Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Click here. I’m just adding another mechanic and a tweaking a few rules. Major issues are ones that involve sweeping changes to the game such as new mechanics or sweeping rule changes. Getting to that point will involve experimentation. Just here for Highway s & Byways updates?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Click this picture for some backstory! Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. Short-term mechanic testing. This is to make sure the game is – on some fundamental level – balanced. They explain, limit, and clarify.

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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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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Click here. After all, I’m checking to make sure there are no serious balance issues that come out of repeated plays. You need it for five reasons: It confirms that the core engine and mechanics of your game make intuitive sense. It confirms that the core engine and mechanics of your game make intuitive sense.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Interesting fact: Did you know that science-fiction games like The Invincible often have intricate storylines and mechanics that can be sensitive to the slightest system changes, leading to launch problems? Right-click on it and select Properties. Go to the Library section and right-click on The Invincible.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

AWS provides tools such as AWS EC2 Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing to automate horizontal scaling and distribute traffic across multiple resources. Additionally, proactive capacity redistribution introduces further delay in restoring balanced backend systems.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

Click here – it will take you right to the updates at the bottom of the page. Highways & Byways is ready for blind play-testing, and I’ll be spending this weekend setting up a plan on how I’m going to coordinate testing from this point forward. Period, point blank. Need help on your board game?

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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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Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Civ inherited this mechanic directly from Empire, a game from the 80s which had much of the same tile-based, turn-based combat as Civ but without the scope of all human history. Here is Frontierville, by Brian Reynolds, the designer of Civ2, which took Farmville and added an Energy mechanic that limited the player’s actions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

At every point in the skill spectrum, players should see a path to improve, as well as see greater winnings as a result of their improvement. Clicking on dots that move around a screen may be tedious. However, if the dots are monsters and clicking shoots a fireball, it becomes fun. Skill curve.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Click here. To quote my good friend, Wikipedia: “ [i]n statistics, an outlier is an observation point that is distant from other observations. With enough games, outliers tend to balance each other out. Just about every game has some variation of this concern at some point. Highways & Byways is no different.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

Head on over to the Deconstructor of Fun podcast or click on the episode below! But beyond that point, Clash Mini sank in the charts. This points out that new playable content is consumed faster than in other SC games. This analysis is written by Hadrian Semroud , Javier Barnes and Krishna Israney.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

All of which results in a near slots experience that makes the most of addictive slots player psychology , while using casual versions of proven F2P mid-core mechanics to capitalise on feelings of Loss Aversion and Skinner Box driven habit forming. Most definitely, “Spins” drive all core loop engagement. Attacks and Raids - PvP Gameplay.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This allows them to optimise the number of clicks and app store visits resulting in higher CTRs (Click Through Rates) Optimization of the storefronts: After a “hero creative/or the main playable ad” is selected, Playrix changes the app icons and the first screenshots in the app stores to reflect a similar message with the ads.

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Greenheart Games

MARCH 8, 2018

You can click on them to read the message (or right-click to dismiss them). If you want to quickly browse the topic list now just click, drag, and flick it! 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. Messages can stack.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. Few people called for the return of stacks-of-doom, but critics pointed out that carpets-of-doom were just as bad.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When that area is complete, that meeple scores points for its owner. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Description from Board Game Geek. Splendor – $38.

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

In Fantasy Strike, you just click on anyone in your in-game friends list to challenge them. You just click on them to challenge, and that’s it. It’s intentional that you click once to challenge, they accept, then you are playing. You would touch their name on a list and call them. No more UI than that is needed.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t go heavy on realism, in which case backtracking for this reason can be considered a non-issue and solely a decision to be made within the greater mechanical design, though this does mean progress ends up feeling gamier overall.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. There are also hidden easter eggs with interesting lines and detailed facial expressions if players click on or drag them around. Special effect from clicking on and dragging the Hot Cocoa Cookie.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And the point is that you… because you get so used to selling the idea, ultimately you'd know nothing about that idea until you market tested it, until you've, like, started building it, until you start getting some data. Gigi brought up a good point about the kinds of companies I sort of have three in my head about video games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

By all accounts this genre is matured to a point where it could use a massive innovation to both the progression mechanics and social gameplay. Over the years, Supercell’s portfolio has become slightly more balanced, with other games than the Clashes bringing in a more significant portion of the revenue.

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