Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design? Process of Level Designing and Game Development 1.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 31, 2023

01:08) It’s kind of like a logic puzzle through code, which is how I look at it. In a small company or by yourself, the programmer might actually be the one to code the entire game. And in this course we’re going to solve a lot of those logic puzzles. And for me, that’s kind of what makes it fun.

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Interesting Choices

AUGUST 17, 2011

That said, there's a particular problem that's endemic to cooperative board games, which is that the game will present players with a puzzle, hoping that the group will work together to find a solution, and instead the single most skilled or most experienced player will end up playing for the entire group.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the seventh of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Finding the right artist is key.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Experience with idle games — making a repetitive action seem fun and not taxing — is key. We believe that just as early Facebook games became much more sophisticated and fun, the same will happen to Telegram games. Graphics may be relatively simplistic but every moment has to be ‘perfect.’

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

The game supports young minds to create new skills more efficiently while promoting fun. Interactive puzzle games, lesson plans, animated games, skill-building games, worksheets, storybooks, and many more make learning fun. The games are getting a positive response from parents, kids, and teachers.

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Our smartphones have become more than just communication devices- they are now powerful gaming consoles that fit right into our pockets. With an extensive array of games at our fingertips, turning your smartphone into a gaming console is easier than ever.

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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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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

Before I get started, I should make it clear which context it is that I’m talking about: single player, somewhat narrative driven videogames, like RPGs or adventure games. This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. The same is true for secrets in games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Hub worlds are coming In addition to trying to acquire properties in other genres, apps will likely try to appeal to players from other genres, particularly puzzle and casual , with popular features like explorable hub worlds, homes, and other custom design areas. Feathers & Dragons Happy 2020! Last Year’s Scorecard (Yes!)

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

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. In this example, neither game has a better atmosphere than the other. This is the power of the game atmosphere. Is your world stormy and moody, or bright and sunny?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

But a friend showed me Braid and Limbo towards the end of Film School and I finally realised ‘Wait a second, one person can make a game!?’ (I These were small versions of the AAA games I had played a lot of, but they were just as enjoyable.” Making games is different to making anything else. Game development takes so long! “Try

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But a friend showed me Braid and Limbo towards the end of Film School and I finally realised ‘Wait a second, one person can make a game!?’ (I These were small versions of the AAA games I had played a lot of, but they were just as enjoyable.” Making games is different to making anything else. Game development takes so long! “Try

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Sirlin

APRIL 26, 2019

As of this writing, we’re in the 8th year of Game of Thrones seasons with only 4 episodes left, and yet there are numerous major reveals still left. By looking at the show from a game design standpoint, I think we see how a lot of it has to end up. Game of Throne is, on a casual viewing, a very complicated show.

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Game Design Advice

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Every game he makes is a fascinating journey into a dense thicket of game design ideas. They’re all worth spending time with and the best ones unfold under the light of your attention into the kind of transcendent experiences that make a life spent playing games worthwhile. A Quick Game Design Digression.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). the second piece of the puzzle. The East-to-West Audience This brings us to the third piece of the puzzle — the kind of audience Habby is going for with Archero.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Let them work the way they like, quick and dirty, but just make sure they write clean APIs to communicate with other programmers. When I work on Godot, I make sure the design and architecture are as flawless as possible. Elaborated below: 1) Who will play the game? Just try to picture who is going to play the game.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 6, 2025

Critical path rewards should be fairly easy to obtain - you want all players to be able to experience your game. Optional rewards should be harder to get - more difficult to see or overcome, but providing rewards there means you're communicating to the player that you saw and recognized their effort by rewarding it.

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