PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Older gamers tend to play more Puzzle and Match games, while Gen Alpha, Gen Z, and Millennials all lean towards Adventure titles most frequently. Older players spend more on handy purchases like gear and content packs. Younger generations tend to be more used to hopping between different devices. Download the full report here.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Typically highlighting a game’s mechanics in their raw form, even before content and visuals receive their final polish. Aim to show off a vertical slice that is about 80% mechanics-focused and 20% content-focused. Publisher demos are tailored for pitch meetings and potential partnerships.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Thief Puzzle: to pass a level Another new hit with 27M downloads is Thief Puzzle: to pass a level. The game’s monetization strategy is focused primarily on In-app Ads: it has short levels with a big amount of post-level and try-again Interstitial ad placements that allow Thief Puzzle: to pass a level to generate high LTV.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

This strategy can lead to increased retention and deeper interaction with the ad content, ultimately resulting in better conversion rates for advertisers. For example: The puzzle game Royal Match created a simple match-3 playable ad to showcase its core gameplay. Are Playable Ads Working?

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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. This makes sense; in context, why change a formula that works if you don’t need to?

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

Game mechanics include everything from character movement and battle mechanics to puzzle-solving and resource management. They design the layouts, obstacles, and puzzles to create a smooth player experience. In simple terms, they define how the game functions and what determines its success or failure in the game.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

And so, the duo started exploring different ways to turn talking into a puzzle. But for that dialogue to be of a high quality, the game needs a wealth of hand-written content to inspire it. For this to be a First Person Talker -and not just a conversational sim- the conversation itself had to be gamified in some way.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

” “As evident from everyone’s fixation on social media for years, content that humans instinctively find interesting continues to emerge infinitely. We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Manipulate gravity in Spinstar, @PixyDevs 's precision puzzle platformer with great pixel art and music! Terra Ventura by @LogicalProgres3 is a classic isometric action RPG with a ton of content! Dark Crypt. Terra Ventura.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Between one job and another I always tried to include some type of content related to games. 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.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

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. Similar to popular games, the success of viral content is often down to it being relatable and fulfilling certain needs.

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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 Now it’s mostly about creating the content of the levels for me now.” The Swap The initial idea that ignited the project was the core mechanic: The Swap.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

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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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Not only are collaboration events a great way to engage players, but they’re also a great way to boost your game’s monetization through the addition of new content, such as event-exclusive cosmetic items and collectibles. As an example, Granblue Fantasy is an RPG with heavy social ements, while Puzzle & Dragons is a Match3 puzzle game.

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Sirlin

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Join Now Here are things I’d like to do: Add more characters and features to Fantasy Strike Create new tabletop games, and possibly more content for Codex Create digital versions of those tabletop games with good production values. About twice per month, I’m going to share new content / characters / games etc.

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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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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. In many respects, this change isn’t particularly surprising.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Airships: Conquer the Skies is still going strong on Steam and Stark keeps adding new content to the game to keep the community interested. I’m not good with story telling or puzzle design, so combining some expertise would be nice.” The game is successful enough for me to support myself.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

As an example, a puzzle minigame might feature consumable boosters or rewarded ads to help players in the levels, while a more complex standalone minigame might introduce a completely new monetized meta layer. Very nifty way to, for example, map out LiveOps requirements and content of your next live event project.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

TWiG 234: 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood Over 500m Tik Tok users watch gaming content every month, according to Jen's recent trips on the conference circuit, and this audience is one that the crew things you should be building your game thesis around from day one! Deconstructor of Fun Podcast ?

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

“You can solve Lego puzzles or build your own creations on any flat surface in your room. Automatically maps Common to all these AR devices is the ability to consume two-dimensional content through a large, virtual screen dropped into your living space.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. A brief aside on puzzles All three of these are more correctly called puzzles, of course. This means that really, puzzles and games are terms that are matters of degree, not kind.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

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. Looking at the market, there have been plenty of combinations of Puzzle Core + Invest & Express hybrid games attempted. The Twist: The Puzzle Pass.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The mobile hit Empires and Puzzles (E&P) by Small Giant Games (acquired by Zynga) has made over $600M in net-revenues while racking up around 60 million installs. While there have been numerous clones and follow up titles trying to get a piece of the ever growing puzzle RPG pie, none of them has had any meaningful success.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It means a huge chunk of bespoke content won't be played much. You need to look for ways to stretch the content inexpensively. Playing with terrain is a relatively inexpensive way to stretch content, since you have to make terrain anyway. Also, making all-new versions of everything in a huge game, is simply a waste.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Another extremely valuable piece to the puzzle for a project of this scale was setting up Perforce source control, and after spending a few days in the trenches, Simon assisted me in getting the set-up so I could render on an older system while still working. Join the future of filmmaking, content creation, and game development!

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The game also features over 500,000 tactical puzzles alongside various interactive lessons and videos to help players improve their skills. Fans could also access several Clash of Clans and Clash Royale-themed puzzle minigames on the Chess.com website. Paid membership also removes in-game ads for a more seamless experience.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. Game designers must ensure that the artists comprehend the style and mood of the game correctly and provide appropriate visual content. They come up with ways to present the game plot, work out the script and plan the game levels.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes. In the early days of Dimension 11, Africacomicade would repost our content on social media and because their platform has more people engaging, the message went far and wide.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Interactive puzzle games, lesson plans, animated games, skill-building games, worksheets, storybooks, and many more make learning fun. The website covers math, social studies, language and arts, typing, science, creativity, and logic. The game supports young minds to create new skills more efficiently while promoting fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

to assist content creators using AI-based animation Nexon revenues jump 28% year-over-year Roblox revenue up 2% as quarterly losses hit $300 million Web3-based MMO develope r wins $10m in new capital Bandai Namco H1 sales rise above expectations Unity Q3 revenues are up but losses deepen to $239.6m million despite lowest quarter since 2020 ?

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Still, they all provide a similar service: they produce graphics and animation for games, web applications, and other digital content. 3D games require more time and effort from the artist than 2D ones, but they also have many more options for what kind of content they can create. What do Game Art Studios do? Final Words.

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Greenheart Games

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It’s puzzling how a review without text can be against a content policy but even more puzzling is that hand-written reviews like the following one, were also deleted: Awesome little game that is great to play for 5 minutes or 5 hours. The policies page mentioned by Google is divided into two sections.

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Game Errors

MARCH 27, 2023

Table of contents: Update your graphics driver Close Startup and Background apps Tweak Resident Evil 7 graphics settings Verify game files 1. We hope you are solving puzzles and fighting enemies on Resident Evil 7 stutter-free. Update your graphics driver Time needed: 4 minutes. Conclusion There you have it! Happy gaming!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Overall, in the key Western markets, MMORPGs, Roguelikes, Merge and Puzzle genres largely bucked the recession in terms of revenue. At the same time, cross-platform open-world RPG Genshin Impact continues to break new ground, crossing its $3 Billion in IAP Spend in Q2 2022. Until next week. ?

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Filmustage

JULY 31, 2023

Despite dealing with factual content, documentaries use artistic storytelling techniques, including narrative structures, visual aesthetics, and sound design, to bring the story alive. Image source: IMDb.com Funding and distribution are the final pieces of the documentary puzzle. Creative storytelling ? Visual artistry ? :

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