Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 14, 2025

It has achieved significant cultural awareness, too: Duolingo has 14M TikTok followers, is a key partner in Netflixs Squid Games 2 marketing and was featured in the $1B global hit movie Barbie. Leaderboards & Leagues are, of course, a proven feature in games - and lead to better engagement/retention in Duolingo, too.

Games 52

Games Feature Co-op Puzzle 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

What a year it has been, with the number of Godot submissions in game jams rising to new heights, more people working for the Godot Foundation than ever before , and most industry award shows featuring one if not more games made with Godot. Backpack Battles Backpack Battles decided to make inventory management the main game mechanic.

Engineering 40

Engineering Engine Mechanics Co-op 40

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In many ways, Township has been the cornerstone for Playrix’s success as a title that allowed the company to build experience in live ops, analytics, and user acquisition. The game has already a complex and engaging set of game mechanics through the ever evolving production puzzle of crafting items. product management.

Co-op 52

Co-op Games Puzzle Mechanics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rina co-founded Peak Games, which has become a game-changer in the Turkish gaming scene. Originally, they were developing Royal Riches, a social casino game, investing heavily in optimisation techniques like segmentation, personalisation, dynamic pricing, and live ops tailored for the casino title. Let’s take a look.

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Tile Co-op Games Puzzle 64

Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day. Here, the game is overpowered (OP) by the strategies and calls for a balanced approach for individual players involved in the game.

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Game Design Game Designer Balance Concepts 52

SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Warframe is a free to play co-op shooter where you choose to be one of many different heroes navigating the many quests through the game. It’s a simple game, with less lore and complexity than some of the other games on this list, but it’s a game with great mechanics and lively gameplay. UFO Online Invasion.

Games 52

Games Co-op Code First person 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

We believe that the growth of individual titles will not necessarily lead to competition, in-spite of user base overlap, as there is enough room for them to co-exist and grow. We will see more aggressive addition of meta, social features and live-ops events combined with potential franchise tie ups.

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Racing Games UX Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Panel: Recession vs game industry Host: Laura Taranto, Senior Director of Product, Big Fish Chris Petrovic, CBO and Board Member, FunPlus Dara Leung , Managing Director, The Raine Group Micha Katz , Managing Director, Aream & Co. Then, think about play diversity, mastery, depth and social features that make the game even stickier.

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Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile 59

Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Gameplay programmers do a lot of setting up of rules for a particular game mechanic or system and building interfaces/tools for us designers to use to create specific bits of content to utilize those rules. Building an interface for designers to author specific audio events to their liking and to set up specific audio trigger conditions.

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AI Co-op Build Cinematics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The rules regarding IAP methods are now the following: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets, etc. The updates focused on the usage of NFTs and their functionalities inside games.

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Mobile Mobile Games Mobile Gaming 52

Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. While both engines have the ability to create a wide range of games and deploy them to various gaming platforms, each one offers a set of features that are suited to particular projects.

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Engineering Engine Game Engine Games 52

Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Based on the then-nascent free-to-play (ftp) model, and usually monetized through advertising, the phenomenon even featured in the Wall Street Journal. More sophisticated games soon emerged that featured deck-building and MOBA elements. But innovating on basic TD mechanics proved to be a challenge.

Co-op 52

Co-op Mechanics Balance Build 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Kristian Segerstrale : Kristian was a co-founder of Glu mobile, CEO of Playfish acquired by EA, was a seed investor in Supercell, was a senior exec at EA, and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp which will soon release their new MOBA shooter called Catalyst Black ( [link] ). and now is the CEO of Super Evil Megacorp.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Engineering Engine 52

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Green , who is currently Co-Founder and COO of Knock Knock. I Need a Process (sung to the tune of “I Need a Hero” ) As is the case with every facet of product development and live ops, running the right process is key. We instead let our mechanics and motif alone determine who we thought would play our game.

Fantasy 52

Fantasy Mechanics Concepts Art 52

Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

Therefore, to correct this terrible misuse of the term, we will look at what “roguelike” or “roguelite” or even “Rogue” actually mean, as well as diving into some concrete examples of how roguelike elements and mechanics have been used in mobile games in China lately. source: Wikipedia). .”

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