Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. A large part of Fidget Trading’s massive success was due to the popularity of the game concept and familiarity among TikTok users.

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’

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Played with Fire

JULY 22, 2024

Creating VR games is one thing, but creating VR games that are both entertaining and „something more” is something entirely different! We believe that VR has the potential to be a powerful tool for learning, allowing players to explore complex concepts in an intuitive and immersive way.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement? require a unique approach.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. We love the concept. Torchlight Infinite by XD Entertainment. Torchlight Inifinite is an ARPG (action roleplaying game), and the fourth title in the series made by XD Entertainment. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Net Fishing! And despite Net Fishing!

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. Meanwhile, Aleksis is an entertaining character with a big complicated party setpiece that invokes past Arkane games and the game marketing. Maybe this is intentional?

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Game Errors

APRIL 10, 2023

Starting with a port of 1942 for the Nintendo Entertainment System also published in 1985, Capcom began focusing on the home console market, which would eventually become its main segment. Targeting international markets, the company had its first hit in 1942, another vertical shooter.

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Big Games

AUGUST 19, 2021

Adventure: The games of this type have reflex testing and puzzle gameplay. Strategy: Games in this genre challenge the mind with strategic dilemmas, tactical puzzles, and shootouts. For the kids, the game levels are made at a fun and entertaining level, while for the elders, the challenges are even more intense and hard.

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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

In today's issue, we're servin' up some serious updates on a few large-scale, ongoing 3D models and concept pieces. Using a few detailed concepts from our art department, our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been working the past few sprints on modeling out each of our three Kota soldier variants and their accompanying armor sets.

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Big Games

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Art Of Simplicity Is A Puzzle Of Complexity The Necessity Of Balance In A Game When you are able to balance the game between simplicity and complexity, the game becomes a major hit among the users and also scores the market share. Even though you might wish to increase the number of rules in the game, it might not entertain the players.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Concept Art. In our last issue, we introduced you to a bunch of new team members that recently joined our growing family, including our newest Environmental Concept artist, Harold. Right away, Harold dove into creating fresh, detailed concepts for each level area in the Kristala demo. Let's dive in.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Over the past few sprints, our resident 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been hard at work capturing the look of our Kota soldier concepts in 3D form. Make sure you stop by our Concept Art section in this issue of the blog to get a sneak peek at what the armor sets will look like. link] Concept Art.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Now that’s where the “triple A” concept comes in, and the concept is simple: time, money, and resources. On Android and other mobile devices, you may play a variety of fantastic games ranging from puzzles to adventure. Now, when you think about high-end games, you think about AAA. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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Played with Fire

APRIL 14, 2022

Outdated concepts, adherence to rigid genre frameworks and the excessive use of microtransactions are the reasons that AAA games not excite us as much as they used to. Walk its streets, look into the eyes of the main character, solve tricky puzzles with your own hands. Indie VR – let’s go one step further!

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

BiliBili, a Chinese games and entertainment company, secured the rights to publish a mobile version of Fall Guys shortly after its release, but Mediatonic hasn’t announced any plans to release the game on mobile in the West. The post Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

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Filmustage

JULY 21, 2023

Exploring the concept of film genres Film genres, the categorical division of movies into distinct types, have been a fundamental part of the movie industry since its inception. For example, a viewer who enjoys solving puzzles might be more drawn to mystery films. Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Video games that integrate elements to create a “realistic and open world” aim to be more than just a source of entertainment. Gameplay mechanics Every game, whether a first-person shooter game or a basic puzzle game, contains one or more gameplay mechanics. Great controls are essential as they drive the game’s overall concept.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Overall, in the key Western markets, MMORPGs, Roguelikes, Merge and Puzzle genres largely bucked the recession in terms of revenue. At the same time, cross-platform open-world RPG Genshin Impact continues to break new ground, crossing its $3 Billion in IAP Spend in Q2 2022.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

What made me the happiest and most fulfilled throughout my career in games was the opportunity to create new and exciting game experiences, entertain millions of players and bring value to their lives through exploring new capabilities of technology and creativity. Do you have a concept in mind?” Will you make another puzzle game?”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow. Just in that third screenshot alone there are so many concepts which feel new and confusing. This is great!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. Volatility by itself is entertaining. Outcome Revelation Once a position has been taken and money is on the line, players must wait for the outcome to be revealed.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

As a consequence, autochess has remained as a niche concept that hinted at a strong potential but that nobody has been able to find a way to turn into a profitable product ready for mass adoption (at least in the West). The concept of a seasonal content reset it’s a risky but high reward opportunity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the second battle (see second and third screenshot above) they introduce about 5 new concepts to the game, all of which are kind of new for the genre, and the screen gets so chaotic and confusing that it’s hard to follow. Just in that third screenshot alone there are so many concepts which feel new and confusing. This is great!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Thankfully, your faithful crew at DoF are here to try and help you make sense of it, well, at least the very specific part of it related to puzzle games. Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. It made $5.1

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So, Spyke Games tapped into their puzzle experience from Peak and summoned one of the key elements of every successful puzzle game: Obstacles! Do you lack depth in your puzzle levels? The use of the “Frog” obstacle in Tile Busters (left) and Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells (right). Just slap some obstacles!

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