Brand Game Development

JANUARY 28, 2019

It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. The dice are bright and pretty, as are the puzzle boards on which you build stained glass arrangements of dice. It is also a smashing success of a game – so let’s talk about why that is. Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

When I was a neophyte game developer, I found an excellent article by Wizards of the Coast, creators of Magic: the Gathering , called Ten Things Every Game Needs. This two-part article was so influential in my initial design of War Co. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process. To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Currently in charge of systems design at Trailmix. And Hypercasual games would be on par with Slots games.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Compelling puzzles And so the team built the game around the story. The gameplay mechanics and puzzles all came from the question ‘what fun things could we mess with inside a phone’. We ended up kind of struggling to really create a sense of progression and compelling puzzles.” Absolutely! Lucie then added them.”

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2023

What began as a casual endeavor gradually evolved into a fully-fledged studio as the game’s success solidified their path. Now, with the new game A Void Hope coming up on almost 3 years of development, Forslind finds himself juggling his roles as both CEO and Game Designer of his company called Elden Pixels.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. ” It also inspired him to come up with a setting for the game. “We

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iHobo

MARCH 29, 2023

Time-constraints do make games more exciting, but they also exclude certain players who do not want to feel that stressed when they are playing games. For the most part, however, the thrill-seeking motive is something that everyone enjoys, provided the game doesn't take it too far. Yet players still have fun doing it.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

However, developing games has become very time-consuming and expensive. This is why game art studios have emerged over the past decade. Instead of working on the next big blockbuster title alone, game art studios help companies create their titles with minimal financial investment. What is a Game Art Studio?

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Played with Fire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

How do you design VR games to challenge and attract advanced players at the same time? The challenge for VR game developers lies in designing mechanics that are both challenging and appealing to advanced players. Here there is no discount – the physics of the game must be at the highest possible level.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

And so, we quickly realised the potential to form a bit of a ‘Super Group’ by bringing Game Design and AI Tech together. And so, the duo started exploring different ways to turn talking into a puzzle. Talented humans Keane is keen to talk about the ethical use of AI in game development.

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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. But the end is here, the game is out now on steam. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. Why did you become a solo developer? “I’ve

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Sirlin

APRIL 4, 2015

We discuss the development of the revised printing of Flash Duel. Flash Duel is a simple and fast card game that in high level play ended up being bogged down by lengthy calculations. We talk about the design changes that address this as well as at least one tricky balance puzzle we faced.

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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. But the end is near, the game will release on steam sometime in the foreseeable future. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 31, 2023

This video explores the challenges and responsibilities of game programming and the complex roles they undertake beyond coding which includes extensive problem-solving, research, experimentation, and, most importantly, debugging. Lesson 2 Transcript So what is a game programmer? And for me, that’s kind of what makes it fun.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the reasons why hyper-casual games are so popular is due to how quick and easy they are to make. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. There are other ways to build a game on a budget. BitLife has developed quite a bit over the last couple of years.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When it comes to game development, visuals do matter. Developing high-quality and impressive graphics is an essential step that requires a great deal of time, effort, and skill. However, when choosing a method for the game’s visual presentation, many people reach a dead end, and numerous questions arise. Fantasy Realism.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

He decided to start his own indie game development studio, Overwrite Interactive , and create a video game from scratch. For Alan's video game to come to fruition, he needed a team of capable artists to help him. The team updated the game earlier this year to include health bars. Gerel battling enemies. Dogyeong L.

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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.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Node Developer - 4. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive. The game supports young minds to create new skills more efficiently while promoting fun. Simple, engaging, and colourful interface developed to keep children busy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

You can't manually choose to target, because that part of the puzzle is solved by the algorithm. Learn more about what mobile players are thinking and doing to help inform ad creative development by reading Google’s Mobile Insights Report and Puzzle Mobile Genre Report.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Being located in Istanbul just like the original developer of Zen Match , Spyke Games must have been inspired by their success story. Adding the fact that some of the co-founders worked at Peak (that developed two successful blast titles in Toy Blast & Toon Blast ), they went ahead with their own take on the Tile Match subgenre.

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Honkai Impact 3rd stands out as one of the best mobile gaming apps for action enthusiasts with its captivating storyline and dynamic combat system. Two Dots For those who appreciate puzzle games with a minimalist design, Two Dots is a true gem.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In my last post about Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Z:TotK for short), a very popular game, I suggested that people would be interested in thoughtful criticism of slightly older games, once the dust has settled and people had the chance to calmly reflect about them. Most people don't actually care about deep dives into game design.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

After a year of development, Tasty Humans raised $20,536 on Kickstarter. It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. We could not be happier with how the campaign turned out, and the game is available for pre-order now !

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

But what makes this deconstruction imperative read for designers, product managers, marketers, and executives is how Futureplay Games with the support from Plarium doubled down on the game resulting in massive growth over two years after the launch of the game! The primary pinch point of the game was storage.

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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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Game Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

Jordan Weisman, best known for developing the likes of BattleTech and MechWarrior, recently unveiled a new project, called Adventure Forge. It’s a creativity tool that allows users to make their own story-based games, ranging from text adventures to isometric RPGs. GameDaily spoke to Weisman about his new project.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Special thanks for the Hybridcasual design insights to Abhimanyu Kumar , founder of Naavik consulting. They’ve paved the way in many ways.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

The minute a supercell game is released, a thousand slack notifications go off. Mobile developers look up their fake AppStore accounts and download with excitement wondering what the new game could be. It’s like this because each new game has a history of defining a genre. The Core Game Loop. Puzzle Pass.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But over the course of development, the narrative grew. Ideas for the game’s content were inspired mainly from movies and TV shows, while the game designs came from the games the team loves to play, like Everquest for the open world concept and The Vanishing Hitchhiker for the atmosphere. “For

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

Even though we will always recommend new users to go the GDScript route, because we know it's the least hassle option, we understand that developers have different needs and experiences, and that believing in "one size fits all" is a mistake. Why other languages, then? Allow programmers to set up their scenes, AI, etc. As Godot 2.2

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Grumpy Gamer

AUGUST 10, 2014

In part 1 of 1 in my series of articles on games design, let's delve into one of the (if not THE) most useful tool for designing adventure games: The Puzzle Dependency Chart. Gary and I didn't have Puzzle Dependency Charts for Maniac Mansion, and in a lot of ways it really shows. It's Sunday.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Because as humans, it’s really important for us to feel that the game is fair, which we’re going to spend a lot of time talking about fairness and what that is and how exactly to implement that in games. (03:57) If we take another 87% shot and we miss again, then we start feeling like the game is unfair.

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