Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hexasort with its new matching mechanic executed so well, is an industry darling. Players pay extra moves to complete challenges to see new mechanics/puzzles, not progress a story) Narrative-driven games are fundamentally different. the core of core genres- highly dramatic narratives are increasingly the key to success.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 7, 2017

Perfect the core engine – the bare minimum mix of mechanics it takes for your game to qualify as a game. I used a rudimentary card drafting mechanic to decide the destinations. My brother and I ended up liking the drafting mechanic. My goal for State Route 2 is to test a handful of mechanics. Gather data.

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Mechanics Dev Simulation Games 130

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

AppLovin is seeing high-IP games use ad-based monetization from the hyper-casual world, while casual titles layer in complex mechanics. Revamping Mechanics to Match User Expectations Mechanics like tile placement have surged in popularity as they blend accessibility with high engagement.

Mechanics 52

Mechanics AI Games Studios 52

AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Using Amazon Bedrock, developers built an AI agent that analyzes near real-time game data streaming from Amazon Kinesis. Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB continue to play a role in short- and long-term data collection. Thats why its so important to create games with unique mechanics and story; thats how you stand out, Bakala concluded.

AI 85

AI Feature Technology Cross platform 85

Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

You’ve got hundreds of potential competitors to keep an eye on, thousands of live events to track, and constantly changing trends in the mobile market affecting gameplay mechanics, monetization and user acquisition. Or maybe you want to introduce new gameplay mechanics, such as guilds and minigames, but don’t know where to start?

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

For instance, Unreal Engine uses a mechanism known as the Derived Data Cache (DDC) for this purpose. The Derived Data Cache in Unreal Engine serves as a storage mechanism for data that is computationally expensive to generate. It preserves this data, eliminating the need for regeneration unless any changes occur.

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Data Engine Engineering Asset 69

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 3, 2024

We both share the same responsibilities and brainstorm ideas together based on previous data and research on the market. The collaboration extends to game mechanics and gameplay loops, where player feedback plays a crucial role in shaping the final product.

Horror 211

Horror Build Playtesting Animation 211

iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2024

In the vast realm of gaming, where virtual worlds intersect with reality, lies a complex web of data analytics. While all these have a positive impact on improving the gameplay experience, a key concern emerges surrounding the use of player data – ethical considerations.

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Data Balance Games Game Developer 52

Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

year-over-year from 2021 to 2022 (TikTok Internal Data, 2022) – makes it the perfect place to find inspiration for casual and hyper-casual mobile games. The game mechanics are simple: players trade fidget toys and aim to get the best trade. Light RPG mechanics of items, characters used in the core gameplay. Satisfying to Watch.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies have since been forced to seek permission from app users before tracking their activity across other apps and websites for advertising purposes, meaning they now lack much of the valuable data previously used to build highly-effective UA campaigns. This keeps the momentum going and encourages further investment in the game.

Mobile Gaming 48

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 48

Nvidia

JANUARY 30, 2024

Accelerated networking combines CPUs, GPUs, DPUs (data processing units), or SuperNICs into an accelerated computing fabric specifically designed to optimize. Accelerated networking combines CPUs, GPUs, DPUs (data processing units), or SuperNICs into an accelerated computing fabric specifically designed to optimize networking workloads.

Data 52

Data AI Communications Technology 52

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Currently, our system is designed to address highly repetitive and mechanical content production problems, such as matching lip movements. Throughout the exploration of these projects, collecting key data and efficient iteration based on artist feedback are crucial.” That can be very tedious and repetitive work.”

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AI Animation Animation NPC 194

Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

While the game does wisely stay away from "I can't believe I left my favorite soil analysis under my favorite rose bush" there's never any gorgeous brain leaps like "her evil mentor hid the soil data so it's actually in the opposite room" so overall it often feels disconnected from its environment. What affects this plant's color?

Puzzle 173

Puzzle Games Mechanics Baking 173

Real Programming

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

From securing online transactions to safeguarding government communications for organizations like the CIA , cryptographers play a vital role in keeping data safe. Actuarial science is ideal for individuals who love problem-solving and thrive on tackling complex data sets. Integral to cybersecurity and blockchain technology.

Data 52

Data Technology Art Game Design 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Titles like Match Factory , Triple Match 3D , and Tile Busters have successfully carved out space by introducing fresh mechanics to the puzzle category. These games blur the lines between hypercasual simplicity and deeper, more engaging puzzle mechanics. These games are intentionally designed to minimize friction for players.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Mechanics Tile Games 52

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 7, 2017

You need to have a way of grappling with your game’s design in a flexible and systematic way that leaves you with a ton of data for decision making. ” Created traffic mechanic. 3: Nixed the traffic mechanic. Implemented construction mechanic. 4: Reduced board crowding and fiddliness of construction mechanic.

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Art Mechanics Game Development Game Developer 130

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Based on a long tradition in mobile gaming, the companies get inspiration and borrow mechanics from each other to the point when the original creator becomes hard to trace. While borrowing mechanics, they sometimes occasionally borrow something more: an expression of those mechanics.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 52

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 21, 2023

Also, if a game mechanic has high retention, but other metrics are not as promising (e.g., This data can be easily tracked using Google Trends. How do you choose which trend mechanics to use as a part of the game and which to skip? Do you do any testing of the new mechanics before creating a game prototype?

