Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

When I write a design document, I usually try to address the following: High level goal - What is this feature/system/puzzle/etc. You need to explain to the readers what you are building, why you are building it, and what you need in order to build it. supposed to do? What kind of experience do I want the player to have?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Many game designers will instantly say: "How can we show the player the same thing? Yes, in an ideal world of paid games, this could be true: a unique gaming experience is played only once. So we decided to loop the puzzles at the same time as adding new ones. They're not going to play it again.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Blog Authors: David Holladay - AWS Game Tech Head of PMM & Ryan Greene - AWS Game Tech Sr. Using Amazon DynamoDB, we can write our data to it and save it with ease, ” Seb Maynard, technical director of live services at Creative Assembly (CA). “ Kinesis Data Streams is great for our metrics pipeline, ” says Maynard. “

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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Switch to a Speedy Internet Connection A stable and fast internet connection is imperative for online gaming. Lag and connection drops can quickly turn a thrilling gaming session into a frustrating experience. Switch to a high-speed Wi-Fi network, or consider using your mobile data if you have a reliable and fast cellular connection.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

This should greatly help us reach potential users who might have been initially puzzled by having to learn GDScript (though we still guarantee that any programmer can pick up GDScript in less than an hour). in a way they can expose the coarse parameters and logic to level designers or game designers. with small effort.

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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. What does a game designer do?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.” Fun generates retention, he said, stating that game designers should think of their games as becoming a daily player habit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But either one was radically different in that way than the most popular game engine, which was the Diku style (we called them “codebases” back then). All the content in the game was just data in fields. On the flip side, adding data was really easy. This, in fact, was what my signature design style was.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie and analysed by the author(s). Kudos to their unrivalled data support! Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2:

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Therefore, Cookie Run: Kingdom ’s similar but improved art style with a casual Build & Harvest and in-depth RPG gameplay makes it easier to win over adult players, which is supported by the user data. System The system design of the game and the in-game stats balance demonstrate Devsisters’ high standards.

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Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

If we can describe what makes certain problems interesting in this particular way then we may learn something about “interestingness” in general, about the difference between data and meaning. Deep games require knowledge, explanation, creativity, and cleverness.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Kevin J Bray (Game Engineer) , another professional with years of entrepreneurship experience (CEO at now defunct Byte Canvas; Executive Director at Tonk Tonk Games), who previously was a developer and lead engineer at League of Legends (about the same time as Maya).

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Designer Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2023

However, because these strategies often either break the theme or are very unpleasant to execute, we put a high priority on stamping them out in patches so that players don’t optimize the fun out of their games.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The tool would load up the game, visit a Garrison at every depth, and tally its contents, adding the results to a file, doing this for however many seeds are specified. I could save the data to revisit it later, after adjustments are made. I wrote about this factor in my recent article on game design philosophy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

But they’ve long since stopped being exclusive to mid-core, cosmetic-driven games and nowadays are present in a constantly growing amount of genres and games. The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all data is gathered from the one and only App Annie and analysed by the author(s). So without further ado… First, a quick overview of the RPG genre Role Playing Games (RPGs) have generated nearly $3Bn in in-app purchase revenues year-to-date in the Western markets. All predictions can be found here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 20, 2019

And finally, it’s because Matchington Mansion is a game from an unknown developer that has no previous shipped titles and has only three people who have worked or are working at Firecraft Studios. Matchington Mansion is a top 5 puzzle game with raking in over $15M a month in net revenues. That’s a lot of work for so few….

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. Kind of sad.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

This decision remains puzzling, as there was no pressure to launch Squad Busters. This model emphasizes the role of soft launches: launch when KPIs suggest the game is compelling rather than editorial opinion, whether from marketing, platform, or game design leaders. etc) is puzzling. The answer is yes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Industry peers asked me: “What games will you make?” “Do Will you make another puzzle game?”. Some of the puzzle games I’ve worked on. Puzzles are one of the biggest market categories and it continues to grow each year. But now I have a team of specialists making puzzles. These are valid questions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Unless otherwise specified, all ranking, downloads and revenue data below has been acquired through the wonderful data services of App Annie. the second piece of the puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable and relevant information along with tips, tools and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Previously at King and Glu.

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