Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Video games have come a long way since they were first conceptualized in the 1950s, with expansive open worlds that can fit right in your pocket, but you don’t need to go back 70 years to see what games looked like back then. Secondly, the biggest chess and auto-chess games have strong links to esports and online streaming.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Streaming is the most important feature missing for managing large scenes or open worlds. Additionally, Godot 4.0

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Developing a rich and immersive game world is a complicated and multi-disciplinary process. To build a truly immersive gaming environment, a team of designers, developers, artists and programmers employ a combination of psychology, art and technology into video games that challenge and capture players, resulting in satisfying gameplay.

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

This strategy game offers a captivating journey through different eras, challenging you to build, trade, and conquer. With its intricate gameplay and stunning graphics, Rise of Cultures is a must-try for fans of city-building and strategy genres. Genshin Impact Genshin Impact has set new standards for open-world RPGs on mobile.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. “Open World Games" have the potential for countless hours of exploration and fun through their huge game worlds.

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. 3D Animation- This includes building models and animating them within a virtual 3D space. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun and a games industry veteran with 15 years of experience in building, operating, and scaling games and game companies. Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I’m reminded of Beta 11’s spicing up the main complex with Heavies and Cargo Convoys , though in this case it’s not just adding one or two new mechanics but instead about turning Garrisons into proper branch maps in terms of content distribution… Encounter Architecture.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. The ugly reality of software development is that legacy code builds up really quick and keeping it up to date, ready for new challenges that arise several years down the line takes a lot of effort. It has been a long road to Godot 4.0

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member. This decouples the player's behavior from their character build. Expendable companions. Money sink.

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It's really just a series of supply fetch quests and "find yet another character whose name rhymes with 'son' (in this big huge open world)" but it feels like you are helping establish an entire new town in the wilderness - leaves you with a genuine "I helped people" feeling. Quests that do world building.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Both are open-world action-adventure games with fantasy elements and similar mechanics. Overall, it is a more moody atmosphere that lends a sense of dread, and this goes along nicely with the hostile game mechanics players will be up against. Is your world stormy and moody, or bright and sunny?

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. Cart Crash is an incredibly satisfying game that relies much more on timing than any other mechanic. Spinner Merge by Sunday.GG.

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It’s really just a series of supply fetch quests and “find yet another character whose name rhymes with ‘son’ (in this big huge open world)” but it feels like you are helping establish an entire new town in the wilderness - leaves you with a genuine “I helped people” feeling.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Instead, your missions focus around training to better understand the game mechanics. The game allows you to jump in and enjoy short gameplay experience, or you can deepen your immersion in the game by joining groups and building up your space empire. Planet Calypso. This is one of my personal favorite space related games. Endless Sky.

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

This remake retains the essence of the original while offering a fresh experience with updated mechanics and deeper narrative elements. This Souls-like action RPG stands out for its hauntingly beautiful visuals, intricate storyline, and innovative mechanics. Resident Evil 4 (Remake) 9. Lies of P 5. Alan Wake 2 4.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here we’re primarily talking about the player revisiting earlier floors on their journey, rather than backtracking within a single map (though I’ll cover that topic a bit separately at the end), and our discussion focuses on roguelikes of the dungeon delving variety, since open world games generally allow backtracking by default.

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Moonmana

APRIL 24, 2023

The worldwide game development industry has come a long way from games with simple gameplay and mechanics to complex feature-rich titles. Metaverse worlds These are immersive virtual spaces constructed from user-generated content and containing gamification elements to encourage users’ collaboration and socialization.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Unlike its namesake, this game is not a turn-based RPG, but rather a action-adventure title that is looking to incorporate certain open-world elements to it. The shooting mechanics look sound along with a many interesting characters and locations being introduced in this title. Pacific Drive.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

The most significant growth in revenue was seen in the following sub-genres: Open World Adventure is a newborn sub-genre that grew by 622% this year. Successful 4X games developers are constantly bringing new gameplay mechanics to stand out in the market as seen in the examples below. 3 Product innovation is crucial.

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Game Errors

APRIL 6, 2023

Putting Effort into Putting No Effort In At All Before tearing into this game for being one of the most low-effort games in the Far Cry era, one has to say that if this were a brand new game with a different title and from a different developer, you would praise its mechanics and some of its graphics and design.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Unicorn Run also introduces flying powers and shooting mechanics to help you achieve higher scores, adding an extra layer of excitement to the gameplay. Players step into the boots of Arthur Morgan, a Van der Linde gang member, as they navigate a world on the brink of modernization.

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