Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Game design software does play a pivotal role in bringing the digital world to life, which allows game developers and designers to create immersive and engaging experiences. The world of game design is a captivating landscape brimming with possibilities.

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The Knights of Unity

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In the previous part of the post, we’ve introduced you to the most important reasons to create a game design document in your project, using three examples: personal project, internal project, and commission work. Core game loop. Core game loop is a base of your game’s mechanics, that will be repeated by the player.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Many games still use this approach nowadays (after all, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it) but, increasingly, game design has been moving from “individual stages” to “open” or “continuous” worlds where the boundaries between levels disappear. Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Six months into development, Coma accepted a job at Appeal Studios as a game designer, eventually becoming a game director. During his time there, he reconnected with a colleague from a previous game jam, Baptiste Remy, who shared an interest in making smaller indie games outside of work hours.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Game Design and Development Process Let’s quickly walk through what it takes to develop a game from scratch. Each game project has 3 distinct stages- pre-production, production, and post-production. Research: Research is important to the game design process. The following steps are involved: 1. Production 1.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 22, 2024

When we founded Clapperheads, we were certain that we wanted to specialize in horror games”, explains CPO & Lead Game Designer Valentin Shchekin (Serbia). With our first game Sparky Marky, we needed to quickly make a game to make a name for ourselves, especially during such a challenging time for the industry. “It

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design? Process of Level Designing and Game Development 1.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Nothing is more likely to bait me into getting in a useless online slapfight than an indie developer crapping on video game fans. I'm a broken record about this because the greatest asset of indie game developers is the love from gamers. Will probably beat 5 or so more games and call it good.) It's a tough game.

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DameDev.tv

DECEMBER 16, 2022

(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Join us as we dive deeper into details about these ground-breaking games. What are NFT Games? Unlike traditional games, NFT games are based on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are digital assets that are indivisible and unique. NFT technology is used in games to attract investment.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

When we founded Clapperheads, we were certain that we wanted to specialize in horror games”, explains CPO & Lead Game Designer Valentin Shchekin (Serbia). With our first game Sparky Marky, we needed to quickly make a game to make a name for ourselves, especially during such a challenging time for the industry. “It

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The Demand for Multiplayer Games There is a great demand for multiplayer games and it is the tech experts, creative thinkers, and game designers who have made them what they are today. Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a creative, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding industry that gives artists opportunities to work on world-class projects while earning a regular income. How would you like to contribute, creatively and technically, to a film or game?

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

Due to equipment limitations, early games like Donkey Kong and Hollow Knight were limited to 2D graphics. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose. The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers.

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Game Design Advice

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Lana Polansky recently wrote a very interesting piece about how we categorize games which includes an examination of the popular MDA game design framework. For me, the greatest strength of MDA is that it emphasizes the “second order” nature of game design. So what are the problems?

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Jaunty Bear Games

OCTOBER 9, 2022

For example, indie game developer DrinkBox Studios recently launched Guacamelee!, which combines luchador wrestling with platforming gameplay mechanics from older titles such as Super Mario Bros., Designing a retro game. This includes graphics, audio and any other files needed to make your game work.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Designers and UI specialists keep redoing the user flow when they should be referencing a successful competitor. Or they review the assets they’ve created in a graphics editor rather than in the game itself. Or they review them in the game, but not on an actual device.

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iXie gaming

MAY 8, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the basics of WebGL game development, including its advantages, the tools needed to get started, and some tips for creating engaging and successful games. Working with shaders and optimizing game performance are some of the primary methods used in WebGL game development.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 29, 2019

Photo by paw on Board Game Geek under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Made in 1960, Life is one of the most popular board games of all time. The basic idea is that you want to end the game with more assets than anyone else. Games like Chess , Go , Connect Four , and Chutes and Ladders are playgrounds for mathematicians. Backgammon.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In gaming, predictive analytics is widely used to optimize game design and forecast player behavior, ultimately driving better outcomes. For instance, if you’re launching a new game, you can use predictive models to analyze past player behaviors of hundreds of thousands or even millions of users.