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Prototyping Mechanics Media Games 104

Brand Game Development

APRIL 24, 2017

It’s extraordinarily popular and an immense repository of all the board game data you can imagine. I could also go into detail about how to best use the data available on the site. Before you get your game listed on Board Game Geek, it’s helpful to understand their data model. That’s a lot of data.

Games 130

Games Editing Data Code 130

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Core Mechanics of an Endless Runner Game Game mechanics make a video game engaging and challenging for players. The core mechanics involved in an Endless Runner Game include - Player Actions The player interacts in an endless runner game by jumping, sliding, or shifting sideways to avoid obstacles.

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Mechanics Games Concepts Feature 40

Played with Fire

MARCH 12, 2025

Issues such as data privacy, AI ethics, and accessibility must be addressed to ensure that gaming remains inclusive and responsible. AI-driven game mechanics and VRs deep immersion are pushing the boundaries of whats possible in gaming. The answer is a resounding yes. Is AI in gaming ethical?

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AI Technology Games NPC 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. They just liked the mechanics and continued playing until the event had ended. Try different combos, too.

Mechanics 98

Mechanics Content Puzzle Games 98

AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The algorithm only compared files with the same name as the updated version, missing cases where data had moved between files. This resulted in inflated patch sizes, as any new or changed data had to be downloaded. Additionally, the EBS storage solution did not scale down when the patch computation workload decreased.

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Electronics Art Games Data 109

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Advanced Compliance Requirements: Meeting Platform-Specific Standards Console platforms like PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo have compliance standards that cover everything from accessibility to user data handling. This includes gameplay stability, in-game transactions, and complex mechanics like multiplayer integration.

Console 52

Console Platformer Simulation Studios 52

Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys. In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads.

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Mobile Mobile Mechanics Feature 130

Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Development Time As usual, the end of the year is when I carry out the final compilation of all my financial and development data, especially the latter being recorded in detail on a daily basis. these are the more flexible components of non-game work, unlike web maintenance, business stuff, and so on). The UFD has arrived.

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Beta Writing Content Feature 59

Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GameRefinery’s motivational data shows Gossip Harbor does things differently than most merge games. Player motivations data: Merge games (Average) vs. Gossip Harbor (source: GameRefinery platform). The top 200 merge game titles (source: GameRefinery platform).

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 260

AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Creating simple sign-up processes : Filling in forms or providing lots of user data via mobile touchscreens can create friction for new players, resulting in them becoming frustrated and abandoning the process entirely. A solution must support modern encryption mechanisms, both for data at rest and in transit.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 111

Brand Game Development

JUNE 5, 2017

The core engine wouldn’t change, nor would the mechanics or rules. There are five basic ways you can communicate with players: the core engine, the mechanics, the rules, the internal narrative (theme), and the external narrative (marketing). The foam guns are highly visible, hilarious, and elegant forms of data tracking.

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Point and Click Games Art Mechanics 130

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

What It Takes to Compete It’s easy to despair based on this data -- but the shooter category is massive (the largest on PC/Console) so it makes sense why its so hotly contested and all why players have appetite to try the new thing in the genre. Games that tweak existing mechanics are not enough to break into this entrenched space.

Console 52

Console Co-op Content PC 52

Game Refinery

MAY 26, 2022

What really differentiates The Ants from the rest, however, is not just the theme but the game’s mechanics, which give it an entirely different feel from the usual 4X we’re used to. General data on The Ants. The Ants’ grossing rank graph has remained steady (data from Jan 21 to Apr 21, 2022.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

To sell in this awfully noisy, competitive board gaming environment, you have to have mechanics and art that people really enjoy. On the note of mechanics, we were really lucky. The mechanics that were chosen for the initial game – tile placement, variable player powers, and so on – all screened well with an audience.

Art 130

Art Games Tile Mechanics 130

Brand Game Development

JULY 7, 2017

Themes create this story that make it easier for players to understand and interact with dry mechanics. Once I’ve got the core engine and mechanics of a game going, I like thinking of my game with various themes and seeing what fits. This will be a tricky process since there is so much data which needs to be neatly organized.

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Communications Games Mechanics Point and Click 130

Brand Game Development

MAY 13, 2019

Everything can be scrapped at a moment’s notice – mechanics, rules, art, and even basic core concepts. You come up with basic ideas, find physical pieces to represent those ideas, and come up with game mechanics. Then you regulate the expression of those mechanics through rules. Need help on your board game?

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Game Developer Game Development Development Art 130

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 4, 2024

While they might start with the creative vision, the hard data has to follow. Developers need to demonstrate a clear understanding of their game’s full scope, progression, and mechanics, even if those details aren’t immediately visible in an early prototype. “It’s such a buyer’s market now,” Handrahan notes.

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Prototyping Concepts Build Development 151

Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

We adopted USD to streamline our content pipelines and have something that performs well with large amounts of data and can be easily extended. Our schemas are generated from a proprietary data definition language that we use to specify all our content data classes. Any recommended small steps to follow for starters?

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Entertainment Game Developer Game Development Development 88

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

When integrated with traditional marketing foundations like storytelling and retargeting, they hold even more data-rich potential for brand interaction and recall. Simple gameplay mechanics – The game or activity featured in a playable ad should be easy to understand and play, even for those unfamiliar with the advertised product.

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Advertising Mobile Mobile Media 100