They streamline the development process and ensure scalability, security, and reliability for your game.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This is where most of the rules have been ironed out and are acceptable enough to use during a prototype either in person or online through something like Tabletopia or Tabletop simulator. This is to make sure the game is – on some fundamental level – balanced. Where in an MMORPG world, that concept is very straightforward.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Zynga started as the champion of simulations games, but has somehow become the puzzle underdog, growing by acquisitions to tackle even larger foes. The relative success of Belka Games’ Clockmaker demonstrates an appetite for different kinds of meta concepts, choosing to focus on resource management combined with a mystery narrative.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

While the “single-player market” may sound like an oxymoron, innovative games like Shop Titans and Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator tell stories through their in-game markets. For example, a balance patch to Skyweavers that changes the power (and thus price) of different cards will shake up the market considerably.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

In my opinion, classes are a fantastic feature : They add a layer of gameplay depth in deck building and usage that was much needed in Mini , while simultaneously providing a great balancing tool to give relevance to specific sets of units and discourage unbalanced combinations, and a great incentive to acquire all units belonging to a Class.

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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. Fantasy Strike ranked mode is a rough simulation of this excitement. Notice that this isn’t just about poorly balanced games.

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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? The human brain itself may demonstrate a similar structure.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a game setting, though, this can be quite an annoyance from a design perspective (harder to balance!) Since it’s a somewhat related concept and worth taking into consideration during map design, I’ll add a few notes about it here.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Longtime readers may remember my white working class British masculinity simulator Hard Lads , so I'm certainly not unsympathetic to this premise. Balancing the weight of each system was difficult. see: "CRT Simulation in Super Win the Game" ). It already feels so fraught to me.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

AI in Art: Balancing Creativity and Ethics In the realm of digital art, AI technology is stirring up a mix of excitement and controversy. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, developers can create more accurate simulations of real-world physics, weather patterns, and even crowd behavior.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

In my simulation code, men can have one of five sexual moods: Top, Bottom, VersBottom (Versatile), TrueVers, and Voyeur. 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. These moods must be compatible. L of semen for each one.

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