Big Games

JANUARY 7, 2024

The triumvirate of time, resources, and costs poses a perennial puzzle that demands strategic thinking and a nuanced understanding of the dynamic gaming landscape. Balancing speed and thoroughness is essential to deliver a polished product that meets the project’s goals and user expectations. appeared first on Hashbyte Studio.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Balance Mobile Mobile 52

Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Merge Vikings Combining merge2 mechanics with progressive character and building vectors.

Mobile Gaming 101

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Mechanics 101

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Although the levels often underwent changes after testing in the 3D environment, when you start to feel the dynamics of the level and the puzzles. Finally, maintain a healthy balance between work and rest.

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Dev Advertising Internet Development 163

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Silly things He admits that game- and level design was a real puzzle to solve in the semi-open world that allows players to carve their own paths by smashing through just about everything. “It It was definitely a challenge,” Olsson admits, referring to balancing player freedom with cohesive level design.

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Open World Games Studios Puzzle 104

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

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 audience that was looking for a slightly different type of puzzle gameplay, the gameplay that was featured in the ads they were clicking on. Since its launch in February 2021.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Puzzle 132

PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? 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. But these people aren’t necessarily the people that play challenging puzzle games.

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Dev Puzzle Prototyping Development 104

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Reigns does a good job balancing this information while leaving enough mystery for unexpected twists. Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. And Kaigan Games did a great job building relatable and believable characters. One way is narrative.

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Horror Games Mobile Mobile 109

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. Game designers work on concepts, systems, player progression, balancing and level design.

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Game Design Game Designer Art Prop 98

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Balance 104

Balance Studios Engine Engineering 104

Filmustage

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Picture it as a complex puzzle in which you need to line up limited resources, tight budgets, and a creative vision to bring your story to life. Smart producers create a framework that balances creative vision with real-world constraints. Actors balance multiple projects or keep their day jobs, making their time precious and limited.

Film 52

Film Indy Balance Scripting 52

Brand Game Development

JULY 1, 2019

He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! It was clear that it would have something to do with pattern-building and positioning tiles in specific arrangements. These elements combine to create the central puzzle of each turn in Tasty Humans.

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Tile Games Mechanics Build 130

The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 12, 2024

Basically, power gamers (Spike), people who want to solve puzzles and make useless things useful (Johnny), and people who just like big, impressive things (Timmy). The rules for this item are complicated and fiddly, but if you work hard and think about it, you can build your character in a way that makes it sort of useful. Nicely done.

Fighting 89

Fighting Puzzle Writing Terrain 89

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 5, 2024

With a knack for puzzle, arcade, and simulation games. Puzzle games have a simple yet addicting core loop: playing levels. Puzzle games have a simple yet addicting core loop: playing levels. This is where the most crucial player motivation for puzzle games comes into play: Win Streak.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Feature Racing Balance 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Genre-Specific Winners: Puzzle Games Prevailed: The genre fell by only 6% YoY in downloads and gained 10% in IAP revenue, thanks to new games like Block Blast and Royal Match, and established hits such as Candy Crush and Gardenscapes. Puzzle remained strong by focusing on retaining its current user base through events and live operations.

Mobile 75

Mobile Mobile Games Mobile Gaming 75

Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

TWiG 234: 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood Over 500m Tik Tok users watch gaming content every month, according to Jen's recent trips on the conference circuit, and this audience is one that the crew things you should be building your game thesis around from day one!

Balance 52

Balance Puzzle Mechanics Animation 52

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. product management.

Co-op 52

Co-op Puzzle Games Mechanics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yet, the real game-changer came when they borrowed a fraction of these strategies and applied them to an entirely new puzzle game. Drawing from their experiences at Peak Games, where they excelled in multiplayer games like cards and board games, they also honed their skills in creating accessible puzzle games, such as blast or match 3.

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Tile Co-op Games Puzzle 64

Filmustage

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Managing cast and crew expenses resembles a complex puzzle where pieces keep changing. Producers must balance cost savings against professional expertise when choosing between union and non-union talent. Production managers must keep accurate records of each department's spending while balancing these elements.

Film 52

Film Software Balance Point and Click 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. A smaller studio can still build a very healthy and sustainable business with a very smart approach to content development.

