PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 15, 2024

The studio was founded in May 2023 in Novi Sad, Serbia and Let Bions Be Bygones is their debut title. “We’re With my artistic background, I focused less on programming and mechanics, and more on storytelling and visuals.” “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself. “We’re

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The studio was founded in May 2023 in Novi Sad, Serbia and Let Bions Be Bygones is their debut title. “We’re With my artistic background, I focused less on programming and mechanics, and more on storytelling and visuals.” “I decided to make a game that I can do by myself. “We’re

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Players around the world are wondering what is the Valorant rank distribution for 2023, as they seek to navigate the dynamic landscape of competitive play. The ranks you achieve aren’t just markers of progress; they are reflections of your commitment to mastering the game’s mechanics and strategies. Silver 3.1.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

Drawing inspiration from their own experiences in bouldering, the team sought to incorporate the exhilarating mechanics of climbing into the game. To strike a balance, the team aimed to automate as much of the body movements as possible while retaining the meaningful choices that players make while climbing.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Subway Surfers was the most popular game for three consecutive years, with 218 million downloads in 2023, 304 million in 2022, and 191 million in 2021. Core Mechanics of an Endless Runner Game Game mechanics make a video game engaging and challenging for players. Get in touch for 20-mins of free consultation.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon has found investment backing from the likes of Bitkraft, Delphi Ventures, and Mechanism Capital raising $13 million in a round announced earlier this year. So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” ”The drop that began to take shape in H2 2022 continued and even accelerated in 2023. “In

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix. He stressed that games should hold true to the brand’s values, citing Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes as a perfect product-market fit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 1, 2024

King, when they ruled the casual puzzle space, chose to expand the breadth of their casual portfolio: Bubble Witch Saga (bubble shooter), Pet Rescue Saga (collapse/blast), Diamond Digger Saga (digging/water flow mechanic), Blossom Blast Saga (linker), Pyramid Solitaire , etc. Golems in action.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole. Where did it go wrong?" , MIT Technology Review, 9 Feb 2023.) They still need to balance this pre-production with finishing the studio's other projects too. What's the balance? Again, what's the balance here?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

So of course, when Clash Mini and Supercell social networks started teasing about something big coming up in December 2023, many of us thought it was the global launch. … But there are also deeply impactful changes to the gameplay , which expand the new gameplay direction that was established in the July 2023 update. It was not.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

It looks like these are not enough to stop Tactile , the Danish studio behind smash hit Lily’s Garden , from working on a new title since they launched their latest game Makeover Match in March 2023. Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

This year’s major release was of course Beta 11 “Mechanical Renaissance,” in the works for 17 (!) months, and a massive set of new toys, challenges , revamped mechanics , and more. I can’t promise that one will happen in 2023, but I will at least say it’s not impossible. So we’re done, right?

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

In January 2024, Appannie recognized Microfun as the 16th leading Chinese game makers by overseas revenue, an improvement from their debut in the top 30 in January 2023. We will now go through many aspects of what the game is, but keep in mind that we will be looking at the balancing and pricing for one player account in this piece.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

On February 14, 2023, Ilkka Paananen published a public letter “ The Next Chapter of Supercell ”. From the start of 2023 to the end of September, Brawl Stars was earning around $260k a day. The highest they have been since the start of 2022, at roughly 150% greater than 2023’s baseline install rate.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market. Casual Games went Hybrid: These are tailored for a broad audience with straightforward mechanics, usually aim to sustain player engagement to boost revenue via ad monetization. Apps vs. Games The balance between apps and games in the mobile market is shifting.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

The initial plan was to launch a Kickstarter in February of 2023, but back in early December I realized we were going to have to push that back. It’s not that it’s unworkable, but given what I was going for – a smooth card game – it was a bad core mechanism. Not exactly, as I’ll show, but largely.

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This episode is sponsored by Autodesk AU 2023 | November 13-15 in Las Vegas ⁠ ⁠ My conversation with Brian Canary, a seasoned game designer, reveals the intricacies of the industry’s shifting dynamics. Collaboration and Single-Player Game Resurgence The discourse delves deep into the essence of game design—collaboration.

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This episode is sponsored by Autodesk AU 2023 | November 13-15 in Las Vegas ⁠ ⁠ My conversation with Brian Canary, a seasoned game designer, reveals the intricacies of the industry’s shifting dynamics. Collaboration and Single-Player Game Resurgence The discourse delves deep into the essence of game design—collaboration.

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Filmustage

MARCH 31, 2025

It also considers the essential balance between leveraging AI capabilities while maintaining human creative control. How AI Script Analysis Tools Work Let's explore the mechanics behind AI script analysis tools and their role in identifying potential copyright concerns. Dont let copyright concerns derail your creativity!

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. Live-action productions use SFX with practical elements like pyrotechnics, prosthetics, and mechanical props captured by the camera.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

Video games are one of the world’s most beloved leisure activities, with over three billion active gamers globally as of 2023. So, while video games provide a social outlet for many people, balancing in-game contacts with real-world social activity is essential. But video games have their fair share of controversy.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

7 Challenges in the Metaverse Below are the common challenges one is likely to face when developing Metaverse games: Monetization: Generating revenue from Metaverse games may be difficult since creators must strike a balance between user satisfaction and financial sustainability.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

For a quick and general introduction of the game, it’s a player vs player only CCG game, which limits your cards to only 10 per deck, each game is less than 4 minutes, and it uses a very simple poker-like betting mechanic to keep things interesting. However, Marvel Snap has simplified this mechanic to make it even more accessible.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 12, 2024

Another big inspiration was the visual storytelling of A24 movies, the American independent film studio that created movies like 2023 Oscar winner ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’. Even if it’s just for testing a small mechanic. I try to keep a balanced life. What’s your creative process? “I

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

” From Healer to Necromancer The inspiration for Necro Story came from a simple idea: take the mechanics of Healer’s Quest, where the player controls one character in a party, and apply it to a different role. But it was more than just the combat mechanics that intrigued him.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

IMHO, a global release before the end of 2023 would be possible, but only if the expectations for Mini are to be a mediocre revenue game in the West but a powerhouse in China -- which is the situation with the autochess genre leader, Riot Games's TFT. But have the updates been ambitious enough? Revamped Hero & Mini upgrade systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Deconstructor of Fun x Google Istanbul conference is coming up on March 9th, 2023! For example, a balance patch to Skyweavers that changes the power (and thus price) of different cards will shake up the market considerably. Major balance patches should be a planned event, similar to the Federal Reserve’s monthly meetings.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I gave a talk on games and meaning at GDC 2023, which is now available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser.

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