Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

We need to release regular updates: more content, more events, faster, and higher quality. Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. Reusing content The next thing on our list is reusing and looping content.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The control mechanics are integral to the gameplay, allowing players to operate Kazimir and his staff both together and independently. The way you control the old man and the magical staff at the same time is a neat mechanic that I am proud of,” Khoroshavin says. “I like being a team player now,” Khoroshavin reflects.

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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. There would be an almost infinite amount of awesome content. It creates awesome content that is often better than handcrafted.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

They provide players with a convenient way to start playing, and the longevity of such games hinges on the appeal of their existing content as well as the strategy for delivering and monetizing future updates. Striking the right balance between revenue generation and player experience is essential.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

ALT Feedback is different from content. We’re not taking content (or specific ideas for content) that the users created and incorporating that into the game. Game mechanics, for example, cannot be copyrighted so game mechanics are fair to talk about.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Cogmind’s “ special modes ,” timed events with unique mechanics, can in one sense be seen as the experimental test beds of Cogmind. but to me it wasn’t the sort of tech that the game was ready for, be it for balance, architectural, or lore reasons. One new example of this phenomenon at work is the ID Mask.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the technology and tools we’re developing alongside our partners, we want to foster a community for our namesake game that is able to create their own content and benefit from it, and immerse themselves in content that others have made and shared.” ” Core to Avalon will be player-created content.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed. Alien Artifacts.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Players often return to established titles after trying these new games, reflecting the powerful gravitational pull of long-established live services that are firing new content on all cylinders. Games that tweak existing mechanics are not enough to break into this entrenched space. We’ve learned that FINALS was not enough.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

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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. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As the name suggests, generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI technology that can generate different types of content. This content may include synthetic data, audio, video, text, and imagery. Generative AI models can produce high-quality content depending on the data they were trained on.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Balance is key Over the years, game developers have understood that finding the right balance between the level of difficulty of a game and the skill of the player is crucial. Analytics has helped our team track a player's progress and pinpoint frustrating levels or game mechanics that may cause them to stop playing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience. For most players (including payers) the Pass is primarily retention and an engagement mechanism.

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Greenheart Games

MARCH 8, 2018

We were made aware of a pretty sad bug where the ‘women in tech’ event in the game did not alter the gender balance of job applicants. – Mods can now add their own settings UI to the game’s settings-panel via a call to `GDT.addSettingsTab(title, content);` ( documentation ). Added: Translations of new content.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ever since my first design docs from Cogmind pre-alpha, written back in 2013, I always wanted a projectile deflection mechanic. Every few years I think about the concept again, and it finds its way into my ongoing notes in yet another location in some slightly-altered form or alongside some other content idea, begging to be implemented.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Obviously community interaction is quite important and still plays an ongoing role in development, as always, but at this point I feel it’s more important to focus on expanding content as much as possible. This year’s major release was of course Beta 11 “Mechanical Renaissance,” in the works for 17 (!)

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

New content releases would drive intermittent spikes in revenue, that would push revenue up to between $500k and $750k. Many of these changes are centered around the Battlepass, which is a key content and goal driver for players: Battlepass changes Brawl Stars’ Brawl Pass, has seen many iterations over the last year or so.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game designers must work closely with other development team members, like developers and artists, to guarantee that the video game mechanics and elements work together smoothly. The game mechanics involve matching three or more candies of the same color to smash them. Let’s take the example of Candy Crush again.

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Ask a Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2024

However, I don’t want to leave things too abstract - game design is about taking an idea and translating it into real game rules and mechanics. If you balance things right, the choice isn’t always obvious and will depend on evaluating other factors at the time of the choice. That’s what makes it interesting.

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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!

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Game Dev Unchained

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

. “We’ve definitely just had a return to the office here… But the icing on the cake there is that we did have to return to the office this week, but we’re onto a four-day work week, which is great,” he says, providing a glimpse into the evolving work-life balance within the gaming sphere.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

There are also more possibilities for this tech, which I had actually revisited in my notes a couple years back to specify that it would be appropriate as a piece of primary content within yet another new map that might happen further down the line. D This is the fourth post in a series on new item mechanics.

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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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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Our experienced testers work closely with game designers and developers to examine every part of the game’s concept, mechanics, and user interface. We test everything, including character customization, skill trees, multiplayer interactions, and endgame content. Risk Assessment We take a proactive approach to game testing.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The entire mechanic revolves around a single new utility: the Scrap Engine. Although in both cases the results are indeed based on the inputs, the process is not deterministic, so it’s not a pure “crafting” mechanic in that sense. A new utility is born. Constructs can be power sources, propulsion, or weapons.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

For example, if shadows are an important game mechanic (think of Splinter Cell ), then a higher cost for extra-nice ray-traced shadows makes sense, but spending extra performance on RT translucency probably doesn’t make as much sense. Note that you can access this content on demand.) Could you provide any insights into this problem?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Automation ensures that a wide range of game features, mechanics, and interactions are thoroughly tested, increasing the likelihood of detecting potential issues before the game’s release. It is crucial to strike a balance between automating repetitive tasks and allowing for exploratory testing to account for unforeseen scenarios.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

By superimposing digital content onto the player’s view of the real world, AR offers a unique and engaging experience. This trend presents a unique challenge for developers, as it requires them to balance gameplay mechanics and technical capabilities to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

A key reason is that Clash Mini seems in a much earlier and rough state than other Supercell soft launches : Less playable content, less spending depth, and several unfinished systems (i.e. This points out that new playable content is consumed faster than in other SC games. No reason to play leagues…).

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. It’d sure be nice to resolve that!

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

The game and mechanics themselves skew much more casual than the core titles in this comparison, but arguably the game is also slightly more casual than Travel Town and Merge Mansion. The event is balanced to provide easy progression upfront, but it significantly slows down as you approach the end.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 15, 2024

The gameplay heavily relies on RNG-based mechanics and incentivizes long sessions, resembling an RPG-themed slot machine. However, there are notable areas for improvement such as refining gacha mechanics, optimizing ad placements, and enhancing social features to foster long-term retention and revenue growth.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Different teams collaborate – writers shape the narrative, engineers discuss technical details, artists align visuals, and developers plan in-game mechanics. Regular software updates, including game-balancing patches and new downloadable content (DLC), keep the game fresh and engaging. The 7 Odd Roadblocks!

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

However, I don’t want to leave things too abstract - game design is about taking an idea and translating it into real game rules and mechanics. If you balance things right, the choice isn’t always obvious and will depend on evaluating other factors at the time of the choice. That’s what makes it interesting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

The match 3 success trifecta generally consists of: a fun core match mechanic a good metagame with a clean sense of progression a new feature or innovation that brings something different to the space. HDP chose a “collapse” mechanic as their core (similar to Lily’s Garden, Toy Blast, or Toon Blast). The game responds quickly to input.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Gauges player reactions to new features or content, helping developers make informed decisions. It simulates how players behave, helping to spot balance problems, find cheats, and even measure how fun different parts of the game are. The best QA teams will balance AI automation and human skills, using both to their best advantage.

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