PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2024

So, what sets our game apart is its blend of authentic ’90s rally racing experience with modern gaming mechanics. The handling definitely leans towards arcade-style physics and is designed to offer a balance between being accessible and challenging. “We We want it to appeal to both casual gamers and racing enthusiasts.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

RimWorld is balanced around sitting on a single map, with everything easily accessible. The downside is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of third-party assets that Unity does, nor some of the more specialist features like the DOTS package. Interacting with the wider world is entirely optional.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

In recent years, the cost per creative has returned to pre-hyper-casual levels, with some agencies charging thousands of dollars per video asset. Balancing these positives and negatives will be crucial as the ecosystem continues to evolve. To balance CPIs (now $1.20 Blkbox.ai: For quick ad variations and personalization.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

However, as Necro Story took longer than anticipated, she pitched in with QA, key art, and marketing assets. ” 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. .

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

A large majority of the art was created from scratch, but Hartley admits having used a few asset packs to help speed up development. “I I have one rule regarding the use of asset store packages though, I’ll never use a package ‘as is’”, he says. “I

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Level design is a part of video game design that focuses specifically on designing game levels (an area or stage a player must complete before moving on to the next one) while keeping in mind the architecture, layout, video game mechanics , and pace to keep the players invested in the game. Define the gameplay mechanics.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

NFTs are digital assets that are indivisible and unique. For instance, NFTs can be utilized to tokenize game assets, such as weapons, artifacts, and skins. Another reason behind their increasing popularity is that they offer a transparent and decentralized system for players to interact with various digital assets.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

CASHING OUT: The actual Stars balance a game publisher earns can be reinvested in ads promoting the app , which in theory cuts out a lot of the “middle man” costs necessary for a publisher to pay in standard mobile gaming. Graphics may be relatively simplistic but every moment has to be ‘perfect.’

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Furthermore, all assets and worlds are owned by players and authenticated by Avalon through the DAO [Decentralized Autonomous Organization] … The Avalon ecosystem allows fluid importing and exporting of items between user-created worlds as well as external games and platforms.” So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.”

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I wait until I have all the art assets I need. With enough games, outliers tend to balance each other out. The drafting mechanic allows for players to plan their road trips to a limited degree. The final 100 play-tests start once I feel a game is basically where I want it to be.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day. Here, the game is overpowered (OP) by the strategies and calls for a balanced approach for individual players involved in the game. There are game accessibility guidelines that help avoid such barriers.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Just like reality, games need an internal mechanism for the distribution of resources during gameplay. The in-game economy creates balance within the game by enabling the player to earn and spend resources as part of the game’s progression. They use this to buy other resources, lives, or assets.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

RimWorld is balanced around sitting on a single map, with everything easily accessible. The downside is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of third-party assets that Unity does, nor some of the more specialist features like the DOTS package.” Interacting with the wider world is entirely optional.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

At the same time, animation breakdowns focus on world-building elements, character assets, and rendering requirements that shape the entire production pipeline from the ground up. Live-action productions use SFX with practical elements like pyrotechnics, prosthetics, and mechanical props captured by the camera.

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. Art and Asset Creation Focuses on building 2D characters, environments, and assets on a two-dimensional plane. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose.

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Animation Animation Game Development Game Developer 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games. Especially with their two most recent titles Lily’s Garden and Penny & Flo , Tactile has been a stronghold for story-driven puzzle games with the collapse mechanic.

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iHobo

MARCH 16, 2022

It was, on the whole, extremely reasonable – and I knew that it would be a huge asset to the project to have Tom as narrator. A decision was made at some point that we would focus on getting the game balance right for the main body of the game, and not worry too much about the ending.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

Game developers look for ways to improve online multiplayer experience while balancing availability and cost effectiveness. Our containerization approach includes the game-server lifecycle, such as packaging game binaries and assets, as well as running and disposing of the game server.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

I spend most of my waking hours thinking about game mechanics and how they will make players feel. As a Lead Designer for LEGENDARY I invested a lot of time on creating and balancing our first few hundred heroes. A player invests time and money into the game, only to have their assets devalued by the continuous sale of new assets.

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Asset Games Fighting Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

While these assets don’t have the returns of traditional investments, they grow in popularity largely due to the “fun” factor. I propose three core components: Fun Assets. Fun Assets Thematics make dull things more fun. Major balance patches should be a planned event, similar to the Federal Reserve’s monthly meetings.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Asset Balance 52

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

For instance, they assist in generating game concepts, gameplay mechanics, and art assets. Ethical Challenges Intellectual Property: AI can generate content similar to existing games or assets, leading to potential intellectual property infringements. But how can generative AI help in-game conceptualization and design?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

A single shot or asset will often travel through numerous artists and multiple departments before being finalized. As an asset takes shape, it must be presented in a turntable so its look can be properly inspected and approved or given notes by relevant supervisors or clients. So, where do you fit into the production pipeline?

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

AI-driven tools generate dynamic content, adapt game mechanics, and customize aesthetics, resulting in more engaging gameplay and new storytelling possibilities. Producing these assets takes a long time and a lot of money. Generating Game Content Every video game features countless unique models, animations, sounds, graphics, and more.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Retaining the acquired users with a mini-game : If the hero creative/or playable ad involves a fake gameplay, it is added as a minigame to the events or core mechanics until the player is hooked in with the real in-game content. Game Mechanics Township offers a production puzzle to the players. product management.

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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. Due to the limitation of the 2D models, showing a different angle of a character requires new art assets instead of a simple angle change in a 3D game. Two key words - cuteness and mashup.

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Baking Simulation Build Animation 52

Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

3D Asset Design. This sprint, our 3D Asset Designer, Nick, continued working through the long list of models that will detail and decorate the desolate and beautiful, ruined city of Nasahara. Speaking of sprinting, Will found a better way to balance our sprinting/dodging control that uses the same button. Level Design.

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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. There was also a peek at auto-generated interactive and character-based ad units, and also some ad formats created automatically from a toolkit of game assets.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics. It was not uncommon to assume that a better designed map or finely balanced mode that took three times as long as competition would eventually win the day.

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Content FPS Mobile Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Having such a nostalgy hungry fanbase is a great asset. Grinding Pace of Combat The mechanics underlying the missile launch remove the potential for great all-out attack moments that could have been one of the key selling points of the game. The designers on the game clearly faced a balancing dilemma.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

That means players engage more as a job (often as “scholars” from developing countries who borrow in-game assets from richer “sponsors” or “managers,” who receive a cut of their earnings) than for fun. On the other hand, Axie Infinity mashes familiar turn-based gameplay with a Hearthstone-like card battler mechanic. Source: Messari.

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Mechanics Games Balance Game Design 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Both titles featured PUBG’s signature battle royale gameplay and mechanics ported to the mobile format, though the two studios had different approaches. Battle Royale modes restrict the rewards players can be offered; permanent weapon upgrades impact the game balance, which kills the motivation to play.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

And games haven't been the most value-driven industry in my opinion (referring to the abuse of addictive mechanics in games for profit, massive company layoffs to meet financial targets and the pressure on teams to deliver, leading to crunch and toxic behaviours, etc.). A team is a constant balance to maintain.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Volumetric fog is making its first appearance in Godot 4, balancing a realistic look and fast performance, thanks to the use of temporal reprojection. Animation retargeting allows users to map animations to other assets at import time, allowing multiple models to share animations in a convenient and easy to use way.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player. Voyeurs work differently, they have sex by watching a couple have sex.

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