Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Building hyper-casual games is a great way to get into game development. With their short cycles and simple gameplay, crafting a hyper-casual title means you can learn important skills across game design and monetisation, which you’ll need for success in the mobile games industry. How to get started.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

This is a completely different beast from a shooter.” “ Mordhau at its core has always been about melee combat”, says Jonathan Dunn, Game Designer at Triternion. We couldn’t break the PC version as they share a common data source, which is important for our build process. Completely in control of every movement and strike.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Here are the main benefits of pursuing a degree in computer science: It builds a solid foundation. A computer science degree teaches computer languages which is essential when designing games. Game designers must know various coding languages to create levels, interactions, progression, etc.

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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? Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Game Design. All games start with ideas. Whether a designer starts with an idea that they want to see fully realized or a specs document that says “make this kind of game with these certain mechanics,” there will be an enormous amount of unavoidable trial-and-error. until the game feels great.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

I assumed it was mostly for fans but after watching all 32 episodes (on 2x speed, skipping some parts) I've changed my mind and now I think it's essential viewing for all game designers / devs. Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole.

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Interesting Choices

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

And while overall I've been overjoyed with the response, I've seen a few comments from people who dislike the inclusion of the disaster tiles in the game, and I realized that I haven't ever sat down to write out my thoughts for why I included the mechanic despite knowing that those tiles would be controversial. Risk/Reward.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Games can be developed through the tools in the integrated visual scripter called Blueprint. In other words, you can build a game using only blueprints because they are valid pieces of code. It takes just a few steps to make up nodes and connect them together to develop logic for a game. The game engine is open-source.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. With that in mind, I want to help you come up with some New Year’s Resolutions of your own, ones specifically related to board game design. Play-test with game designers. Let’s say you’ve made light games.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed. Categorical Approach.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

To be specific, this surge has been a result of the dynamic audio-visual effects, the natural player-to-character interaction, photorealistic 3D graphics, and engaging levels, characters, and mechanics of the game. The gaming industry is brewing with innovation and new technology trends. OpenXREyeTracker 3. XRVisualization 4.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the seventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? The Seize the Bean prototype has little sugar cube pieces to tell its story.

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Interesting Choices

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Not long after that I started working on a game (then called City Draft) that would be strongly inspired by a few key influences: 7 Wonders for the mechanics and structure, Carcassonne for the idea of placing tiles in a grid, and SimCity for the theme. Limited play decisions. Players can only interact with their direct neighbors.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the ninth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Carla: I have a few other games in the works as well, Drapple and Observance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

So how should publishers think about launching new games right now? Building a brand Cilingir used League of Legends and Genshin Impact as examples of brands that have resonated outside games, and stressed that community-building has never been more important as it lowers your UA cost.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixteenth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. One of the trickiest parts of self-publishing a board game can be finding good artists.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. The second largest sub-genre is the good and old Build & Battle. Clash of Clans takes nearly 70% of all Build & Battle revenues.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic! How to build and ship culture Individual contributor vs. manager vs. leader How to avoid “Day 2” Full interview also on YouTube and Podcast: GameMakers YouTube Deconstructor of Fun Podcast Interview Transcript: JK Welcome, everybody.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The most notable move being the opening of a Berlin studio that is categorically focussed on “casual” games, with key hires coming in from Blizzard, King, Rovio and the likes. More recently, and while writing this post, Voodoo also announced a new Montreal studio that wants to build games “beyond hypercasual”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

However, even back then, Chinese players would spend a substantial amount of money in microtransactions which, thanks to a massive gamer population, were driving multiple franchises above the annual billion dollar revenue mark, making the free-to-play model the only way to build a viable business.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 20, 2020

Garret: I have been making games all my life, from building and tweaking Amiga Basic examples from a textbook when I was 8, to making Quake2 mods in my teens, to redesigning an all new dynamic version of Axis and Allies with my friends in university. Garret: My name is Garret Rempel, I’m a 34 year old Canadian father of 4.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Perfect board game pacing is one of the most underrated aspects of board game design. Somewhere between overwhelm and ennui, there lies a middle ground where a game is perfectly paced. A great board game feels challenging and interesting throughout. Now I want to zoom out a bit and look at the design as a whole.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Zugzwang by Robert Yang This post details my process and intent for making my new release Zugzwang (pronounced in German like /ts'OOK-ts'VAHng/ ) a tactical sex dungeon roguelike cum ritual game. I first prototyped it back in 2019, but I didn't really know how to finish it. Can we build a sex dungeon that would do Jane Jacobs proud?

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