The Bottom Feeder

MAY 15, 2024

The main problem, alas, is that, while it IS a fascinating landmark for game design, it is not a good adventure. The Tomb of Horrors was an early attempt to solve a very difficult problem: How to balance a turn-based RPG once characters get very powerful. It's one of those awesome, twisty, weird Gygax designs.

Horror 71

Horror Fighting Game Design Game Designer 71

Played with Fire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Complex puzzles, a dynamic combat system, or advanced interaction with the environment are just a few options to consider when creating a VR game for this target group. Difficulty and balance The level of difficulty in games for the „diehards” is something that often keeps game developers up at night.

Mechanics 72

Mechanics Technology Games Entertainment 72

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Kevin J Bray (Game Engineer) , another professional with years of entrepreneurship experience (CEO at now defunct Byte Canvas; Executive Director at Tonk Tonk Games), who previously was a developer and lead engineer at League of Legends (about the same time as Maya). The profiles make me think of something indie-looking.

Studios 52

Studios Mobile Mobile Console 52

The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

(Side note: There is a new game called Brotato, one of those single-stick shooters that are hot now. These are perfectly balanced. If you're interested in systems design, it's a very interesting title.) My latest all-new game only had 57 skills, but all of them were useful sometimes. I spent hours there. Which is fine.

Fighting 90

Fighting Games Balance Writing 90

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. It would feel terrible.

Fighting 52

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

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. The remaining was driven by two titles - “ Crane Game Toreba ” and “ Clawee ” - which together raked in ~$45M over 2019.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Platformer Studios Data 52