Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thank you to the cocos team for providing a great engine that allowed us to build this game without technical constraints, and to use our creative space and abilities as we pleased. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 26, 2022

Puzzle Strike 2’s expansion, called Bold Adventures, has four new community bank decks as well as 10 more characters. Each character has different strengths, so they push you in different directions when building the rest of your deck. Deep crashes are in short supply in Puzzle Strike 2. Bal-Bas-Beta, Clockwork Guardian.

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Cocos

JANUARY 14, 2024

Thanks so much for sharing this extensive experience while building for native platforms, it definitely will encourage more people from the community to believe in the tool’s capabilities and trust to pursue more complex projects.

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Sirlin

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Puzzle Strike is now available on iPad and iPhone ! Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. It's inspired by puzzle games such as Puzzle Fighter. Will you go heavy on economy, offense, or build an intricate engine? Improve your deck (of chips!)

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Puzzle Games in 2020 Puzzle, out of all of the genres and mobile, is the largest one when looking at IAPs only. It made $5.1

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Sirlin

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Puzzle Strike is now available on Steam! Puzzle Strike is a deckbuilding puzzle game played amongst Fantasy Strike characters. It's inspired by puzzle games such as Puzzle Fighter. Will you go heavy on economy, offense, or build an intricate engine? It will also be coming to iOS just a few weeks later.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

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! Even a bit too much, maybe”, says Jean.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 24, 2023

“I’m not good with story telling or puzzle design, so combining some expertise would be nice.” I’m not good with story telling or puzzle design, so combining some expertise would be nice.” You would even have to build the train wheels yourself. And that’s what game development is to him at the moment, a hobby.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Sustain and build better games by appealing to new player motivations. This means many hyper-casual and casual games are looking for ways to increase long-term retention, build IAPs and increase their LTVs. Analyzing the various ways you could introduce social elements into your game is a great way of building engagement and retention.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A narrative can also help with pacing, building and releasing tension alongside key story beats while directing the players’ attention and emotions through them, all the while supporting other features and creating a meaningful foundation for retention.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Developer Globiss Interactive has worked hard to build a convincing virtual replica of the Titanic. This took us literal years to master, and we still find that planning puzzles for VR requires extra attention to detail to make it work. It’s quite an intense VR experience!” Our creative process is a bit mixed.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Merge Vikings Combining merge2 mechanics with progressive character and building vectors.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When designing a puzzle, a designer must think of the process by which the player interacts with them. Place and advertise the clues to the puzzle goal within the environment. This can be subtle or it can be obvious, depending on whether the puzzle is optional or part of the critical path.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

Dream Games has joined that list by bolstering its hold on match-3 puzzles and widening its already mass-market audience through the addition of its newest game, Royal Kingdom , which features one of the smoothest casual PvP designs in the market. King Robert (left) and King Richard (right).

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Designer Notes

MARCH 28, 2022

In this episode, Soren interviews Luca Redwood, the developer of 10000000 , You Must Build a Boat , and Photographs. They discuss why 10000000 has no commas, how he makes sure the player never gets unlucky, and why you need to build a boat. This episode was recorded March 18, 2019.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ After thorough discussions, Kubernetes was determined as the clear choice.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

The game is full of mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. Some of the puzzles in Exit Games, much like in real-life Escape Rooms, are devilishly hard. Other puzzles are more obvious, but for whatever reason, you hit a wall and you spend 15 minutes making zero progress. Build a lasting brand so you can release multiple products.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? 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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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

This strategy game offers a captivating journey through different eras, challenging you to build, trade, and conquer. With its intricate gameplay and stunning graphics, Rise of Cultures is a must-try for fans of city-building and strategy genres. Fortnite Fortnite needs no introduction.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

You need to explain to the readers what you are building, why you are building it, and what you need in order to build it. When I write a design document, I usually try to address the following: High level goal - What is this feature/system/puzzle/etc. supposed to do? What kind of experience do I want the player to have?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Understanding that a game wasn’t going to build itself, I quit my job and just went for it.” He spent two years building Oakenfold after a successful Kickstarter campaign got him part of the necessary funds. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. I function well like that.”

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Flight Simulator), rhythm games, puzzle games, and so on. It's much easier to outsource to a studio like Blur to do it for you than build engine support for it without adding a very expensive story mode to the game. Certain genres of games (e.g.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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. There it will go through another polishing stage until reaching an acceptable product.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We The Swap The initial idea that ignited the project was the core mechanic: The Swap. We are very excited about it”, says Myllys. “It’s

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

The game's focus on exploration, puzzle-solving, and character interactions has garnered widespread acclaim. Building on the success of its predecessor, this sequel offers an expansive open world, enhanced web-slinging mechanics, and a gripping storyline. Sea of Stars 6. Alan Wake 2 4.

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OPM Jobs

JUNE 20, 2023

You navigate the pages of Izzy’s diary, where written words materialise in the form of platforms and puzzles. Storyteller Storyteller is a captivating short puzzle game in a beautifully hand drawn style that takes inspiration from classic fairy tales. Find it on Steam here.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. And Kaigan Games did a great job building relatable and believable characters. Developing an AI is beyond most budget games – AI Dungeon manages to understand what the player is saying and builds on the story.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Casual Games in 2022 In our taxonomy, built together with Sensor Tower, the casual games category is divided into seven genres: Puzzle, Hypercasual, Arcade, Tabletop, Simulation, Lifestyle, and Geolocation. Puzzle Games The King is Back. Outside of Merge, 2021 felt a bit empty with respect to new puzzle games.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay. Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. Our team of professional game designers and developers work together to build visually appealing and captivating games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For developers, Steam Next Fest is an opportunity to get early feedback from players and build an audience for a future launch on Steam. Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Hashi: Light by amiksemo is a minimalist and casual puzzle game with a ton of puzzles to solve.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. But those notes create a basis of a project to build on, ideas being grouped and solidified. So next time I begin daydreaming, I’m not remembering my last idea, I’m building on it.” Try to enjoy the work.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 31, 2023

01:08) It’s kind of like a logic puzzle through code, which is how I look at it. 01:59) Instead of building out more of the game. 04:40) And if you like logic puzzles and you like solving things like that, then coding is probably something that you’re really going to enjoy.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Let us unveil valuable tips and insights to guide beginners in building their iPhone games. Whether you opt for a mind-bending puzzle, an immersive adventure, or a heart-pounding action game, ensure that your idea stands out and resonates with your intended audience. Think about what makes your game unique and captivating.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 11, 2019

We released a first alpha build last week, and we want to keep a relatively short iteration cycle on future alpha and beta builds until the final 3.2 The new official buildsystem that our contributor Hein-Pieter van Braam-Stewart ( hpvb ) set up for us is now quite efficient, so we can roll out builds fast and easily.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Creating Fun Graphics with Python Turtle Using a fun and cheery turtle icon, kids can use Python, a coding language used by the pros, to learn how to draw basic shapes, building up to more elaborate drawings. Working through 16 coding puzzles, kids explore a haunted mansion, fend off zombies and solve mysteries along the way.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. But those notes create a basis of a project to build on, ideas being grouped and solidified. So next time I begin daydreaming, I’m not remembering my last idea, I’m building on it.” Try to enjoy the work.

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