Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

In my opinion, classes are a fantastic feature : They add a layer of gameplay depth in deck building and usage that was much needed in Mini , while simultaneously providing a great balancing tool to give relevance to specific sets of units and discourage unbalanced combinations, and a great incentive to acquire all units belonging to a Class.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This type of level designing involves procedural generation where reusable tiles (including power-ups, obstacles, and aesthetic features) are randomly assembled. This is integrated in a way that it creates a balance between randomness and structure, making each run feel new and unpredictable. Sit no more!

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

open for full size) Okay so each tile actually occupies four times the usual amount of space, but what we mean here is that the cell dimensions are doubled. Something in between 1.0x These speeds are in my dev build, which has a lower FPS than released versions, so I’m just looking at it for relative comparison.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 4, 2023

At different parts of the bridge there were investment tiles, so on a basic level the premise was kind of, “do I move to a relatively unsafe investment tile, or do I BUMP?” work, is that life is too short to spend months or years trying to get a game concept working.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a consequence, autochess has remained as a niche concept that hinted at a strong potential but that nobody has been able to find a way to turn into a profitable product ready for mass adoption (at least in the West). The concept of a seasonal content reset it’s a risky but high reward opportunity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

This increase, sliced by subgenre, was driven mostly by Tile Blast and Puzzle & Decorate. The relative success of Belka Games’ Clockmaker demonstrates an appetite for different kinds of meta concepts, choosing to focus on resource management combined with a mystery narrative. 2021 is the year when this will really change.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

If the demand and supply continue to be well-matched by AXON, I would estimate an overall performance increase of 10-20% in LTV per user, which could be a game-changer for developers balancing the classic CAC vs LTV equation in this extremely difficult climate. To balance CPIs (now $1.20 and maintaining high margins is over.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

The majority of growth in 2020 in Match-3 games came from Tile Blast, Puzzle & Decorate, and classic match-3 games. Similar to Today’s: Current level setup (clear objectives in X moves or less) Mode: Balance Description: Collect 2 colors of gems roughly at the same pace. With $3.7B A small price to pay.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

That aspect being players dropping pieces into the monsters’ stomachs and strategically arranging them to maximize their overall “satisfaction” Monsters are eating adventurers with their stomachs being some kind of puzzle that you drop the adventurers into was the initial concept. That is an interesting decision.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A broughlike is a variation on a roguelike named after designer Michael Brough , who has spoken before on his design patterns like square tiles, orthogonal movement, turn parity, glitching, limited info, simple maze designs, minimal resources. A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. L of semen for each one.

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