Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. I had been struggling to find the fun factor with my entry, which involved players taking control of fantasy monsters and managing resources to try and eat adventurers without taking too much damage. Need help on your board game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre! Puzzle Games Continued to Grow. Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases. Last year Puzzle games generated a whopping $4.5Bn in IAP revenues while growing 18% year-on-year.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

I thought that the core mechanic in this 2D game was extraordinary, so I contacted the developers. It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We ” Alongside his game development tasks, Myllys also picked up marketing of Bionic Bay.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

After a year of development, Tasty Humans raised $20,536 on Kickstarter. It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Mid-Development.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

While this includes companies beyond game development — such as platforms, tech solutions, and web3 startups — all the entities in our study operate within the gaming sector. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. —

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Sirlin

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Join Now Here are things I’d like to do: Add more characters and features to Fantasy Strike Create new tabletop games, and possibly more content for Codex Create digital versions of those tabletop games with good production values. If you join my patreon (at silver or above, aka $10+), you’ll get access to what’s in-development right now.

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Sirlin

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

I’ve been working on things behind the scenes for quite some time, as has our team behind Fantasy Strike. If you’re a fan of Puzzle Strike or Yomi, I hope you’ll like these new things too. Some of it is for the video game Fantasy Strike which also has some exciting things coming. There’s that much in store.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. The future of game development, he suggests, lies in the ability to harness both.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. Understanding the difference between the two is vital if you are an aspiring game developer, a passionate gamer, or you are considering hiring a game development company to develop an immersive video game.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. The future of game development, he suggests, lies in the ability to harness both.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes. Legends of Orisha: Blood & Water is currently in development. So he taught me web design and development. That laptop became his digital playground. What is Unity?

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

As I’ve gone through the Final Fantasy series recently , it’s notable that the games used to have secrets, and now, they pretty much don’t anymore. This concept of “secret” doesn’t really make sense in a strategy game, contest, or a puzzle. This article actually has secrets, such as this text.

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Sirlin

APRIL 12, 2020

For the last few years, I’ve thought about my tabletop games Puzzle Strike and Yomi. The status right now is that my patrons on Patreon have access to all of the new Puzzle Strike-inspired game’s materials. You can join my Patreon here to see more of these games as they develop. Make an Awesome Digital Yomi-ish Game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. As such, most successful Telegram games today focus on developing markets such as India, Nigeria, Brazil, and Latin America.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

During Pandante development, I posted dozens of versions of the game board, cards, rules, etc. Right now, in addition to my podcasts, I have three main game development projects in the works. Codex, Flowchart, and now.the Fantasy Strike fighting game (yes, really!).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Everyone knows about them, but not all developers pay real attention to them. Another example is the 'Puzzles' collection mechanics, where the player farms puzzle pieces in hard match-3 levels to assemble pictures. So we decided to loop the puzzles at the same time as adding new ones. Don't forget about calendar holidays.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Meaning of AAA games Game creators don’t mind putting millions of dollars into game development as long as it meets their expectations in sales and ratings. According to reports, the game cost more than a quarter-billion dollars to develop and market. Games with a big development team. Games that require a large budget.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

Developed by Kitka Games and acquired by Scopely Games in September 2022, Stumble Guys is a knock-out party game with a similar visual style and gameplay mechanics to Fall Guys. In Eggy Party, players can develop six different passive skills, such as how long the cooldown time is after performing a roll action. Stumble Guys.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog!

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Game Global

JUNE 28, 2021

Ultimately, the aim is to make the game accessible to a wider market without ruining the game experience that the developer intended. It may look easy when we receive a project and the developers provide us with a rich localization kit full of design documents, scripts, explanations, and possibly an early version of the game itself.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. 3D Asset Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. Ready to see how things are going now in the fantasy world of Ailur? Let's dive in. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. We're so glad you're here. and they're not wrong. Concept Art.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Welcome, beautiful creatures! Kristala at Play NYC 2021.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In this episode of Gamecamole, we will investigate Cookie Run: Kingdom from the South Korean developer Devsister, a card battling RPG mobile game that became a cultural phenomenon in 2021. The Cookie Run universe has incorporated major archetypes from pop culture - D&D, fantasy literature, wild west, age of discovery, etc.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

DOS games were those developed under this operating system. This fantasy-based game is set in Enroth, where magic rules. This puzzle game provides grids of small shapes of different colors. Using swords and sorcery, all of the best features of classic fantasy are rich in this game version. Heroes of Might and Magic 2.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2021

I'm not a great fantasy writer. Portal and Portal 2 were adequate, competent puzzle games elevated into hit classics by good writing. The great super-power of indie developers is that we can fill in all the spaces in the market the big fish can't. Now let's be clear. Still, as a writer I'm simply competent. So why not have one?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

If they don’t create textures themselves, 3D modelers will work especially closely with texture artists and look development artists (aka surfacing artists) who will add realism and detail to their model through texture maps and shaders. 3D modeling software 3D modelers use a range of software for modeling, sculpting, and texturing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. Their first step would be to hire a core founding team around which they would build the development team. What can we expect from this team?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. Concept Art. Sound Design.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So… DikuMUDs started to add scripting systems , which were generally much more limited than the ones on LPMuds, but fit better with the whole “fill out some rows in a form to add content” development model. Highly narrative, intricate puzzles, and immersive storytelling. Expensive, but at heart predictable for the developer.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Greetings, friends and fantasy aficionados! Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. link] Sound Design.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Video games function best as power fantasies. Not all games are power fantasies, and not all gamers want that. What Do We Mean By "Power Fantasy"? Power Fantasy" is usually used as a pejorative term. In other words, all video games take place in Fantasy. (In They are power fantasies. Art is a slippery thing.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

UFO50 was developed by six indie devs over seven years. Two games that everyone was impressed by (including me) are Party House (a delightful deck-builder) and Mortol (a puzzle platformer where you advance by killing your guys). The developers had this idea and wrote a game around it. Block Koala is a neat puzzle game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The mobile hit Empires and Puzzles (E&P) by Small Giant Games (acquired by Zynga) has made over $600M in net-revenues while racking up around 60 million installs. While there have been numerous clones and follow up titles trying to get a piece of the ever growing puzzle RPG pie, none of them has had any meaningful success.

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