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Building communication into the heart of a puzzle game

Unity Blog

Mairi Nolan, lead game designer at Eleven Puzzles, shares the importance of verbal interaction and how the team built communication into the studio’s latest release Unsolved Case.

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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery.

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

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. In this blog, we will discuss the difference between game art vs game design and how each plays a unique role in game development. Who is a Game Designer?

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4 Lessons from Exit Games for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

Certainly, board game designers can learn a lot from well-designed escape rooms. Exit Games by Kosmos are the closest we can get to the authentic in-person experience right now. I’ve wanted to write about Exit Games for a while, but it’s tricky! The game is full of mysteries, riddles, and puzzles.

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4 Lessons from Sagrada for Aspiring Board Game Designers

Brand Game Development

It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. The dice are bright and pretty, as are the puzzle boards on which you build stained glass arrangements of dice. Yet adding an element of chance haphazardly can make the game feel like it’s playing you instead of the other way around.

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10 Elements of Good Game Design

Brand Game Development

The mere threat is usually enough to keep the game going. On the other hand, playing Tasty Humans has short turns, which helps the game stay snappy even though it’s a brain-burny puzzle game. Predictability is the bane of games. You don’t want your game to feel predictable. BONUS: A narrative.

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Backfirewall by Naraven Games reveals the secret life of apps in our phones

PreMortem.Games

Compelling puzzles And so the team built the game around the story. The gameplay mechanics and puzzles all came from the question ‘what fun things could we mess with inside a phone’. We ended up kind of struggling to really create a sense of progression and compelling puzzles.” Absolutely! Lucie then added them.”

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