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Mind Diver by Indoor Sunglasses “There are shockingly few games about love”

PreMortem.Games

The game is still in early development, but Co-founder and Creative Director Victor Breum firmly believes in the concept: “It’s a delicious detective loop!” “We are six people from six different educational backgrounds who founded Indoor Sunglasses in 2022 after graduating”, Breum explains. 2 hours of engaging puzzles and story.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Thankfully, your faithful crew at DoF are here to try and help you make sense of it, well, at least the very specific part of it related to puzzle games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. It made $5.1

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Pixel Federation goes all-in on AWS with help from Labyrinth Labs

AWS Games

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.’

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Capcom: Over 40 Years in the Market – A Brief History 

Game Errors

Starting with a port of 1942 for the Nintendo Entertainment System also published in 1985, Capcom began focusing on the home console market, which would eventually become its main segment. Targeting international markets, the company had its first hit in 1942, another vertical shooter.

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Maniac Mansion Design Notes

Grumpy Gamer

While cleaning out my storage unit in Seattle, I came across a treasure trove of original documents and backup disks from the early days of Lucasfilm Games and Humongous Entertainment. Gary and I were trying to make sense of the mansion and how the puzzles flowed together. A really early brainstorm of puzzle ideas.

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Tile Busters: Leaving The Reddest Ocean To Find A Blue Spot

Deconstructor of Fun

So, Spyke Games tapped into their puzzle experience from Peak and summoned one of the key elements of every successful puzzle game: Obstacles! Do you lack depth in your puzzle levels? The use of the “Frog” obstacle in Tile Busters (left) and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells (right). Just slap some obstacles!

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How to Leverage Trends and Motivations to Build Better Casual and Hyper-Casual Games

Game Refinery

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. A large part of Fidget Trading’s massive success was due to the popularity of the game concept and familiarity among TikTok users.

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