Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

Uses techniques like key framing, rigging, motion capture, and simulations to show movement. Which Animation Style is More Resource-Friendly & Effective for Game Development? So, if youre looking for an expert in game development, consider Hashbyte Studios. The environment is added with depth and volume for realism.

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I’ve also got a lot of design help from incredible game designers Brett Lowey and Pete Siecienski getting the game to where it is now. I’ve also gotten graphic design help from the amazing pro graphic designer Jenny Bee. So overall this is going to be one amazing looking, awesome playing game.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Genre picks The success of games with long-term goals demonstrates that a sense of progress is a key motivator for players to keep playing. Genres with a reputation for gameplay depth tend to score highest in loyalty rankings, with role-playing games leading, followed by strategy and simulation.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Study Composition Techniques Familiarize yourself with key principles like the rule of thirds, leading lines, and balance. Harness these techniques to craft visually appealing and harmoniously balanced game art that captivates players. Achieve visual harmony through the balanced placement of elements.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

One of the reasons why hyper-casual games are so popular is due to how quick and easy they are to make. Simple controls, artwork, and game design make it easy for any developer to pick up. There are other ways to build a game on a budget. Lifeline by Three Minute Games. But hyper-casual isn’t the only way to go.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It helps you detect bugs and glitches that may negatively impact the players’ gaming experience. Also, you may not be able to simulate player behaviors accurately. Generative AI can help during game testing by simulating player behavior and identifying bugs in real time. This streamlines the early game development stages.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

System The system design of the game and the in-game stats balance demonstrate Devsisters’ high standards. The consistency in design logic and gameplay integrating multiple systems show players the wit and excellence in game design choices. Cookie Run: Kingdom is no exception.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

In game development , where time equals money, AI is a great financial benefit. It simulates how players behave, helping to spot balance problems, find cheats, and even measure how fun different parts of the game are. This makes the game smoother and more enjoyable for the players.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Concept and Design Reviews Before we start coding, it’s important to review the concept and design carefully. Our experienced testers work closely with game designers and developers to examine every part of the game’s concept, mechanics, and user interface.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

leiavoia, creator of the Dataminer scoresheet viewer , has continued to improve its feature set (see community stats as well now, and compare your stats to those across the community), and on top of that created some great guides, like leiavoia’s new player guide for those who want some more early-game tips.

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Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

Deep games require knowledge, explanation, creativity, and cleverness. Such a model could also inform our discussions about game design, suggesting directions for design exploration and expanding our palette of analytical tools and techniques. Modeling depth may help us better understand how to think about these things.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Pre-production lays the foundation for artistic direction, ensuring that all visual elements align with the games mechanics, worldbuilding, and narrative. This stage involves close collaboration between game designers, art directors, and concept artists. LOD optimization to balance quality and performance.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Football Game Development Moss conducted over a dozen in-depth interviews with football game designers for the book. His research revealed just how difficult it is to create a great football game. Developers also have to balance realism and fun, something that Moss found fascinating.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

What does this mean for video games? Well, one part of the appeal of games is that they can theoretically simulate the real world and teach us about it, that we can make choices and see those choices be modelled accurately. These games could only simulate a faulty understanding of how baseball works.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Sarah: It was summer of 2012 that Will had the idea to make a board game for my birthday, but didn’t know how to go about it. We started designing games together. Early in 2013, our local game store owner mentioned that there were other designers in the area. How do you overcome those? Do you work in a team?

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Prototyping Games Playtesting Game Design 130

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

The most storied game markets come from MMOs, like the WoW auction house or Maple Story’s storefronts. While the “single-player market” may sound like an oxymoron, innovative games like Shop Titans and Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator tell stories through their in-game markets. Written by Eric Guan.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Further, it has been relatively successful in both the East and the West - something that not too many games are easily able to achieve. Archero’s complete game loop.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. It would feel terrible.

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

Fantasy Strike ranked mode is a rough simulation of this excitement. The very specific way it works is actually innovative and is a general contribution to game design that many other games could use. Notice that this isn’t just about poorly balanced games. We’re not willing to make that tradeoff.

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

Although in most games, at least usually one or two systems are kind of fully-cooked; in this one… probably the most polished and complete thing about the game is one of the minigames (the business simulator was pretty impressive). One last thing about the combat: it is very poorly balanced.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a game setting, though, this can be quite an annoyance from a design perspective (harder to balance!) and is likely to either become a player crutch or lead to tedious optimal play (a topic I covered in my game design philosophy article ). But we can sorta do something about that if we want to!

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Battle Royale modes restrict the rewards players can be offered; permanent weapon upgrades impact the game balance, which kills the motivation to play. Activision has been trying to port Call of Duty to mobile for years, and many other studios have attempted to recreate the gameplay of COD with their own games. . #4

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Longtime readers may remember my white working class British masculinity simulator Hard Lads , so I'm certainly not unsympathetic to this premise. Because the dialogue happens at the same time as the walking, I felt I had to keep the other game systems relatively simple too or else it would feel overwhelming.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Zynga started as the champion of simulations games, but has somehow become the puzzle underdog, growing by acquisitions to tackle even larger foes. Combining the ‘Puzzle & Decorate’ meta game we all know too well with the puzzle-like game board and its accessible merge-2 (instead of 3 or 5) seems to hit a lot of the right notes.

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Puzzle Mobile Mobile Games 52

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

In my simulation code, men can have one of five sexual moods: Top, Bottom, VersBottom (Versatile), TrueVers, and Voyeur. 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. These moods must be compatible.

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