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Cross platform Mobile Mobile Platformer 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It’s a simple but very slickly designed “business sim” where you build your own ‘crypto exchange’, with a hamster as CEO. 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.

Games 52

Games Platformer Balance Mobile 52

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The core gameplay follows a ‘build and battle mechanic’. And building it on Unity’s new engine means they will be able to continue releasing updates and fixing bugs – something they were blocked from doing for a while. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Which is a difficult balance to strike.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Designer Notes

AUGUST 2, 2021

In an empire-building game, more territory should be good, but more cities just for the sake of more cities simply adds busywork and frustration. Indeed, it becomes a little perverse to try to reverse this dynamic; why make a game about building an empire where the player is punished for building an empire?

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Tile Build Mechanics Prototyping 52

The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

But What About Different Builds? The ideal for a system like this is to encourage players to have and switch between different builds and strategies. These are perfectly balanced. Doggo leads to an enormous, entirely optional area with tons of creative fights, fun puzzles, and neat stuff to do. It was a huge success.

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Fighting Games Balance Writing 92

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This post is written by Sophie Vo who’s building a kick-ass game team at Voodoo Berlin. With each experience, I perfected my approach to building highly creative and effective teams. Building teams is like cooking to me, my other passion. I want to share my journey of building my team. Both are a mix of art and science.

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Studios Build Puzzle Concepts 52

Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Even so, different types of video game-level designs, such as shooter-level design, platformer-level design, puzzle-level design, multiplayer-level design, etc. Principles of Level Design The practice of planning and building maps, stages, and missions is extremely important in a video game. require a unique approach.

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Mechanics Games Playtesting Prototyping 40

Game Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But we know that if you get the player engaged or focused on something in the world – a puzzle or environmental storytelling -then they’re very susceptible to being suddenly scared. It’s about finding a balance, and definitely not repeating ourselves. We try to vary. Players become numb to it.

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Horror Art Build Cinematics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Running through the market by genre, Kress noted that King has done quite well, but other genres had suffered badly, with strategy, RPG, match puzzle, and casino games all down double digits. Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix.

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Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

It’s a breath of fresh air to endless calendar puzzles where you’re trying to set up a meeting with people. The demand for work-life balance and job security is less pronounced as the cultural norm is to work hard not only for 8 but sometimes 10 or 12 hours a day. These same call-me-anytime rules apply to everyone in the company.

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Communications Mobile Mobile Technology 98

Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I considered a lot of options here, going as far as thinking of building a new generator from scratch (one that would make encounters much easier to implement), but I liked the established and consistent core theme of existing Garrisons and didn’t want to mess with that.

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Beta Content Balance Mechanics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games.

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Mobile Mobile Cross platform Puzzle 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 20, 2020

Riot has succeeded in building a brand that players trust. The core strategy of TFT is how to balance Class and Origin set bonuses in a match while managing coin balance, star levels of individual champions (who to level up) and items (the real metagame is around items, just like in League of Legends).

Fighting 52

Fighting Games Mechanics Balance 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

This game packs some of the best balanced, nerve- wracking, strategic gameplay on a mobile device. The game achieves this by gradually increasing upgrade costs (and can get away with it since most upgrades feel meaningful) and by releasing new town halls, unlocking new levels of buildings and units (plus new ones).

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Puzzle Mobile Mobile Mobile Gaming 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. For example, a balance patch to Skyweavers that changes the power (and thus price) of different cards will shake up the market considerably. The reveal itself can be engrossing.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Asset Balance 52

Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Players can join Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer as they embark on epic quests, solving intricate puzzles, facing dynamic combat challenges, and exploring breathtaking environments. With a balanced mix of realism and accessibility, it features excellent handling, damage modeling, and a variety of cars and tracks.

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Graphics Racing Entertainment Games 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be. Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience.

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Content Mechanics Balance Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. The key to success is balancing IPM and LTV, and making sure that the gains on the IPM side are higher than the losses on the LTV side of the equation.

Games 52

Games Mobile Mobile Art 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This is in line with the current rise in popularity of games with the equally satisfying Merge mechanic in the puzzle genre. In theory, the IDFV allows a publisher to build user profiles.

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Mechanics Puzzle Advertising Studios 52