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

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Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Thankfully, your faithful crew at DoF are here to try and help you make sense of it, well, at least the very specific part of it related to puzzle games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. It made $5.1

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

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That was when in 2013 I joined as a partner in a studio that produced small advergames and games for exhibitions among other services. However, the studio still focused on the advertising area and my interests were increasingly focused on the games. Finally, maintain a healthy balance between work and rest.

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Solo dev Jonathan Barbosa Dijkstra “Learning new skills is a great motivator”

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I played around with a few ideas and one of them was a simple cube rolling puzzle game. But I think the main lesson is to test more, test sooner, test elaborately and don’t only test for the game’s mechanics. So I made a shift in puzzle design to negate that. I figured that’s something that’s probably relatively easy to make.

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Iteration over Innovation? Case: Makeover Match

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It looks like these are not enough to stop Tactile , the Danish studio behind smash hit Lily’s Garden , from working on a new title since they launched their latest game Makeover Match in March 2023. Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

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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. Army Commander by Lion Studios.

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14 low-budget, highly successful story games

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This time, we’ll look at the top games that use storytelling as a core mechanic and show you that you don’t need sparkling design and intense gameplay to create a hit. Reigns does a good job balancing this information while leaving enough mystery for unexpected twists. Horror in the darkness by Karmic Shift Studios.

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8 Key Factors to Ensure Flawless Nintendo Testing

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Also, they provide crucial feedback on game balance, user interface (UI), and gameplay. It helps ensure everyone understands the game’s testing objectives, goals, and mechanics. To succeed in Nintendo testing, you must be prepared for many replays since Nintendo games often have hidden secrets and intricate puzzles.