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Mobile dev Seven Stars secures seed funding for 'next-gen puzzle games'

Game Developer

The three-year-old studio is working on a puzzle title its investors say 'has the type of commercial mindset required to succeed in a demanding mobile market.'

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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering $15,000 to 'thinky' game devs

Game Developer

Bonfire Peaks and Sokobond Express developer Draknek has bundles of cash for a few lucky developers.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

Financial success Solo dev Tuomas Auronen , operating under the name Redbeak Games , looks pretty relieved three days after the launch of his game Mortal Glory 2. The game is developed by Californian solo dev Michael Cosio, working under the name of Tainted Pact. Here Below is an attempt to pool resources between small devs.

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Column • The Pure Product – Every video game ultimately becomes a story

PreMortem.Games

That moment of interaction, whether it be a button press or a joystick move or whatever, taps the potential of the dev teams hard work and lets it spring to life. And that, my friends, is all we as game devs can hope for. Every players experience is in fact different.

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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”

PreMortem.Games

In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. After finishing IHAS, I will start to build a strong team to work on games that are beyond my scope a solo dev.” How did you get the idea for IHAS?

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Ex-Zachtronics devs establish new 'framework' team Coincidence

Game Developer

Coincidence will make puzzle games like Zachtronics used to, but it also appears to be dabbling in other mediums like in-person card games.

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Why Some Puzzle Games are More Addicting Than Others?

Deconstructor of Fun

Written by Ahmetcan Demirel , the maestro of product management and a podcast host ( Game Dev Diary ) from Germany! With a knack for puzzles, arcades, and simulation games. The puzzle genre is a powerhouse in mobile gaming, generating over $7 billion annually in in-app purchases (IAP). Succeed in the market.

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