PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

What caught my attention wasn’t just her confidence on the panel but the fact that she was not only a student pursuing three majors at Wits University she was also the Lead Concept artist at Chroma Pixel Games , a game studio based in Zambia. I draw concepts, and the 3D Modelers bring them to life.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. Naoum calls himself a jack of all trades, a master of none, so going solo on game development made a lot of sense. Why did you become a solo developer? “I’ve Is this mechanic fun?

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. This initial step is like setting the course for your game development journey.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. Naoum calls himself a jack of all trades, a master of none, so going solo on game development made a lot of sense. Why did you become a solo developer? “I’ve Is this mechanic fun?

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

As the mobile gaming market continues to expand, mobile game developers must find ways to make their games stand out in a crowded marketplace. All these and more are key to developing a successful game, and this article will focus mainly on tips that serve as art production solutions for developers. So, let’s dive in!

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

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. That’s the core concept from Voodoo.

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Played with Fire

APRIL 14, 2022

If you look at the development of computer games, you’ll find that indie games have always existed, only now they have a much better channel of distribution. As indie games are often developed by less than 10 people, their development can be influenced by a smaller but more passionate and supportive community.

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Big Games

AUGUST 19, 2021

Many gaming companies and developers are trying to develop interactive and engaging games to attract gamers. A good game should have an impressive storyline, extensive gameplay, amazing graphics, incredible sound effects, brilliant user engagement mechanics, and monetization strategies.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're just joining us, welcome! You can listen to our episode of the Game Raven Review podcast right meow!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Written by Michail Katkoff , games executive and founder of Deconstructor of Fun, and Niek Tuerlings , Senior Game Designer and author of popular game development blog Ludocious.com. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 1, 2019

Once you craft the basic concepts of your game and find the right mechanics to express them , you have to set rules. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. This idea developed into what ultimately became the backbone for scoring in Tasty Humans. So how do you do it?

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. Kitka Games’ Stumble Guys. Stumble Guys. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But we know that if you get the player engaged or focused on something in the world – a puzzle or environmental storytelling -then they’re very susceptible to being suddenly scared. Molly Maloney: One of the great things about video games is the expectation of training mechanics.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Concept Art. Kristala at Play NYC 2021.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Hello, and welcome to the official Kristala dev blog, where we break down the development process for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala each month. Featuring the latest releases from studios large and small—and from developers old and new—Play NYC celebrates every facet of gaming in a way that only the Big Apple can. Concept Art.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. We believe this will be a trend across genres, in no small part due to the ongoing success of Playrix’s puzzle apps Homescapes , Gardenscapes , and Fishdom. Access all of our previous predictions. Signup for the newsletter.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. If you're new 'round these parts, let us help you get properly acquainted. 3D Modeling.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Mobile developers look up their fake AppStore accounts and download with excitement wondering what the new game could be. A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Playing levels awards stars , which are used to earn coins in the Puzzle Pass. The Core Game Loop.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I joined Voodoo in Berlin with the goal to open a new studio that would develop new types of games (i.e. Do you have a concept in mind?” Will you make another puzzle game?”. Some of the puzzle games I’ve worked on. Puzzles are one of the biggest market categories and it continues to grow each year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. A developer that I find particularly successful at this is Wildlife Studios (previously known as Fun Games For Free ). Archero is the best example of this.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

In other words, villagers are the pacing mechanisms in the game. Nevertheless, Everdale is not a placement puzzle like a typical city-building game. The valley has several community buildings that players can cooperatively invest resources in to develop. Further developments in the game might turn this around.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Though it is easily overlooked, especially for newer devs focused more on the nitty-gritty of game development, the atmosphere is a crucial component for any successful release. Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. The best way to understand the atmosphere may be through an example.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Concept Art. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! Up next for Harold?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. One of the most popular monetization mechanics is the subscription-based battle pass , which was introduced via Valve’s DOTA 2 in 2013 but popularized by the worldwide phenomenon, Fortnite.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Marketing is best understood as an ongoing process that breathes itself into everything you do as a self-publishing board game developer. This concept is called product-market fit. A puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players.”

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I’m starting pre-pre-development on an RPG of my own, and so this is something I’m thinking about a lot for that game. I think this argument doesn’t hold any water.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

The 1P videogames I’ve always dreamed of had these qualities: Mechanically deep and systemically driven – perhaps even if that means it’s got a learning curve. Indeed, one of the main starting points for the design was that it wouldn’t be a puzzle, standing in contrast to the highly puzzle-like nature of Advance Wars.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

We know it's been a miiinute since we've shared some in-depth development updates from Kristala with you, but we're SUPER STOKED for you to see everything we've been working on since the last time we met. GDC is the game industry's premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft. Concept Art.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. Market mechanisms could change, introducing new auction formats, changing fee structures, or adding new asset types and derivatives. The reveal itself can be engrossing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Coin Master truly innovated on a core Casino mechanic by making random chance just one block in the core loop, not the only block. This can be seen in the image below, where Simulation, Merge Puzzle and MOBA titles from Big Fish and Plarium are currently in soft-launch. More on this in our 2020 Puzzle predictions post.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the main problems in Clash Mini is the strong similarity with Clash Royale , the other Supercell auto battler whose gameplay and unit mechanics are very similar. This is an existential threat to Clash Mini since the lack of innovation in-unit mechanics was among the top reasons why Rush Wars failed to captivate players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 12, 2023

The timing of the Floodrush beta is puzzling because playing Squad Busters just before Floodrush remarks the weaknesses in the latter. I find the comparison unavoidable: They share many similarities and core concepts. This consumable item mechanic is the same in Squad Busters, which speaks of knowledge sharing between the teams.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Space Ape also positioned itself as a highly efficient operator of live games: Their whole mantra was unlocking as many developers as possible to work on new games by creating tools to operate live games efficiently. allows sharing of features and codebase, leading to faster development cycles. grants internal benchmarks for testing.

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