Played with Fire

JULY 22, 2024

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. This mechanic encourages players to experiment and think creatively about how to solve puzzles and overcome challenges. In Stargaze , we delve into the wonders of astrology.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 14, 2025

How is an education app rivaling the popularity of media & entertainment products? Candy Crush, puzzle games, and YouTube typically occupy this time to prevent boredom. Lock-In Systems The final piece of the puzzle is getting users to come back the next day - this is where Lock-In Systems come into play.

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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

APRIL 21, 2021

Concept Art. As part of our demo overhaul, we recently welcomed a few new team members into our motley crew in order to help us better establish the dark-fantasy vibe we're going for—including the newest member to our Concept Art team, Harold. Curious about Harold's process for building out each concept's composition?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Plus, you'll get a first look at some of the incredible environmental and character concepts we've got in the works too. After she finishes up this first set, Bianca will then move on to the additional sets our concept artists are currently working on. link] Concept Art. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We're also giving you a special first look at some new environmental concepts and progress made to our newest WIP level area. With some incredible concepts from our art department as her guide, our 3D Character Designer, Bianca, has been working on modeling a few base armor sets for our three variants of Kota soldiers. Concept Art.

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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. Meaning of Mobile Games Mobile games are those created for portable electronic devices including smartphones, cellphones, pocket PCs, PDAs, tablet PCs, and portable media players. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

So it's very clear that games are just a new type of media included in your Netflix subscription. Next Games has soft-launched Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales, a free-to-play story-driven puzzle adventure RPG. COO & CPO Greg Peters on how gaming fits into the Netflix business model. Netflix games will start on mobile.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

Then again, the success of Eggy Party and Stumble Guys has provided solid proof of concept and shown there is an appetite for this genre amongst mobile players. Some of these tournaments are hosted in collaboration with social media influencers (as seen by the thumbnail for the main event above) and cost gems to enter.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. This puts more emphasis on product and creative than media buying itself.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Highly narrative, intricate puzzles, and immersive storytelling. Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. I say mostly, because social media today shows we were partly right also. Stuff that in many ways was quite a bit fancier than what WoW eventually did. We were mostly wrong.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

After the loss of my father, I began working on the Bob project and realized that the story and concept had been with me for years, he says. Depending on the response from social media, I decide whether to continue expanding on those ideas or not. Because Houllier is working alone, he needs players feedback to shape his games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And Supercell promoted the game through all of its media channels. Beatstars’ mixes both concepts, and expands the amount of inputs to those native on a touchscreen. The hard lock on waiting feels much more punishing in this game than say in a puzzle game when you run out of lives-.

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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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Game Errors

APRIL 10, 2023

Featuring several playable characters in an one-on-one gameplay, the game introduced many concepts that would become standards for fighting games, such as the six-button controls and the use of command-based special techniques. In 1987 the game was finally ready, and Capcom released its first competitive fighting game: Street Fighter.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Common answers are: Everyone, e.g.: this is a nice puzzle, tower defense, casual, etc. The difference can be with either an innovative gameplay concept, or an art style that was not seen before in a game. Elaborated below: 1) Who will play the game? This is the first question you must ask yourself. It needs to be different.

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