PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics. This prototype had many worlds, and a lot of the focus was on jumping between them.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Although it mostly employs C++, it also provides a visual scripting language called Blueprints that lets programmers construct intricate mechanics without knowing how to code. The Blueprint system allows for faster prototyping. Strengths Provides more control over game mechanics for experienced programmers.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

The idea for New Heights emerged as a personal prototype, driven by the desire to create a game focused on exploration rather than violence. Drawing inspiration from their own experiences in bouldering, the team sought to incorporate the exhilarating mechanics of climbing into the game.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 30, 2019

If you’re the kind of creator who has a few prototype board games in your closet somewhere, consider playing one of them with a few game designers. Order a professional physical prototype of one of your board games. Experiment with a theme or mechanics you’ve never used. Card games count, too! My first game, War Co.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

As we were prototyping there was still a feeling the game needed more action. Thus I make an effort to use purchased art assets only as a starting point to then be modified into something more unique and fitting of the aesthetic.” “We built a prototype in our spare time and saw the potential. But that’s not all.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. It contains the game’s proposed design like the concept of the game, genre, core game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, illustrations/sketches, story and characters, levels and monetization strategies.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

” “As evident from everyone’s fixation on social media for years, content that humans instinctively find interesting continues to emerge infinitely. We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Developers work closely with the engineers to decide the game mechanics. This includes making the sound effects and music, planning the levels, implementing the game mechanics, and producing the game’s assets. Prototyping Prototyping is not integral to the mobile game development process but has advantages.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

With various other developers, I’ve talked about all the different parts that go into making a board game: the core engine , the mechanics , rules , and storytelling / internal narrative. I sometimes use blank cards or write on prototypes if I need to iterate quickly, but that typically only happens at conventions.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Game designers must work closely with other development team members, like developers and artists, to guarantee that the video game mechanics and elements work together smoothly. The game mechanics involve matching three or more candies of the same color to smash them. Let’s take the example of Candy Crush again.

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The Liquid Fire

JUNE 4, 2023

This is only a quick post so you all know I am still here and to give a quick preview of what is coming next… It may be a bit surprising, but I started tinkering with the SRD’s and got a fair way into a few different prototypes before ever actually playing Pathfinder.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

First person slasher genre Triternion was officially founded in 2017, but the roots go back as far as 2014 when two developers built the initial prototypes and explorations in the first person slasher genre. We hope that Mordhau continues to provide countless hours of entertainment and satisfaction to players around the world”, says Dunn. “A

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

2: I did not order a prototype prior to manufacturing from the same company that printed. 9: My social media approach was untargeted and used suboptimal content. Board game and card game content. That means I took way too long to fix bad game mechanics, clean up bad ideas, and so on. See which Kickstarters get backed.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed. Categorical Approach.

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Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

Table of Contents Actually, this article didn’t start like this. After understanding some of the future plans from the game team, I decided to start over and create a guide from the perspective of code-writing and logic mechanisms. So, you will find that the content format of data-player.json , data-enemy_1.json Keep reading!

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences. While still in the early stages, it offers promising rapid prototyping and brainstorming potential.

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Cocos

MAY 5, 2023

Today, let’s take a look at the basic content of the three pipelines. Folder Contents and Code Structure To help you get started easily, in this article, we’ll first look at the code structure to help you quickly locate the content you want to see. It is very simple and has only two passes.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

To be specific, this surge has been a result of the dynamic audio-visual effects, the natural player-to-character interaction, photorealistic 3D graphics, and engaging levels, characters, and mechanics of the game. This is a step-by-step approach with templates and mechanics for anyone who wants to create a functional game.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The players should intuitively understand the mechanism of the game and get engaged with the gameplay within a few minutes they start playing the game. To make the game innovative and fresh, you have to make few updations in the game at regular intervals, like adding content, levels, features, or characters. Make a User-friendly Game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics. Another MMORPG-related bias was the expectation of continuous content updates, visually different challenges/upgrades and a metagame focused on progression and cosmetic rarity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The collection and account progression mechanisms, as well as their utility in an action sequence, are very different and lacking when compared to Brawl Stars. A live game is expected to grow with each content update. The graveyard was filled with killed prototypes and games that were killed in the soft launch phase.

