Radiator Blog

AUGUST 12, 2022

My initial blockout relied a lot on a new Trenchbroom 2022 feature "linked groups" , which allows a group of objects to update each other automatically, sort of like instancing -- I made one tree branch segment group, and then duplicated those groups into branches. It wasn't really fun to fight on the actual tree branches.

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Game Refinery

MAY 26, 2022

What really differentiates The Ants from the rest, however, is not just the theme but the game’s mechanics, which give it an entirely different feel from the usual 4X we’re used to. The Ants’ grossing rank graph has remained steady (data from Jan 21 to Apr 21, 2022. Source: GameRefinery SaaS platform).

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. Whoever emerges victorious wins a random assortment of boosters.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I do sometimes have ‘flashes’ -or dreams- of cool ideas like a gameplay mechanic, other times a whole story or environment. The indie community is amazingly helpful, but you will have to fight by yourself with every single element in your own game – and that takes time! What’s the biggest lesson learned from this project?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. As a typical MMORPG feature, players can also challenge others for an open-world fight. So, does it live up to the promise? However, the revenue spikes have been continuously smaller.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

Successful 4X games developers are constantly bringing new gameplay mechanics to stand out in the market as seen in the examples below. 2022 Predictions for 4X games We’ll see even more external IPs in the 4X genre. Unlike with Sniper games, you could move and you were actually fighting other players. 4 High entry barrier.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

The decline of the whole genre in the Western markets was caused by a decline in two of the most significant sub-genres: Brawlers and Fighting Games. A game that really fell during 2022 losing nearly half of its revenues in the process. Globally, time spent grew 25% from 2021 to 2022.

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I just played 9 for the first time through in 2022, and it is incredible.) And basically EVERY SINGLE FIGHT is: dodge roll their moves, then counter attack with all your stuff. But it really doesn’t matter much what skills you take, it changes almost nothing, because there just isn’t much mechanical terrain in this game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s again taking a super simple addictive core game but actually pairing it with a simplified progression mechanic and some amount of live operations. And the progression mechanic result in in-app purchases. If you look at the top 30 new downloaded games in 2022, what you’ll find out is that none of them was a hypercasual game.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Gameplay Mechanics Although both of these titles have many similarities, some key differences have made them unique from each other. This characteristic has created many more contrasts, particularly in the shooting, movement, and overall game mechanics. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic. Fortnite is ahead.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Stunt coordinator Katie Rowe (link to the IMDb profile ) shared with us how crucial the pre-production stage is and script breakdown in particular (you may also be interested in reading Top 7 Best film production management software 2022 ). This mechanism was specially designed for movies, so it has many points for fixing the camera.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies. Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The highest they have been since the start of 2022, at roughly 150% greater than 2023’s baseline install rate. That’s because these new tiered purchase options include an old fan favorite, luck mechanics! Tweets from Frank Keienburg, the GM of Brawl Stars This growth in DAU is also largely due to a resurgence in installs.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series. Now the real world date has caught up with the science fiction, as it always does.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The usage of spells, tactics, and magic items : Mechanics reminiscent of classic puzzle game boosters, but with more limited uses. Puzzle RPGs where the real meat is on the RPG and hero collection mechanics. After a successful Boss fight, the player was shipped off to the next island. Why did these changes not work?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Coin Master truly innovated on a core Casino mechanic by making random chance just one block in the core loop, not the only block. Playtika, Aristocrat, Scientific Games and Huuuge Games continue to fight to hold their market leader positions. If this trend continues, annual revenue growth will be less than 10% by 2022. *

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. As a mobile game, how did Cookie Run: Kingdom accomplish this through its gameplay mechanics? On top of that, the game keeps a guaranteed mechanism to protect the experience of “unlucky” players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

On the other hand, Axie Infinity mashes familiar turn-based gameplay with a Hearthstone-like card battler mechanic. All of this is rooted in the fact that having a card battler mechanic live in the core gameplay greatly increases the player skill ceiling , especially when playing against other players.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

Not only did we finally reveal the first official gameplay trailer for Kristala , but we also took part in a super exciting rapid pitch event held by our friends at Xsolla.and snagged free tickets to the 2022 Game Developers Conference (known as GDC to all the cool kids)! Concept Art.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. In the later game, raid mechanisms become quite rich.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

“Roguelike” was definitely a buzzword among game developers last year in China, and the shockwaves made by the boom can still be felt today – for example, still in May 2022, we spotted three new games that claimed to be “roguelike” entering the Chinese iOS top-grossing top 200 list. source: Wikipedia).

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