Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Empires and Puzzles regularly takes the top spot in Puzzle RPG category in the West (when Dokkan is having a post event hangover).

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 5, 2023

I had the idea of packaging information on the mass extinction crisis in a game where you solve puzzles and problems. Professional Voice Actor He spent the next two years working on the narrative-driven puzzle game. I started writing the story that the player hears while progressing through the levels.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. I played around with a few ideas and one of them was a simple cube rolling puzzle game. So I made a shift in puzzle design to negate that. This is never a good thing.”

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

And so, the duo started exploring different ways to turn talking into a puzzle. For us, it’s imperative to demonstrate a new mode of working with AI that incorporates high quality original writing as a foundational puzzle-piece. Best of all it’s a tried and tested gameplay set-up, like in LA Noire.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

Remember, the goal when writing a design document is to help provide a road map for the feature or system you’re working on. When I write a design document, I usually try to address the following: High level goal - What is this feature/system/puzzle/etc. The more practice you get in, the easier the doc-writing will become.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

I’ve wanted to write about Exit Games for a while, but it’s tricky! The game is full of mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. Some of the puzzles in Exit Games, much like in real-life Escape Rooms, are devilishly hard. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

“It was all about puzzle design, analytical thinking, and understanding player agency and mechanics”, she says. ” Animation, writing and marketing are the three majors Simpson decided to take. My course covers writing and animating for games, which I enjoy. She explains, “It is really time-consuming.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

The best music is stuff like silly songs they write for the dog chasing sequences. The worst stuff is when they have to write the 18th Epic Trailer Edit version of One Winged Angel. And the Queen’s Blood puzzles are extremely well designed. I do feel like even the composers started to get bored near the end, though.

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The Bottom Feeder

AUGUST 30, 2023

Because, at their hearts, Zelda games are puzzle games with a bit of combat bolted on. Puzzle games are a niche genre. They put years into writing it, finished it, and spent another year polishing it! Remember, this is a puzzle game at heart. Soon, I'll write a bit about the bad choices, which are all pretty interesting.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 31, 2023

They’re going to write the code for the player to jump, move, attack, interact, use the menu and everything else that the game consists of. 01:08) It’s kind of like a logic puzzle through code, which is how I look at it. And in this course we’re going to solve a lot of those logic puzzles. It’s okay.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

things about making and writing about games for 30 years is the patterns you get to see. I have to confess at this point that I was inspired to write this by seeing multiple discussions on Twitter/X. Yet, I'm going to have a full career writing indie games. Don't Write a Manifesto! Write a great game that inspires.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Understanding this can help you (and me) to write more popular and effective games. You might as well write your Game Manifesto. This often inspires ambitious young people to write their MANIFESTO about the TRUE MEANING OF VIDEO GAMES. "I One is overcoming: Defeating puzzles, challenges, other people. Everyone else has.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Especially since the game seeks to dominate the puzzle genre, which is the largest and arguably the most competitive genre in mobile games. Early revenue per download data shows that it outperforms other Classic Match-3 titles and is as strong as full Puzzle & Decorate games, suggesting that players like the direction. It made $5.1

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Game Daily

AUGUST 23, 2023

” Little Nightmares 3 Bandai Namco dropped an announcement trailer for the third installment in the distinctive platform, puzzle, and stealth series. The new game tells the story of a fiction author trapped in a nightmare dimension, and trying to write his way out.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. It’s the combination of art, coding, music, sound design, graphic design, writing, acting, animation, sculpture, and then at the end you can play it! Especially an indie 2D side scroller puzzle game.

