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How to Build Better Live Events with the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker

Game Refinery

Here’s everything you need to know about using the Live Events Tracker to get the analysis you need to build the best live events framework for your mobile games, no matter what genres you operate in. Building a list of games that share your genre can help you keep track of what your competitors are doing. The choice is yours!

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Space is not a wall: toward a less architectural level design

Radiator Blog

Our main duties as working level designers often involve making game spaces by drawing layouts and building blockouts (simple rough draft 3D levels), which both resemble floor plans and architectural models. It starts with a shred of truth: level design often has architectural aspects, and architecture can influence behavior.

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

Likewise, construction elements have become intertwined with the core mechanics of many titles, such as the Japanese-hit Slime Isekai Memories , where narrative progression is tied into its base building despite its focus as a turn-based RPG. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising.

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#Drive Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude is a love letter to the golden age of rally games

PreMortem.Games

The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. So, what sets our game apart is its blend of authentic ’90s rally racing experience with modern gaming mechanics. “We

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Mythical’s Web3 NFT racer goes live

Game Daily

Mythical Games’ NFT-based mobile racing game Nitro Nation World Tour (NNWT) is out now on Android and iOS. We’re really looking forward to seeing how the community rallies around the game, and it will be fun to see how collectors are going to trick out their rides to either sell or race against their competitors.”

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Rumble Racing Star brings kart racing to Web3

Game Daily

Rumble Racing Star is a Mario Kart-alike with Web3 elements, published by DeLabs Games (part of 4:33 Creative Lab) in South Korea. Quinn Kwon: We were looking at different racing genres and we were inspired by lawnmower racing culture. It’s a really casual racing game.

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Deathgrip by Reclaim Interactive takes us back to the podracers of the future

PreMortem.Games

I think racing games have fallen out of favor because there’s a lack of innovation as they focus more on graphics and realism than creativity and feel”, says founder and Art Director Brian Young. “But Young got his podracing fix through the Star Wars Episode 1 Racing games (SWE1R). I like the design of the Star Wars racers.

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