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Mind Diver by Indoor Sunglasses “There are shockingly few games about love”

PreMortem.Games

The game is still in early development, but Co-founder and Creative Director Victor Breum firmly believes in the concept: “It’s a delicious detective loop!” “We are six people from six different educational backgrounds who founded Indoor Sunglasses in 2022 after graduating”, Breum explains. 2 hours of engaging puzzles and story.

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Video game mechanics: A Beginner’s Guide

Logic Simplified

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics? So let’s get started.

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How to Leverage Trends and Motivations to Build Better Casual and Hyper-Casual Games

Game Refinery

TikTok’s community leverages the engaging short-form video format to share their creative takes on games, whether humorous or educational. 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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Why NYT’s Connections makes you feel bad

Raph Koster

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. A brief aside on puzzles All three of these are more correctly called puzzles, of course. This means that really, puzzles and games are terms that are matters of degree, not kind.

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Artist Cassie Simpson on navigating Life, three University Majors and Work 

PreMortem.Games

“It was all about puzzle design, analytical thinking, and understanding player agency and mechanics”, she says. It has been a great way to get general education in everything I am interested in.” Hard skills that I could make a living with.

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Top gamification examples in mobile apps

Game Analytics

But if you haven’t, it’s the act of taking gaming elements and mechanics and applying them to your non-gaming app. Great for fitness, health, and education apps. A must for any education or fitness apps. Great for fitness apps, but also educational ones. Perfect for habit-forming, financial, educational and fitness apps.

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Scientific elements in VR games

Played with Fire

At our company, we strive to create VR experiences that not only captivate players with stunning visuals and compelling gameplay but also educate and inspire curiosity about the world around us. We assure you, many things will surprise you, making your journey through the stars both educational and thrilling!