PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2024

Absolutely Games recently released Classified: France ’44 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms. The game introduces fresh perspectives to the turn-based tactics genre with innovative features. “So, “We definitely wanted to create a rich-looking environment that felt authentically French.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Another challenge looming in the perhaps more distant future is cloud gaming. As device specs and internet bandwidth keeps on improving it might be a matter of time before we start seeing certain mobile gaming genres in direct competition against the PC and Console platforms that offer outsized value through their subscription services.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

Again: the last two bullet points can be expressed also as: “the game is too long” Every RPG I’ve ever played felt too long, and the above two reasons are why. Too “balanced” Strategy games can’t really be too balanced, but RPGs easily can, and most that come out these days, are.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

These adjustments touch upon various facets such as gameplay, user interface, and overall game design. While most of the decisions are made from within the confines of the development studio itself, developers place considerable importance on a specific form of game testing to gather invaluable insights.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments. What does a game designer do?

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“The community’s voice is invaluable; it helps shape the game,” he remarked. This iterative approach to game design – release, get feedback, improve, repeat – can be a pragmatic strategy for developers to bootstrap their way through the development process, all while nurturing a passionate player base.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Summarizing: a professional well experienced with PC, with first-hand experience leading a team/company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Four years ago EA challenged Supercell’s Clash of Clans with a similar game that had a nostalgic PC brand and distinctive gameplay innovations. Four years later EA challenges Supercell’s Clash Roayle with a similar game that has a nostalgic PC brand and distinctive gameplay innovations. It didn’t go well.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

He stressed that games should hold true to the brand’s values, citing Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes as a perfect product-market fit. 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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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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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

As a fervent explorer of virtual worlds, I delved into finding solutions to elevate the gaming experience, and here’s what I’ve unearthed to help you combat those framerate struggles. Interesting fact Intricacies of game design, like those in Broken Roads, demand robust hardware performance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Early this year, when it was first suggested to me that I investigate blockchain gaming, I immediately rejected the idea.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Lost Ark outshines other MMO games because each element mentioned above is polished to the next level. Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Though, all of these foibles could be found in other games as well. Let’s use the Witch class as an example.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

WWE Super Card close-lined Hearthstone in 2020 to become the second-largest card battle game in the West on mobie after Yu-Gi-Oh. But please keep in mind that Hearthstone is cross-platform title making likely over 80% of its revenue on PC. Top titles, such as Game of Sultans, declined as new titles entered the competition.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Supercell’s previous entry, Spooky Pop, had a lot of design mistakes that prevented it from competing with the Saga model. It has a solid core game design, and a meta design that builds upon the successes we’ve seen in the market. Florian Steinhoff has a great GDC talk about the balance of levels here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

2020 is when things started getting interesting in three key ways: Sky Mavis released Mavis Hub, the PC launcher that serves as the central hub for new Axie Infinity updates as well as new games in the Axie Infinity universe. That naturally makes balancing the SLP economy for long-term token sustainability even more important.

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Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to My Elephant in the Room: An Old World Design Postmortem. Here are the games that I’ve worked on. Spoiler alert: Civilization 3 and 4 are going to come up a lot in the presentation… I also do a podcast where I interview game designers about why they make games, so check it out if you have time for 4-hour interviews.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I also played all the early PC BT games, and later MW spinoffs and related games, all the way up to MWO (though had to stop some years into it because for some reason my new computer kept glitching out on it, but it’s probably for the best :P). That’d be fun, but overboard. *Oh

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Call of Duty series began with the original Call of Duty on PC and console in 2003 and has released one title every year since. This is a staggering number and one that all mobile designers should take note of. The power of PC/console brands can not be underestimated on mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Furthermore, the high production values allow RAID to capture an audience across platforms arguably better than a game that already looks poor on a small screen. With a PC launcher, Plarium has further extended the life-time of their hit title mitigating some of the impacts from IDFA depreciation. 2 IP will set a Ceiling.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Written by Christopher Brousseau.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focussed on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble, is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Written by Christopher Brousseau.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In order to achieve that goal, the game had to overcome two major challenges: it had to be free-to-play and it had to appeal to the Chinese audience. Given the lack of copyright enforcement, all western games were pirated, making premium games a losing proposition.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. And most recently Travis founded Carbonated Inc. Carbonated also raised an $8.5M

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