Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Playing levels awards stars , which are used to earn coins in the Puzzle Pass. Looking at the market, there have been plenty of combinations of Puzzle Core + Invest & Express hybrid games attempted. The Twist: The Puzzle Pass.

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Grumpy Gamer

AUGUST 10, 2014

In part 1 of 1 in my series of articles on games design, let's delve into one of the (if not THE) most useful tool for designing adventure games: The Puzzle Dependency Chart. Gary and I didn't have Puzzle Dependency Charts for Maniac Mansion, and in a lot of ways it really shows. It's Sunday. Let's build one! Let's build one!

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

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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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Ideas for the game’s content were inspired mainly from movies and TV shows, while the game designs came from the games the team loves to play, like Everquest for the open world concept and The Vanishing Hitchhiker for the atmosphere. Some started from a puzzle standpoint. All the murder scenes are fictional”, assures Tomi.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

What caught my attention wasn’t just her confidence on the panel but the fact that she was not only a student pursuing three majors at Wits University she was also the Lead Concept artist at Chroma Pixel Games , a game studio based in Zambia. I draw concepts, and the 3D Modelers bring them to life.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 13, 2020

You see, the whole concept of the game is that you are trapped in [insert place] and you have to solve riddles to get out. The game is full of mysteries, riddles, and puzzles. Some of the puzzles in Exit Games, much like in real-life Escape Rooms, are devilishly hard. They can also only be played once due to their nature.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Fortunately, there are plenty of simple coding projects that integrate basic coding concepts that kids can tackle during the school year. They’re also a great extracurricular activity to help kids learn math concepts, develop their language abilities, and improve interpersonal skills. Kids can get started as young as eight years old.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. A game designer designs the overall concept of a game. Who is a Game Designer?

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It usually starts with a ‘think pad’, which is basically just a google doc where I write down anything to do with a specific game concept. I played around with a few ideas and one of them was a simple cube rolling puzzle game. So I made a shift in puzzle design to negate that. This is never a good thing.”

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 25, 2022

Laying down the backbone puzzles for Act 1. Started the Puzzle Dependency Chart for Act 1. Looking forward to getting a concept artist. Things come alive for me when concepts start to come in. First "real" design meeting with dave. Jul 24, 2020. Jul 27, 2020. Jenn started. Jul 28, 2020. Making good progress on design.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Asking and discussing general ideas about themes or concepts, ‘I’m thinking of making my eye game about Monet now… what do you reckon?’. The original concept was a game set inside an eye. The day to day.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire character design concept art by Doogyeong. Gerel battling enemies. Dogyeong L.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We We are very excited about it”, says Myllys. “It’s

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Solve puzzles and wander your way across the iris, and through the life, of Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Asking and discussing general ideas about themes or concepts, ‘I’m thinking of making my eye game about Monet now… what do you reckon?’. The original concept was a game set inside an eye. The day to day.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

We will explore various aspects of art production, including design concepts, art style, and optimization techniques. Understand the Game Design Concept To produce artwork for a mobile game, the initial step is to comprehensively grasp the game’s design and concept. So, let’s dive in!

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

When venturing into the concept of how to make an iOS game , it’s essential to grasp the industry’s dynamics and market conditions. Tip #3: Start with a Clear concept and Idea The foundation of the best graphic games lies in a well-defined concept and idea. Tip #2: How to make an iOS Game?

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Especially since the game seeks to dominate the puzzle genre, which is the largest and arguably the most competitive genre in mobile games. Early revenue per download data shows that it outperforms other Classic Match-3 titles and is as strong as full Puzzle & Decorate games, suggesting that players like the direction. It made $5.1

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

TikTok brought them back into fashion and in splendid style when the concept of fidget trading emerged as a new trend in 2021, with users filming the process of trading their fidget toys with each other. 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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Game Errors

MAY 12, 2023

The inclusion of these new creatures hints at the possibility of encountering new challenges and puzzles within the game’s world. Tears of the Kingdom takes the concept further by upgrading Bokoblin camps. This ability taps into Link’s resourcefulness and offers new possibilities for exploration and puzzle-solving.

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Grumpy Gamer

JULY 15, 2014

Gary and I were trying to make sense of the mansion and how the puzzles flowed together. It wouldn't be until Monkey Island that the "puzzle dependency chart" would solve most of our adventure game design issues. The entire concept of getting characters to like you never really made it into the final game. That's right.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games. The cartoony art style is applied in the development of puzzles, educational, adventure, and hyper-casual online games. The collage art style is a perfect solution for side-scrollers, indie, and puzzle-based games. Fantasy Realism. 8 minutes read.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 15, 2019

In my Tasty Humans Designer Diary posts so far, I have focused on the puzzle aspect of the game. The design process really started with the puzzle. The design process really started with the puzzle. This concept would end up remaining true into the final design. At this point, I was picturing a 3 x 3 grid of adventurers.

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iHobo

MARCH 22, 2023

The same lowering of the level of challenge was key to the success of Popcap, whose game Bejeweled (modelled on the brilliant Panel de Pon ), which was the origin of the term 'casual game' Bejeweled was built on the breakthrough realisation that having a timer in puzzle games was inherently stressful, and not everyone enjoyed this stress.

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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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Keith Burgun

JUNE 18, 2022

Indeed, one of the main starting points for the design was that it wouldn’t be a puzzle, standing in contrast to the highly puzzle-like nature of Advance Wars. Indeed, one of the main starting points for the design was that it wouldn’t be a puzzle, standing in contrast to the highly puzzle-like nature of Advance Wars.

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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. And the concept of multiplayer and connect to friends help people to open up and socialize with others.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

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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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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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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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. So technically, it may be more like a “bad puzzle”, but in any case it shares a lot in common with secrets. It also is kind of hard to do, practically, in tabletop games (although it is possible !).

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Interactive puzzle games, lesson plans, animated games, skill-building games, worksheets, storybooks, and many more make learning fun. In addition, the game allows engaging activities to assist the kid in practising for better concept retention. Client Requirements.

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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

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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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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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

link] Concept Art. In order to initiate these changes, however, it was vital that we had proper environmental and character concepts to work from so that our 3D modeling team was fully capable of bringing the Kristala that exists in our minds to life in Unreal Engine. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Concept Art. When it comes to creating unique environments, characters, weapons, and other items—especially ones for an alien, fantasy world we dreamed up from scratch—we wouldn't get very far without our concept art team. Take a look at some of the recent armor concepts our talented artist James created this month.

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