Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We talked about the emerging Tile Match subgenre in a previous article and also deconstructed its first success story with Zen Match in another. Thus, Tile Busters was born. Before delving into the game and its details, it is worth noting how the metagame of Tile Busters is constructed. And pivot that they did.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 3, 2017

Remember that no marathoner ever finished a race before sweating and huffing through their first belabored mile many months – or years – prior. Take away the objective and you’ve got free-form entertainment. What is a game? In short, a game is a fun activity involving an objective, constraints, and interaction.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Tasty Humans is a 30-60 minute, tile-laying, pattern-building game for 1-4 players. Carcassonne is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. But every tile that you claim affects what your rivals can take next. Are you excited? Hobby Board Games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Tile Blast games, defined largely by Peak Games, continued smooth sailing. Peak is stable and controls its sub-genre of tile blasting. Rovio’s Angry Birds Dream Blast was a great fresh take combining tile blasting and physical puzzle. Bubble Shooters also continued to decline in terms of revenue despite growth of downloads.

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