Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

Uses techniques like key framing, rigging, motion capture, and simulations to show movement. Game Genres Ideal for puzzle games, visual novels, and platformers that require simplicity and style. The environment is added with depth and volume for realism. Animation Techniques Uses frame-by-frame virtual movements to create motion.

Animation 52

Animation Animation Game Developer Game Development 52

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. Playrix has been trying out many interstitials, banners, videos and playable ads based on solving puzzles/saving animals by moving the pins in the right order. product management. Let’s look at Township as an example.

Co-op 52

Co-op Puzzle Games Point and Click 52

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D models can be rigged and then animated, placed as stationary objects in a scene by a layout artist, simulated or destroyed by an FX artist, and used for shadows or holdouts by a lighting artist. They can also simulate fur, feathers, fabric, skin, fat, and rigid body dynamics. CG Spectrum's 2022 Houdini FX student showcase.

Film 52

Film Animation Animation Concepts 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

This game packs some of the best balanced, nerve- wracking, strategic gameplay on a mobile device. Even better, the team has showcased a holistic focus on the game: Masterfully balanced the gameplay with regular nerfs/buffs, refreshing the meta Designed for both elder and new players, often forgotten by mature games Took risks (e.g.,

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Mobile Mobile Mobile Gaming 52

Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

Trivially easy games can’t support long skill-chains, and neither can all-or-nothing puzzles, no matter how large and difficult they might be. Players of a game like this are on a journey of gradual and continuous improvement, ascending ever-upwards towards better understanding and stronger play.

Feature 40

Feature Terrain Games Baking 40

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. We’ve seen a few more simulation titles hit the charts this year. Idle Siege: War Simulator by Gameloft. Plan your attack.

Mobile Gaming 98

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. and I think this balance tuning is intentional. So I think they got this balance right, even if I whine about it. You're trading health for ammo / convenience.

Fighting 130

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 130

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Asset Balance 52

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

Nevertheless, Everdale is not a placement puzzle like a typical city-building game. The lack of specialization and trading breaks the illusion of a simulation game. This game is likely straightforward to balance, but it’s not very creative for the players to play. We’d be equally terrified to balance a more player-friendly game.

Build 52

Build Simulation Balance Mechanics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

A well balanced revenue market share split across the East and West. This is the first piece of the puzzle — a founding team that is skilled in the art of designing highly addictive Hyper-casual core game experiences, while having the expert know-how of quickly validating marketability and scaling rapidly once globally launched.

Balance 52

Balance Content Mechanics Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Thankfully, your faithful crew at DoF are here to try and help you make sense of it, well, at least the very specific part of it related to puzzle games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. It made $5.1

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Mobile Mobile Games 52

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. In my simulation code, men can have one of five sexual moods: Top, Bottom, VersBottom (Versatile), TrueVers, and Voyeur. However, Zugzwang is about interacting with a maze full of people, so here I simulate the police as distinct in-person agents who walk around.

Code 100

Code Educational Prototyping Education 100