Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Remnant II creative director David Adams discusses the path to making games as replayable as possible through procedural generation.

Puzzle 335

Puzzle Games 335

Unity Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

Mairi Nolan, lead game designer at Eleven Puzzles, shares the importance of verbal interaction and how the team built communication into the studio’s latest release Unsolved Case.

Communications 83

Communications Puzzle Build Game Design 83

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 15, 2023

This article discusses and compares male and female stereotypes in gaming for the purpose of analyzing common societal perceptions. This is a much-dreaded question game developers ask themselves at every stage of game development. This is a much-dreaded question game developers ask themselves at every stage of game development.

Puzzle 98

Puzzle Games Animation Animation 98

Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team. Three bows.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Electronics 52

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 9, 2023

Over 100,000 students across Alberta puzzled their way to freedom and participated in the educational programs that taught them how to make their own escape rooms. We would send people around the world – dealing with the same pandemic as us – an escape game in the mail! And just like that Escape Mail was born.

Puzzle 104

Puzzle Art Concepts Educational 104

Game Wisdom

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The Most Puzzling Games of 2022 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com. The puzzle genre continues to be a favorite with a wide variety of games to check out for 2022.… … The post The Most Puzzling Games of 2022 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Games 52

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This story is about the work that went on behind-the-scenes, learning from feedback, and adapting to create a game that pushes the genre in a new direction.

Puzzle 180

Puzzle Games 180

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Mind Diver is an intriguing detective game where you travel in time to fix broken memories from a relationship, investigate the events of one fateful night and unravel the case of a lost loved one. Mind Diver is our first commercial game together, but we have worked on everything from tiny experimental solo games to The Division 2.”

Puzzle 240

Puzzle Games Asset Educational 240

Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

** SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET. Game design isn't a destination, it's a journey and this was one of the stops along the way. There are some fun puzzles in here but they all were cut for a reason, mostly pacing but sometimes because it wasn't as interesting as we thought.

Puzzle 98

Puzzle Game Design Game Designer Games 98

Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. Gone Home anchors its story focus with voice acting, narration, simpler puzzles, and wry realism. There are 9 puzzles. Which means this isn't just a puzzle game.

Puzzle 69

Puzzle Games Mechanics Baking 69

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery.

Puzzle 254

Puzzle Prototyping Art Communications 254

Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile 52

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The newest addition game from Mascot Bro Studio is TILT which is a physic gravity type game similar to portal series.

Puzzle 128

Puzzle Studios Games 128

Code with Mike

MARCH 8, 2023

But, I’m glad I stuck with it as it’s needed to solve door puzzles in Hogwarts Legacy. The Arithmancy puzzle doors are easily solved with some simple counting and very […] The post How To Solve Door Puzzles In Hogwarts Legacy appeared first on CodeWithMike. Don’t worry though, it’s super simple math.

Puzzle 59

Puzzle Games 59

Cocos

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 16, 2024

Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hello hallo, we are the development team of the indie game InOutPath, and as the development of the game is getting better and better, we have now made the Steam page of InOutPath available. The address is as follows: Switch on Steam InOutPath (steampowered.com) A lot of emotions as a member of an indie game team.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2023

The studio was quietly formed in 2022 by a group of former King, Seriously, and Next Games developers.

Puzzle 190

Puzzle AI Mobile Mobile 190

Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

I’ve not seen many 3D games developed in Cocos Creator especially a pc game as it’s fairly new compared to other 3D engines available in the market. This looks really good. I’ve added it to my steam wishlist. All the best guys I’m looking forward for the release. Also Thanks for sharing the technical details it’s really insightful.