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Game Daily

MAY 9, 2023

In a “ fireside chat ” with IGN senior reporter Rebekah Valentine, Gilbert talks enthusiastically about the power of narrative games, and how writing for games has changed so much over the years. But he regrets the loss of creative spontaneity that came as part and parcel of early game writing.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2023

While his creative process involves writing down ideas constantly, Breton admits to implementing many things ‘on the fly’, particularly dialogue and interactions. I write down ideas constantly, most often the best ideas come when I’m about to sleep at night. Puzzles are also adapted for blindness.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What inspired me to write about them is their approach to User Acquisition (UA) and how UA and creative findings impact their product roadmap. The misleading ad push was succeeded by the famous "Pull the pin" puzzle-style ads that put Evony and Hero Wars on the map in the past few years. The initial push with misleading ads from 2019.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. It’s the combination of art, coding, music, sound design, graphic design, writing, acting, animation, sculpture, and then at the end you can play it! Especially an indie 2D side scroller puzzle game.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I just assumed game development involved writing code all day.” I’m not good with story telling or puzzle design, so combining some expertise would be nice.” Then he discovered the Unreal Engine and everything changed. While he enjoys the freedom of developing games by himself at his own pace, Splenbit wouldn’t mind working in a team.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2021

We write super-retro, super-low-budget games that don't look great. The answer is: Writing. If I was, I'd be writing books nobody buys because nobody buys books anymore. I cherish the games that do it well, sigh at the games that don't, and quietly pull my hair out when a game with really shaky writing gets hailed as high art.

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 27, 2014

First pass at some puzzles on Monkey Island. Just writing ideas down. Very early brainstorming about ideas and story. I'm surprised "get milk and bread" doesn't appear on this. Map when ship sailing was more top-down and direct controlled.

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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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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 18, 2022

A pair of moral puzzles for your enjoyment. Situation Number Two I write computer fantasy role-playing games. I write humor and video games to make people happier, and I'm not a sociopath. I don’t write to hurt people. And I'm still writing games with spiders in them. You did this. Put yourself in my shoes.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It's a very fun game with very unusual writing, and it's extremely and deservedly popular. But it's just pretty standard puzzle-solving and troll-dodging. When you want to get to the puzzle-solvy and the zappy-zappy, there's no time for idle chit chat. So write what you want. Write what feels true to you.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

Through a series of cookery puzzles and dialog choices, players are immersed in Tamil culture, and the family’s emotive saga. ” When I interviewed Abhi, I was thinking a lot about non-violent games for this GameDaily story we ran yesterday, and for an upcoming story I’m writing for The Economist.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Nevertheless, Puzzle RPGs look to be at their peak while Idle RPG revenues have already declined.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. Choice is limited – this is much more of a mystery and puzzle-type game. The writing is rich with story, and it’s easy for the player to get lost in the world that Magium has created. Conflict: 10/10. Change: 9/10. Choice: 10/10. Published in 2016.

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Game Errors

JULY 20, 2023

The Unholy is a new addition to the industry that features a creepy and twisted world where you will need to explore and solve various puzzles and go through the storyline. If any questions about this topic appear, you can write in the comment box. Horror, mysterious games are always special for some gamers. Sounds interesting?

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 30, 2014

There wasn't a formal design document for the game, just the large complete puzzle dependency chart I keep on my wall. Posting these is easier then writing actual blob entries. Also, this is not the "design document", they are just notes and ideas I'd jotted down. I have no idea where that went to. Many more to come.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

When I write, music is helpful. Lancelot's Hangover: After beta testing, what do you do if you realize a series of puzzles doesn't work. Do you cut off the whole series of the puzzles (meaning wasting time/art/effort)? Do you keep most art and animations but rebuild the whole series of puzzle in a different way?

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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. Introducing minigames into your game also provides an opportunity to add new monetization elements.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Suppose you are designing artwork for a puzzle game, a minimalist art style with simple shapes and clean lines will suffice as they assist players in concentrating on the gameplay. Make sure the writing is readable and simple to read and use labels and icons that are clear and succinct.

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

The fantasy world, puzzles, and amazing storyline of this LOTR game can blow your mind. If you have any questions, write them in the comment box. The new anticipated game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, won’t launch on your PC in specific situations. But, if you follow this article, you will be able to solve this problem.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Brandon asked me to write a few guest posts for you all to give the perspective on games from someone who plays, but isn’t what most would consider a “hobby board gamer.” I’ll also be writing future posts like: . I actually forgot about this game until I sat down to write this post.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But I DO Write Games For a Living I try out lots and lots of video games. Each has a puzzle you have to solve, and the puzzles all use different abilities and parts of the engine. Paying doesn’t get you anything extra, but the handful of people who do pay really inspire me to keep writing these. Wise choice.

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