Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

TikTok brought them back into fashion and in splendid style when the concept of fidget trading emerged as a new trend in 2021, with users filming the process of trading their fidget toys with each other. A large part of Fidget Trading’s massive success was due to the popularity of the game concept and familiarity among TikTok users.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 At Geometric we put gameplay first, and we will always build our games around strong gameplay ideas”, says Carlsen. years of development.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

You see, the whole concept of the game is that you are trapped in [insert place] and you have to solve riddles to get out. The game is full of mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. Some of the puzzles in Exit Games, much like in real-life Escape Rooms, are devilishly hard. Build a lasting brand so you can release multiple products.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle The first game on the list is a title by Zego Studio: Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle. In this game, the user solves various puzzles by unscrewing everything on the screen. Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The mobile hit Empires and Puzzles (E&P) by Small Giant Games (acquired by Zynga) has made over $600M in net-revenues while racking up around 60 million installs. While there have been numerous clones and follow up titles trying to get a piece of the ever growing puzzle RPG pie, none of them has had any meaningful success.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. A brief aside on puzzles All three of these are more correctly called puzzles, of course. This means that really, puzzles and games are terms that are matters of degree, not kind.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 12, 2013

No tutorials or hint systems or pansy-assed puzzles or catering to the mass-market or modernizing. Some puzzles will be hard, but all the puzzles will be fair. Eight - There would be dialog puzzles. They weren’t really puzzles, but that’s what we called them. You’re going to get stuck. True story.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. Alan's advice for applying for an Epic MegaGrant is to have a playable build. Gerel battling enemies.

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Sirlin

JANUARY 13, 2022

Puzzle Strike 2’s base set includes 10 characters and two different community banks decks. There are several fundamental things you do in Puzzle Strike 2, such as blocking, crashing, swapping, drawing cards, and spending actions. Pink is the color of engine building and it has two really solid building blocks here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Hay Day Pop however shows that Supercell has learned their lessons and clearly understands how to build on the genre. It has a solid core game design, and a meta design that builds upon the successes we’ve seen in the market.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 16, 2025

Free Sign Up The Building Blocks of VFX Magic Ever wondered what makes those jaw-dropping visual effects pop off the screen? The VFX Artist's Toolbox Think of VFX as building the world's most amazing digital sandwich - you need all the right layers! Building Digital Dreams Think of 3D modeling as sculpting with pixels!

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 13, 2013

No tutorials or hint systems or pansy-assed puzzles or catering to the mass-market or modernizing. Some puzzles will be hard, but all the puzzles will be fair. Eight - There would be dialog puzzles. They weren't really puzzles, but that's what we called them. It would be an adventure game for the hardcore.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There's a Portal-like moment where you escape the puzzle. Cult of the Lamb by Massive Monster This is a Hades-like / Binding of Issac-ish 2D action roguelike wrapped around a Don't Starve / Rimworld-y town building crafting survival system, with all the subversively violent dark cartoon humor of those references.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ After thorough discussions, Kubernetes was determined as the clear choice.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Fortunately, there are plenty of simple coding projects that integrate basic coding concepts that kids can tackle during the school year. They’re also a great extracurricular activity to help kids learn math concepts, develop their language abilities, and improve interpersonal skills. Kids can get started as young as eight years old.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

You dont need to solve puzzles, find keys, or worry about running out of lives. The concept of being chased (or chasing something) taps into our primal instincts. Logic Simplified is a Unity Game Development Company with the finest, most creative game concept artists, 2D and 3D game designers , and UX designers. Well, it is!

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We We are very excited about it”, says Myllys. “It’s

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I had literally just started programming 6 months prior and now I’m building a full game? It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. I played around with a few ideas and one of them was a simple cube rolling puzzle game.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Asking and discussing general ideas about themes or concepts, ‘I’m thinking of making my eye game about Monet now… what do you reckon?’. The original concept was a game set inside an eye. The day to day.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Asking and discussing general ideas about themes or concepts, ‘I’m thinking of making my eye game about Monet now… what do you reckon?’. The original concept was a game set inside an eye. The day to day.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2024

40% QoQ) and Wood Screw Puzzle (–23% QoQ). The concept is the following: players start with a small hole (or as one, if you wish) and grow by devouring objects smaller than their current size, as well as other players’ holes. However, the number of newcomers is on a downtrend from quarter to quarter.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement? require a unique approach.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 1, 2019

Once you craft the basic concepts of your game and find the right mechanics to express them , you have to set rules. He, after all, created the pattern building game that we call Tasty Humans , so it makes for a great case study! These elements combine to create the central puzzle of each turn in Tasty Humans.

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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. By the end of the game, that threat has disappeared and your build is fun and OP. So then the golden loop schedule ends up feeling too simple and doable. And it was.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Though many startups are beginning to build their legacies, 13 studios successfully released titles. The company has developed two mobile titles— Word Tiles Puzzle: Word Search and Restaurant Tycoon. This means we already have some data to answer the critical question: How have they used these funds? million downloads collectively.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Atmosphere’ vs ‘Game-Feel’ In game development, there is also another closely related concept of ‘game-feel’. Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact. This is the power of the game atmosphere.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Let us unveil valuable tips and insights to guide beginners in building their iPhone games. When venturing into the concept of how to make an iOS game , it’s essential to grasp the industry’s dynamics and market conditions. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 5, 2024

With a knack for puzzle, arcade, and simulation games. Puzzle games have a simple yet addicting core loop: playing levels. Puzzle games have a simple yet addicting core loop: playing levels. This is where the most crucial player motivation for puzzle games comes into play: Win Streak.

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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.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Targeting Attention, Interest, Desire, And Action Product Your Niche Price Process & Logistics Core Concepts of Promotion Outreach Reviews Distribution Kickstarter Advertising. This concept is called product-market fit. You have to very slowly build your reputation. Core Concepts of Promotion. Eat villagers.

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iHobo

MARCH 22, 2023

The same lowering of the level of challenge was key to the success of Popcap, whose game Bejeweled (modelled on the brilliant Panel de Pon ), which was the origin of the term 'casual game' Bejeweled was built on the breakthrough realisation that having a timer in puzzle games was inherently stressful, and not everyone enjoyed this stress.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. The core gameplay follows a ‘build and battle mechanic’. We love the concept. And building it on Unity’s new engine means they will be able to continue releasing updates and fixing bugs – something they were blocked from doing for a while. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You'll read a lot about the work that went into making our Play build smooth and seamless in this issue of the blog, but check out this article from our friends at NoobFeed and the following video from Piercing Metal that explain a bit more about the exclusive build of Kristala we exhibited at Play NYC. link] Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This month, in addition to our typical development sprints, we've also been hard at work prepping a super special convention build of Kristala for the upcoming Play NYC convention. Concept Art. We really liked the concept of the existing logo, but we wanted to see what it would look like with a more realistic clock tower.

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Big Games

AUGUST 25, 2021

When we talk about building engaging and interactive mobile games, there are a few things that have to be considered while developing games. Easy and simple gameplay Handy and minimum tools User’s reviews and feedbacks When the following points are implemented in the game, you are sure to build the best gaming app.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But with so many different examples of battle passes on the market these days, developers have had to get increasingly experimental to build on their past successes. In terms of monetization, the game has a traditional casual puzzle game IAP model combined with relatively heavy ad monetization.

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