Game Developer 52

Game Developer Game Development Puzzle Development 52

Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

It’s “Phi Brain: Puzzle of God!” ” Plot: The plot is rather basic: the main character gains a special MacGuffin and is forced to wear it after solving the puzzle attached to it. If that sounds like Yu-Gi-Oh you’d be right, but this series doesn’t deal with a trading card game.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Animation Animation Art 52

Cocos

JANUARY 14, 2024

In fact, there are many 3D games made with Cocos Creator now. The team is preparing a video to show some good projects made with Cocos Creator in 2023, will be released soon. Just stay tuned.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Does it mean if you do not do encryption, when you package the game for steam, someone can get the source code with no cost? Would be nice to dig a bit deeper into it We built a comfortable path planning tool based on cce.gizmos api. I also dont understand about the need for encryption. Can you explain it a bit more?

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Chatting with a game designer friend the other day and we were bemoaning the state of adventure game puzzles and it got us talking. So I was wondering what is your favorite puzzle in Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island or any other classic point-and-click game? What makes a puzzle good?

Puzzle 40

Puzzle Point and Click Game Design Game Designer 40

Game Developer

JUNE 6, 2023

Encouragement, routine, and reinforcement are crucial to retraining neural pathways.

Puzzle 220

Puzzle Games 220

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 30, 2023

With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. AI affects game design The project’s trajectory shifted with the integration of AI tools.

AI 190

AI Game Developer Game Development Point and Click 190

Cocos

JANUARY 16, 2024

Wow, thanks so much! Indeed, I was not able to find much information about it and got confused if such logic would need to be done on the C++ side of the project or if the TS codebase would solve it.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 14, 2024

Of course, I’d be happy to. When it comes to native resolution switching implementation on PC. Please excuse me. With my shallow cocos knowledge reserve, I know cocos itself does not provide an out-of-the-box API for this. Here we need to implement it ourselves.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Cross platform 52

Cocos

JANUARY 14, 2024

Thanks so much for sharing this extensive experience while building for native platforms, it definitely will encourage more people from the community to believe in the tool’s capabilities and trust to pursue more complex projects.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Cocos

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hello, regarding the first part I just upgraded spline-tool to version 3.8.1. Our path planning/pathfinding mainly relies on the spline-tool which relies on the cce api. my upgraded code repository is in spline-tool , the original repository can be Good to learn part of the cce api usage, look into it if you are interested.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Electronics Game Developer Game Development 52

GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

Industry veterans Tina Merry and Carina Kom have formed a new studio, Simply Sweet Games. Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, Simply Sweet Games is a fully remote studio that is currently developing its inaugural mobile title – the roguelike word puzzle Criss Cross Castles.

Electronics 102

Electronics AAA Puzzle Mobile 102

GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 17, 2024

Looking at Schell Games' recent output, it's pretty easy to spot a common thread.

Technology 120

Technology Horror Puzzle Studios 120

Sirlin

JANUARY 26, 2022

Puzzle Strike 2’s expansion, called Bold Adventures, has four new community bank decks as well as 10 more characters. This card lets Quince steal the scepter at opportune times, which is not something any other character in the game can do. Wartime Tactics is possibly the most versatile card in the game. Gloria, Hopeful Healer.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Engine Engineering Beta 52

Unity Blog

APRIL 29, 2024

Gem Hunter Match, a new official Unity sample, shows you how a 2D puzzle match-3 game can stand out from the competition with eye-catching lighting and visual effects created in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity 2022 LTS.

Puzzle 102

Puzzle Render Games Platformer 102

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. Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable and relevant information along with tips, tools and solutions to help you grow your business.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Mobile Mobile Advertising 52

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The game is the debut of Swiss indie game studio Naraven Games. Co founder and writer Julia Jean found inspiration for the game in her fascination for the ordinary. “I Compelling puzzles And so the team built the game around the story. Absolutely! Even a bit too much, maybe”, says Jean. A rubber duck!’.

Puzzle 104

Puzzle Technology Games Code 104

GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 4, 2024

The cozy puzzle game about organising household items was created by Max Inferno, a development team consisting of Anne Macmillan (art and animation) and Lukas Steinman (design and programming). It started as a game jam concept that was expanded upon and added to Itch.io, where it frequently found itself at the top of the charts.

Puzzle 136

Puzzle Indy Concepts Animation 136