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Video game mechanics: A Beginner’s Guide

Logic Simplified

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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VR Games for advanced players

Played with Fire

The challenge for VR game developers lies in designing mechanics that are both challenging and appealing to advanced players. In this article, we will explore the key elements to consider when designing VR games for experienced players. It often turns out, I should say, that the games are simply too… easy.

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2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

Deconstructor of Fun

Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Special thanks to Niek Tuerlings for the Merge Game insights. In casual games overall, puzzle games account for just over 50% of all revenue for 2020.

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

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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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Solo dev Diego Ras of Raccoo Venture “Everything starts with paper and pencil”

PreMortem.Games

That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Although the levels often underwent changes after testing in the 3D environment, when you start to feel the dynamics of the level and the puzzles. Flexibility is vital in game development, as inevitable changes can lead to unexpected improvements.

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Lessons from the success of Venba

Game Daily

It’s a short narrative game about a Tamil family who immigrate to Canada. Through a series of cookery puzzles and dialog choices, players are immersed in Tamil culture, and the family’s emotive saga. Those actions make a lot more sense to turn into action games. .”