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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design. years of development.

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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”

PreMortem.Games

In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. “I wanted IHAS to deal with so many philosophical concepts,” Pidiashenko explains. It’s used to both fight enemies and solve puzzles.

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COCOON creator Jeppe Carlsen “I never compromise on playability”

PreMortem.Games

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 While he didn’t immediately embark on this ambitious project, the concept lingered in his mind and gradually took shape as a concrete game design. years of development.

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Why NYT’s Connections makes you feel bad

Raph Koster

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. A brief aside on puzzles All three of these are more correctly called puzzles, of course. This means that really, puzzles and games are terms that are matters of degree, not kind.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

There's a Portal-like moment where you escape the puzzle. The high visual polish and stellar production values adorn a solid but predictable gameplay loop: you fight through dungeons with random rooms / enemies, collect resources, and bring them back to your hub to build up your village and its inhabitants.

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12 Ways to Take Battle Passes to the Next Level in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

Most innovative battle passes in mobile games For those less familiar with the concept of a battle pass, this is a season-based monetization mechanic in which players can obtain rewards by progressing through different thresholds. Battle pass feature popularity trend in US iOS mobile games 2018-2023 (source: GameRefinery Platform).

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Concept Art. After Concept Artist Harold reimagined each level area in the demo, we then had him concept out the individual props that will be needed to carefully detail each environment. We really liked the concept of the existing logo, but we wanted to see what it would look like with a more realistic clock tower.

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