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How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

The core engine is what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game. Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life. What are game mechanics?

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2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

Deconstructor of Fun

This is done through in-depth research, insights and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. This increase, sliced by subgenre, was driven mostly by Tile Blast and Puzzle & Decorate. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games.

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Clash Mini Faces the Make it or Break it Moment

Deconstructor of Fun

Cosmetics have included multiple new collection mechanisms that grant rewards when acquiring enough of a specific type. This is a standard mechanic (synergies) existing in all other autochess games, and in fact it was quite strange that it wasn’t featured in Clash Mini until now. Source: data.ai

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Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

A broughlike is a variation on a roguelike named after designer Michael Brough , who has spoken before on his design patterns like square tiles, orthogonal movement, turn parity, glitching, limited info, simple maze designs, minimal resources. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player.

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