Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

The duo had recently departed from Relic Entertainment, where they had worked on titles such as Age of Empires 4 and Company of Heroes 2, to establish their own company, Lifetap Studios. Fortunately with so much water all around the player is never too far from a refill to keep the fight going.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2020

Day-1 retention shows how fun and entertaining your core gameplay is. Due to that fact, the impact of live operations and adding new content for old users in such games is a much bigger lever than new user acquisition. Getting into an auto-battler like Riot’s Team Fight Tactics is very difficult.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Follow-up attempts at replicating the success of Pokémon GO by integrating AR mechanics into other IP-based games were met with disappointing figures, resulting in job losses and sudden cancellations. It’s an entertaining game in its own right, revolving around solid tapping and swiping controls that players must master to succeed.

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Game Errors

JUNE 20, 2023

Mortal Kombat 11 has brought plenty of reasons to be in the collection of every fighting game fan. A very rich package of single and multiplayer content is exactly what we expect from the NetherRealm studio, and we can already conclude that this is the most entertaining and mechanically well-rounded Mortal Kombat so far.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. In terms of content, the plot of Cookie Run: Kingdom advances very quickly while maintaining a grip on the details of the characters. What was Cookie Run: Kingdom ’s secret to success?

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The usage of spells, tactics, and magic items : Mechanics reminiscent of classic puzzle game boosters, but with more limited uses. Puzzle RPGs where the real meat is on the RPG and hero collection mechanics. And the meta component outside the main puzzle gameplay is more limited. The full post can be found here.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. So to survive fights for the first half of the game, you have to trust the level designers to leave enough health consumables around, Doom / Quake style. no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power). Limited regen (e.g.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. In the later game, raid mechanisms become quite rich.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

This deconstruction will cover: The game’s core loop Why having chosen a basic match-3 mechanic was a safe bet What other games have tried The game’s features and to which kinds of players it caters How time-limited offers and events are run successfully. The entertainment value of E&P’s core-game experience is disputable.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

It’s the fault of developers for not exploring new kinds of stories, new kinds of worlds, new kinds of mechanics and so on. Added: A helpful comparison here would be to look at Black Isle’s 1997 game Fallout , along with Obsidian Entertainment’s 2019 game Outer Worlds. This isn’t the fault of players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

King lost third of downloads but woke up towards the end of the year to fight back for downloads. The biggest string-matching game by far is Best Fiends, which is categorized as a Puzzle RPG due to its progression mechanic. Some will be straight copies of Merge Dragons; but we’ll also see eccentric takes on both mechanics and theme.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Live services : Over the years, the game hasn’t lost its step and has continued to provide fresh content regularly. To do so, Supercell focuses on fresh Live Services content and on investing in esports, partnerships, community, and other top-of-the-funnel marketing campaigns. the Order Board revolutionized farming games).

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As you and your fellow monsters toss around the village king, you attract a steady buffet of adventurers who try – poorly – to put up a fight! Replayable: enough story content to play approximately three times with different stories each time “ There are a lot of options, like the below, so here are some links to get you started!

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