Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There are higher odds of a game being successful with analytics than a game that has been created following traditional practices. Mentioned below are reasons for how and why to use analytics for game development. Develop more realistic interactions with Non-Player Characters (NPCs) 8. Design better levels 9.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. After all, I’m checking to make sure there are no serious balance issues that come out of repeated plays. I’ve already play-tested this game a ton. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

MAY 12, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Over the course of the last week, I’ve taken a bit of a left turn in the development of Highways & Byways. Need help on your board game? Want to learn game development?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon has found investment backing from the likes of Bitkraft, Delphi Ventures, and Mechanism Capital raising $13 million in a round announced earlier this year. So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” The game’s open beta test is set for this month. “In

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I wasn’t expecting to discover the impact those childhood games made on my preferences as an adult. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. It was supposed to mimic last week’s in that I was going to review my top 5 favorite games as an adult.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Black Box Testing Black box testing lets testers examine and explore the game features extensively. This approach is often time-consuming since testers must meticulously scrutinize everything, from audio-visual effects and graphical elements to gameplay mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the third of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? What are game mechanics? Who is Jesse Bergman?

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The world of gaming is always on the brink of something new, something vast, something that promises to change how we play and interact in virtual spaces. I sat down with John Krajewski , the man behind the unique and forward-thinking game, Eco. With it comes the challenging balance between financial backing and creative control.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

I’ve talked about the benefits and challenges of working alone in the board game industry. Yet I’m a bit of an odd beast in the board game development world since most people prefer to work in teams. Need help on your board game? I’m a designer, and I do development and social media outreach.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

I should have predicted a $10 billion-a-year game if I wanted to sound like a true visionary. In my heart, I am a game designer. I spend most of my waking hours thinking about game mechanics and how they will make players feel. I know a thing or two about power creep in game economy. Sometimes they quit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This puts more emphasis on product and creative than media buying itself. While IPM (installs per 1000 impressions), as a metric, is crucial for hypercasual games, for mid-core/core apps it’s just the first half of the equation. Our partner ironSource builds technologies that help game developers take their games to the next level.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, I posted How to Work Alone in the Board Game Industry. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Point and Click Games Mechanics Dev 130

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2024

Not to mention that backend costs of a successful live game were very high. In the realm of game development, the backend is often likened to the unsung hero working tirelessly behind the scenes, powering the intricate mechanics that make our favorite games tick. Hope you find either or both useful.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success. The game also leverages the plot heavily in ongoing events to guide players through different stages of the game (e.g.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 23, 2018

Of all the social media sites in all the land, Facebook is the king. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Facebook is the biggest social media site in the world. You have strike a balance. Last quarter, it had an average of 2.2

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AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

Game developers look for ways to improve online multiplayer experience while balancing availability and cost effectiveness. Containers and Kubernetes help modernize game server hosting running on virtual or bare metal machines to improve compute allocation density, optimize data-transfer cost and maintain high performance.

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

With credits from EverQuest to Champions Online, Canary’s move to the UK and his experience with Splash Damage opens a window into the international nuances of game development culture. Collaboration and Single-Player Game Resurgence The discourse delves deep into the essence of game design—collaboration.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Lost Ark outshines other MMO games because each element mentioned above is polished to the next level. Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Though, all of these foibles could be found in other games as well. registered users and 1.3M

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Speaking of sprinting, Will found a better way to balance our sprinting/dodging control that uses the same button. Then, our Producer, Allie, went in and optimized the player character's Jogging and Sprinting movements in the Kristala game build. The first clip shows a lack of forward momentum when the dodge mechanic is engaged.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile gaming megatrends Eric Seufert, Mobile Dev Memo. Mobile ad spend will be over half of all media ad spend by 2024 Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention in Safari was the catalyst to radically altering the digital marketing landscape. ATT in iOS 15 went harder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

By all accounts this genre is matured to a point where it could use a massive innovation to both the progression mechanics and social gameplay. After all, these games have a fun combat core brutalized by ever increasing timers which just simply don’t work in the modern mobile market.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 29, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the thirteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. This week, I want to zero in on the subject of making the perfect board game rule book.

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