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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Logic Simplified

JULY 11, 2023

To this day, game developers continue to blend already existing genres, sub-genres, and types in new and surprising ways to provide players with more options. Players typically interact with the environment and other characters in order to solve puzzles containing clues to advance in the gameplay.

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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. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Genre-Specific Winners: Puzzle Games Prevailed: The genre fell by only 6% YoY in downloads and gained 10% in IAP revenue, thanks to new games like Block Blast and Royal Match, and established hits such as Candy Crush and Gardenscapes. Puzzle remained strong by focusing on retaining its current user base through events and live operations.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. Other pros and cons PRO : The combat is extremely developed and really fun and cool. But there’s a ton of them, I think I actually missed a few of them entirely, but even just the ones I saw were mostly surprisingly well developed.

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DameDev.tv

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For gamers and game developers alike, this is the season to dive into the world of horror games, immersing ourselves in atmospheres filled with suspense, mystery, and pure fright. The game’s puzzle-solving elements add depth, forcing players to explore and interact with their creepy surroundings.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article in our prediction series will cover the Sports & Racing category. It is made up of four sub-genres - Realistic Sports ( such as MADDEN, FIFA, 8 Ball Poll ), Arcade Sports ( such as Golf Clash, Fishing Clash ), Realistic Racing ( such as CSR ), Arcade Racing ( such as Mario Kart ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 1, 2024

Dream Games, the developer of the massive Match-3 success, Royal Match , is still attempting to answer this (difficult) question. Every upcoming Match-3 pitch deck still uses Royal Match as their puzzle engine comp, for good reason. Engine and Puzzle Design The campaign engine and level design are identical.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, brings the beloved Uncharted series to Android devices.

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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. Tap the button and you’re off to the races! You may also come across a game via a sponsored/influenced post on X or Discord.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When it comes to game development, visuals do matter. Developing high-quality and impressive graphics is an essential step that requires a great deal of time, effort, and skill. The development of 3D art games is a multi-stage process. This style can be a nice option for adventure, mystery, and puzzle games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

This decision remains puzzling, as there was no pressure to launch Squad Busters. At maybe $50M in launch budget, it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the potential to forgo soft launch periods for other games in development. In a game built on streaks, the inability to at least test the match-3 playbook (Lava Quest, Episode Race.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Thorough testing is a crucial part of the game development process to achieve this level of excellence. This enables them to highlight issues and document them for developers to resolve. As a result, they enable development teams to tailor games to Nintendo’s unique audience and style. But what does Nintendo game testing entail?

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

DOS games were those developed under this operating system. This puzzle game provides grids of small shapes of different colors. The idea is for players to build, develop, and manage a city through a wide range of scenarios, from relatively simple and straightforward to increasingly difficult. The Ultimate Doom. Family Feud.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Written by Michail Katkoff , games executive and founder of Deconstructor of Fun, and Niek Tuerlings , Senior Game Designer and author of popular game development blog Ludocious.com. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This process was fun, as you're pretty much playing a racing game with a PS4 controller on an empty map. Join the future of filmmaking, content creation, and game development! I imported the recorded takes into the City Sample Demo and started placing the actors. The plan was to have a three-to-four-shot sequence.

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Game Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

Jordan Weisman, best known for developing the likes of BattleTech and MechWarrior, recently unveiled a new project, called Adventure Forge. We’re not racing towards AIs telling stories. It’s a creativity tool that allows users to make their own story-based games, ranging from text adventures to isometric RPGs.

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Game Industry News

MAY 16, 2024

This is part of what Burnham tries to communicate to Ohvahz about the Journey of the Mother Compeer; bringing about the end of the sacrifices doesn’t invalidate the journey but lets the race take on a new meaning, one more in line with what the Halem’nites need as a people. Unfortunately, this development highlights the season’s weaknesses.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

These efforts were hampered by what it identified as increased market competition, particularly in the puzzle genre. In October, Playtika confirmed it had closed Best Fiends developer Seriously , with nearly all of its 120 staff affected. Management of the title was moved to its Israel HQ and Poland.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In this post, I will walk you through a few examples of how data can drive key product decisions at different stages of product development cycle. But first, let me tell you a story… #1 Test the marketability even before you start the development In 2014 I was working on a mobile game in which players fought each other on an ice field.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

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. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. Sound Design.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

IBM convinced a Delaware jury that mobile developer Zynga infringed its web-based communications patents with its hugely successful mobile game, Farmville, as well as several spin-off titles. Wizard of Oz Slots, as well as Farmville 2, Farmville 2: Country Escape, Farmville 2: Tropic Escape, and Farmville 3.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Splendor is a game of chip-collecting and card development. The sun shines brightly on the canopy of the forest, and the trees use this wonderful energy to grow and develop their beautiful foliage. Need help on your board game? Sound simple?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Sports games declined largely due to big IP racing games (ex. Casual Games in 2022 In our taxonomy, built together with Sensor Tower, the casual games category is divided into seven genres: Puzzle, Hypercasual, Arcade, Tabletop, Simulation, Lifestyle, and Geolocation. Puzzle Games The King is Back.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Being located in Istanbul just like the original developer of Zen Match , Spyke Games must have been inspired by their success story. Adding the fact that some of the co-founders worked at Peak (that developed two successful blast titles in Toy Blast & Toon Blast ), they went ahead with their own take on the Tile Match subgenre.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

The developers were able to combine the best of the two previous versions of Castlevania in this game, creating an icon for the ages. Players would navigate through various levels of traps, puzzles, and enemies to claim victory. There are two sections per level and puzzles to solve along the way. The Best GBA Games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 4, 2020

As engaging as Clash Royale is, you are too much in the weeds of battle to really see how the match is developing - it’s something you only grasp when you watch replays. Key #1: Strategy Feels Good More than anything, what makes Battle Legion feel fun is that you truly feel like a military commander with an eagle’s eye view of battle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

Casino, Puzzle (Casual), and Strategy games are flourishing, with blockbuster titles like Monopoly Go and Royal Match driving incredible success. These trends are reshaping how businesses approach user acquisition, product development, and retention. Products like AXON and MAX have made the company into a powerhouse.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 22, 2019

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Early in development, I realized that the game would be best if I could fit the experience into a 30-60 minute time frame. The Race to the Finish. In a game like Tasty Humans, each player is primarily lost in their own world of puzzle-solving.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

However there is a persistent stigma: Asian developers struggle in the West and Western developers struggle in Asia. This may seem small, but it has been a slowly growing trend which was mostly dominated by domestic developers. Asia is one of the most influential and consequential geos in a game’s overall global success.

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