Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. Games that tweak existing mechanics are not enough to break into this entrenched space. Call of Duty Black Ops 6 has just dropped, Delta Force is in Beta, Marvel Rivals is set to launch in early December.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys. Tournament options in Stumble Guys.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Stumble Guys uses IP in live events to introduce new gameplay mechanics Stumble Guys x Nerf Over on the casual Market, Stumble Guys fumbled home with the other Best Collaboration Event Award. Introducing other elements into live events doesn’t necessarily mean building completely new modes or expansive gameplay mechanics.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. Whoever emerges victorious wins a random assortment of boosters.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Backpack Battles Backpack Battles decided to make inventory management the main game mechanic. There is just something about the frustratingly fun mechanics of Arctic Eggs that captured quite an audience who are we to judge your taste? Turn-based mechanics and an RPG flavor round off the experience.

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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. There’s usually quite a lot of work for gameplay programmers to do when developing a game.

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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.

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Interesting Choices

AUGUST 17, 2011

People are starting to warm up to it, though, and recent years have seen a surge of cooperative board games, as well as digital games like Starcraft 2 and League of Legends that are embracing co-op vs AI as a valid way to experience the game. Now to fine tune the rest of the mechanics.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

But innovating on basic TD mechanics proved to be a challenge. PixelJunk Monsters 2 and Orcs Must Die’s sequels added a focus on co-op play. “We’re using merge mechanics for how you upgrade and how you place your towers,” explains Niklas.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2020

What percentage of revenue is driven by live operations-related product mechanics? will they tolerate ML-driven product mechanics such as level difficulty optimization, dynamic starter pack design, etc.) Are the co-founders all aligned around the types of games they want to build? Is the live ops content expensive to produce?

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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.

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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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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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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. The time has come to embrace ‘coopetition’ and work together a little more, he said.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Popular Games Made In Unreal Engine Fortnite Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and distributed as three different game modes using the same engine, so each one has similar graphics, art assets, and game mechanics.

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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.

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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.

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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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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. investment for co-op mobile game Sweden’s Behold Ventures raises $25.9M

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Radiator Blog

MAY 17, 2022

These non-wood objects makes crucial double use of the aiming mechanic. Maybe you're dreaming of a queer vegan plant mom co-op, or maybe it's a concrete bunker where you hoard a 5 year supply of rations and ammunition, but either way there's a renewed collective fantasy of living and surviving in our imagined sense of nature.

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