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The Knights of Unity

MAY 6, 2020

As the name suggests, hyper-casual games are derived from casual games, but they have simpler mechanics and instant gameplay. Usually, this is just “tap to play” I like to call them “waiting room games”, and that is exactly what they are. . As I mentioned above, these games are nothing new.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

To be specific, this surge has been a result of the dynamic audio-visual effects, the natural player-to-character interaction, photorealistic 3D graphics, and engaging levels, characters, and mechanics of the game. The gaming industry is brewing with innovation and new technology trends.

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

The most recent release of Unity comes equipped with an in-built 2D engine and a vast library of assets, making it easier for developers to create games in that dimension. Extensive Asset Store The Asset Store in Unity offers a diverse selection of downloadable content that may be used to improve games.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Moreover, AI algorithms analyze vast amounts of data, including player behavior and preferences, to create personalized and adaptive gaming experiences. AI-driven tools generate dynamic content, adapt game mechanics, and customize aesthetics, resulting in more engaging gameplay and new storytelling possibilities.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 29, 2024

The Primacy of the T3-MCC Game In 2019, the game Coin Master by Moon Active became one of the top-grossing mobile titles and hasn’t slowed, ascending to the summit of not just the casino charts, but the broad games category. We can call the core mechanic in this game tap-tap-tap or “ T3.” How To Play?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Experience with idle games — making a repetitive action seem fun and not taxing — is key. Source : [link] Can Telegram games find a sustainable way to grow? We believe that just as early Facebook games became much more sophisticated and fun, the same will happen to Telegram games.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Is this mechanic fun? As I mentioned, this being my first game, I was learning not only how to game develop but also the language of game design. I feel now I’m a better game designer, because I had the time and space to work on it solo.” Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!”

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Is this mechanic fun? As I mentioned, this being my first game, I was learning not only how to game develop but also the language of game design. Pat Naoum: “Game development takes so long!” Game development takes so long! Plus there’s so much texture and detail to hand made assets.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

I should have predicted a $10 billion-a-year game if I wanted to sound like a true visionary. In my heart, I am a game designer. I spend most of my waking hours thinking about game mechanics and how they will make players feel. Buyer’s remorse is a byproduct of a game that monetizes on power progression.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Just like reality, games need an internal mechanism for the distribution of resources during gameplay. This system is known as the video game economy. 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.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Execs also see AI taking a role during in-game live events, such as player support. ” Nascent scene Gaming companies are currently worried that the nascent AI scene will take a while to settle down. And, of course, they view it as a tool that players will use to generate their own content, either for fun or for resale.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It mainly focuses on testing for video and audio issues, mechanical breakdowns, and incomplete interface design, to mention a few. Test all game functionalities, mechanics, and features to ensure they run as expected. Test all game functionalities, mechanics, and features to ensure they run as expected.

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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. What makes a market game “fun”? I propose three core components: Fun Assets. Fun Assets Thematics make dull things more fun. Market games can similarly shake up the rules. Skill curve.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 13, 2023

That is true both on a project level (Pre-production, production, post-production), but also on a feature or asset level (ideation, production, polish). Is the design defined, and do we understand how the dynamics of the mechanics work, and do we agree the play is interesting and versatile enough?

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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. I’m sure other game designers would have felt it necessary to work on making the final boss a mountain to climb – but it’s not really my style.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

With many games available today, gamers won’t hesitate to switch to a different game. But how can generative AI help in-game conceptualization and design? Generative AI tools can help game designers in different ways. This streamlines the early game development stages.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Launched in 2005 by Unity Technologies, the game engine was initially designed uniquely for OS X games. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Luckily both engines offer asset stores that allow users to download free and paid props, shading, textures, and many more.

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