Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the technology and tools we’re developing alongside our partners, we want to foster a community for our namesake game that is able to create their own content and benefit from it, and immerse themselves in content that others have made and shared.” ” Core to Avalon will be player-created content.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Balance is key Over the years, game developers have understood that finding the right balance between the level of difficulty of a game and the skill of the player is crucial. Analytics has helped our team track a player's progress and pinpoint frustrating levels or game mechanics that may cause them to stop playing.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As the name suggests, generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI technology that can generate different types of content. This content may include synthetic data, audio, video, text, and imagery. Generative AI models can produce high-quality content depending on the data they were trained on.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ever since my first design docs from Cogmind pre-alpha, written back in 2013, I always wanted a projectile deflection mechanic. Every few years I think about the concept again, and it finds its way into my ongoing notes in yet another location in some slightly-altered form or alongside some other content idea, begging to be implemented.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

There are also more possibilities for this tech, which I had actually revisited in my notes a couple years back to specify that it would be appropriate as a piece of primary content within yet another new map that might happen further down the line. D This is the fourth post in a series on new item mechanics.

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Greenheart Games

MARCH 8, 2018

We were made aware of a pretty sad bug where the ‘women in tech’ event in the game did not alter the gender balance of job applicants. – Mods can now add their own settings UI to the game’s settings-panel via a call to `GDT.addSettingsTab(title, content);` ( documentation ). Added: Translations of new content.

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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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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Obviously community interaction is quite important and still plays an ongoing role in development, as always, but at this point I feel it’s more important to focus on expanding content as much as possible. This year’s major release was of course Beta 11 “Mechanical Renaissance,” in the works for 17 (!)

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game designers must work closely with other development team members, like developers and artists, to guarantee that the video game mechanics and elements work together smoothly. 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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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Automation ensures that a wide range of game features, mechanics, and interactions are thoroughly tested, increasing the likelihood of detecting potential issues before the game’s release. It is crucial to strike a balance between automating repetitive tasks and allowing for exploratory testing to account for unforeseen scenarios.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

By superimposing digital content onto the player’s view of the real world, AR offers a unique and engaging experience. This trend presents a unique challenge for developers, as it requires them to balance gameplay mechanics and technical capabilities to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all players.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

For example, if shadows are an important game mechanic (think of Splinter Cell ), then a higher cost for extra-nice ray-traced shadows makes sense, but spending extra performance on RT translucency probably doesn’t make as much sense. Note that you can access this content on demand.) Could you provide any insights into this problem?

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Different teams collaborate – writers shape the narrative, engineers discuss technical details, artists align visuals, and developers plan in-game mechanics. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging. The 7 Odd Roadblocks!

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

However, I don’t want to leave things too abstract - game design is about taking an idea and translating it into real game rules and mechanics. If you balance things right, the choice isn’t always obvious and will depend on evaluating other factors at the time of the choice. That’s what makes it interesting.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

New mobs were also unveiled, including a wind -powered baddy called “Breeze” Additionally, players who love to craft, most especially when using the mechanical Redstone features, will enjoy the new Crafter feature, which simplifies and automates crafting. Last year, Microsoft said that more than 1.7

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Between one job and another I always tried to include some type of content related to games. Throughout development, you may often be tempted to include incredible features and mechanics that weren’t originally planned, which can make the project’s completion elusive. Beware of mutant scope.

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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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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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Brand Game Development

MAY 12, 2017

That includes popular games, mechanics, and themes; well-known designers; and how to run a successful Kickstarter. The Overview could be an actual overview paragraph, a summary section, a Table of Contents, a list of blog articles, or the abstract of an academic article. Read the Overview so you so you know what to expect.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

7 Challenges in the Metaverse Below are the common challenges one is likely to face when developing Metaverse games: Monetization: Generating revenue from Metaverse games may be difficult since creators must strike a balance between user satisfaction and financial sustainability.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This approach is often time-consuming since testers must meticulously scrutinize everything, from audio-visual effects and graphical elements to gameplay mechanics. This balances gameplay and can drive the games’ success by ensuring it delivers a more engaging, immersive, and seamless gaming experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

We need to release regular updates: more content, more events, faster, and higher quality. Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. Reusing content The next thing on our list is reusing and looping content.

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Sirlin

MARCH 11, 2015

The Pandante: Light & Dark expansion also adds lots of new content. Here's the four types of new content: Use the Light abilities (fun!) If you have never played Pandante before, the new base sets INCLUDE the expansion content built right in. Also, the "last hits" mechanic is removed. Dark abilities with Casino cards?

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding. Not only does it help your team manage the workload, but it means you can roll out more content to keep your players engaged later. You wonder, can I trust them or not?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

For a quick and general introduction of the game, it’s a player vs player only CCG game, which limits your cards to only 10 per deck, each game is less than 4 minutes, and it uses a very simple poker-like betting mechanic to keep things interesting. However, Marvel Snap has simplified this mechanic to make it even more accessible.

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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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Mnenad

JANUARY 14, 2020

I don’t remember anymore how it came to the decision to make it Countryball themed, but I guess the sheer number of possibilities, both in game mechanics and design choices, have led to that decision.     More content was one of the main requests next to bug fixes. I’m happy that the app does well!

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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

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

New content releases would drive intermittent spikes in revenue, that would push revenue up to between $500k and $750k. Many of these changes are centered around the Battlepass, which is a key content and goal driver for players: Battlepass changes Brawl Stars’ Brawl Pass, has seen many iterations over the last year or so.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

All this is fueled by some of the heaviest live content operations in the industry. On top of the content treadmill demanding hundreds of cosmetics needed to fuel the monetization, these top mobile shooter games demand brand new gameplay modes and events at a fast cadence. This year was a testament to how important that content was.

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Sirlin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pandante is lighthearted enough in theme and mechanics that it's a great social game. There's fun abilities and tricks to pull off which give you more tools than poker, and the expansion is now included in the base set so you get a whole lot of content. One example is the "snacking" mechanic. Many balance changes.

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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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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member. Dense narrow spaces = too much content packed together and repetitive encounters.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience. For most players (including payers) the Pass is primarily retention and an engagement mechanism.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

For stuff like gameplay balance and feature implementation we have equal input and chime up if there’s something we feel strongly about. Not only does this save a ton of texture memory and reduce draw calls, but it also sped up the creation process of parts, but admittedly at some cost of visual fidelity.”

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