PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If I’m happy with this design, I’ll prototype it and test that prototype. I played around with a few ideas and one of them was a simple cube rolling puzzle game. So I made a shift in puzzle design to negate that. But these people aren’t necessarily the people that play challenging puzzle games.

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Dev Puzzle Prototyping Playtesting 104

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Balance 104

Balance Studios Engine Engineering 104

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. They must possess a comprehensive knowledge of prototyping, testing, programming, and development techniques to craft a seamless gaming experience. Game designers work on concepts, systems, player progression, balancing and level design.

Game Design 78

Game Design Game Designer Art Prop 78

Designer Notes

AUGUST 2, 2021

Limiting city counts has many gameplay benefits, such as more predictable victory point thresholds based on cities, better balanced per-city bonuses, more consistent city value weights for the AI, and a generous minimum distance between cities to allow breathing room for one-unit-per-tile combat.

Tile 52

Tile Build Mechanics Prototyping 52

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art. And seems it provides a solid ground to start hiring the rest of the team, while they start prototyping their ideas. Not sure how they will prototype fast enough until they get some. And past experience in entrepreneurship.

Studios 52

Studios Mobile Mobile Console 52

Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Here are some screen’s from the game’s prototyping phase. Finally, city sites also gave us a natural place for tribal camps, which helps drive conflict and ensures that the player needs to balance expansion with military and not just spam settlers. Civ 5 introduced one unit per tile, a big change for the series.

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Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics 98

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Running through the market by genre, Kress noted that King has done quite well, but other genres had suffered badly, with strategy, RPG, match puzzle, and casino games all down double digits. Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix.

Games 59

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59