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Video game mechanics: A Beginner’s Guide

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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.

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Why NYT’s Connections makes you feel bad

Raph Koster

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. Sudoku is a machine; a given Sudoku layout is an individual puzzle.

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

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Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Previously at King and Glu. It made $5.1

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2021 Predictions #2 Will the Hypercasual Party Ever Stop???

Deconstructor of Fun

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. Special thanks for the Hybridcasual design insights to Abhimanyu Kumar , founder of Naavik consulting.

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2021 Predictions #6 Casino Games on Mobile Post Lockdowns and IDFA Depreciation

Deconstructor of Fun

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. The latter is a particularly new approach and is something we expect to see grow across genres next year.

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What’s next for Rovio? 7 Questions that Paint the Picture.

Deconstructor of Fun

The failure of a new Angry Birds game with a slingshot mechanic must have been a blow to the organization. What we can’t see in the numbers below is the ad revenue generated by both the Angry Birds portfolio and the hypercasual games produced by the Turkish Ruby Games, which Rovio acquired a few years ago.

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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. A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters.

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