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Mnenad

JANUARY 14, 2020

  So I remember exactly how my first prototype looked like. I don’t remember anymore how it came to the decision to make it Countryball themed, but I guess the sheer number of possibilities, both in game mechanics and design choices, have led to that decision.  

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 12, 2023

This consumable item mechanic is the same in Squad Busters, which speaks of knowledge sharing between the teams. This seems to be Supercell's solution to avoid gacha mechanics in upcoming games. Similarly to Clash Royale, upgrades grant XP that unlocks new content and increases the HP of the hero. There’s no rubberbanding.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 10, 2021

The big change that always gets mentioned when going from Civ 4 to Civ 5 is one-unit-per-tile (1UPT), which is interesting as 1UPT is purely a mechanical – as opposed to thematic – change. The game, a historical 4X set in classical antiquity, released on July 1, 2021, and is available for purchase here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

There are a number of reasons for this: first, ATT will handicap ad platforms’ abilities to target specific users, and an IP that is well-aligned with a core gameplay mechanic may provide useful in effortlessly segmenting audiences across taste and interest boundaries. It seems likely that a resurgence of IP licensing deals may occur in 2021.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

It requires the least amount of control complexity, and typically has opportunities for light RPG mechanics and progression alongside it. Apart from massively improved visuals, the game has also hugely updated its F2P mechanics compared to its older counterparts - Clash Royale’s systems being a huge inspiration for them.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

ATT did not kill mobile gaming: UA, game mechanics, and creatives Matej Lancaric , user acquisition, and marketing consultant aking the stage with a phenomenal Lenny Kravitz-inspired scarf and a positive outlook – or “Kumbaya s**t” in Lancaric’s words – the consultant offered tips and context for marketers working with iOS14.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Previs animator - Previs artists create and block out 3D digital content that helps visualize what a scene, set, or certain actions will look like before it’s filmed, created, or finalized. They oversee both the foundation and execution of the game mechanics and overall user experience. What does a game programmer do?

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Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

We rather think of an ideal or prototype bird like this one over here from a kid's science book. And that’s still a big issue with procedural generation for visual content.   I'm looking forward to share the mechanic and story behind of the game in the upcoming post. What's next?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

content coming out in the future, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent but powerful newsletter. Archero had a soft-launch period of 2-3 months, and probably the same amount of time before that for prototyping and design iteration. Make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content And achieving brilliance takes time.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Popular Games Made In Unreal Engine Fortnite Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and distributed as three different game modes using the same engine, so each one has similar graphics, art assets, and game mechanics. Additionally, UE is good for prototyping. Unity also enables quick prototyping.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

By all accounts this genre is matured to a point where it could use a massive innovation to both the progression mechanics and social gameplay. The only true bright spot was Art of War , which despite prototype level production quality has scaled up to over 5M in net revenue a month with no stop in sight! Then Yu-Gi-Oh came along.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Some content, I just record and publish. They get to a prototype level. Usually in the business and the creative side, they're sort of on the margins, but on the engineering side that's where you get breakouts for new game mechanics like battle royale. This one, I’ve watched or listened to 5 times now.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 11, 2024

She taught herself programming and volunteered for indie studios, eventually creating her first prototype, ‘Potions: A Curious Tale’. Frustrated with the traditional rewarding of slaughter in games, she developed a unique resource management mechanic that discourages unnecessary killing.

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Radiator Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

CONTENT WARNING: This post contains discussion of gay sex acts and some screenshots with obscured pixel art nudity. Back in 2019 I made an unfinished prototype for a Gay Western game jam to contemplate the anniversary of influential gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain (2005). It'll take about 30 minutes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

This is true that a lot of game studios around the world owe their start in mobile gaming to Hypercasual games: They started with only a few people by prototyping fast which turned into games that gained hundreds of millions of downloads (although published by someone else). Apple’s privacy-related changes made this much more difficult.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Royal Match Royal Match is a perfect example of finding success through improvements - not step-change innovation - cherry-picking the strongest mechanics from the best games to create a new top game. Even though Candy Crush Saga had roaring success with the match-3 switcher, King was not the first company to create the mechanic.

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