Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Weve seen everything from the likes of PUBG x Jujustu Kaisen, to Puzzles & Dragons x Demon Slayer, Fortnite x Naruto, and Grand Summoners x One Punch Manto name a few historic examples. To name just a few, these include Fortnite (Battle Royale), Top War (4X Strategy), Puzzles & Dragons (Match3), and Tower of Fantasy (MMORPG).

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Fantasy Strike is an interesting case study in game balance for an asymmetric game. In some games I’ve worked on, I’m one of the experts (Fantasy Strike, Street Fighter HD Remix, Puzzle Fighter HD Remix). In other games, I’m not at all (Yomi, Puzzle Strike, Kongai) so I rely on players who have expert knowledge about balance.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 25, 2019

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. All I knew is I wanted some sort of spatial puzzle that ultimately determined the monster’s satisfaction. Theming the Abstract Gameplay.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio.

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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

It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We So, a fantasy setting instead of everyday environments would provide the most room to be creative without being too shackled to anything too specific.”

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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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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. That goes for physical tabletop games, digital versions, and content in Fantasy Strike.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. After a year of development, Tasty Humans raised $20,536 on Kickstarter. We could not be happier with how the campaign turned out, and the game is available for pre-order now !

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Part 2 covers the beginnings of Fantasy Strike, Yomi strategy including what to do on the first turn, a little about Pandante’s updated version, Puzzle Strike’s emphasis on player interaction, Puzzle Strike and Codex’s solution to free-for-all games, and the toughest design problems in making Codex.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

He spoke about the early iterations of the game, where the mechanics of the Elemental Golem Card Puzzles were first tested, and how player feedback played a crucial role in refining the gameplay. Set in the war-torn dungeons of Hadrian’s Wall, the player begins as a prisoner seeking freedom.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The company has developed two mobile titles— Word Tiles Puzzle: Word Search and Restaurant Tycoon. a fantasy multiplayer RPG, but the project was shut down in May’24. While neither became widely popular, they generated around 1.4 million downloads collectively. In Oct’24, the studio released a new game called Wordee!

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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. We’re also able to do higher production values than in Fantasy Strike. Make an Awesome Digital Yomi-ish Game?

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

He spoke about the early iterations of the game, where the mechanics of the Elemental Golem Card Puzzles were first tested, and how player feedback played a crucial role in refining the gameplay. Set in the war-torn dungeons of Hadrian’s Wall, the player begins as a prisoner seeking freedom.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. Environment artist An environment artist creates a fantasy game world by adding buildings, landscapes, colorful backgrounds and props that match the game design.

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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. His father’s work laptop found its way into their home and onto his young ecstatic lap. That laptop became his digital playground.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

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. People usually start talking about triple-A games as examples.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

And Many More… There are so many more seemingly profitable hits — Rocky Rabbit (a PvP battle sim), Fanton Fantasy Football (a soccer/football idle sim), Farm Frens (an idle farming game), MemeFi Club with its clans and raids, the 18+ “dating” and clicker game Pocket Waifu , not to mention thousands of others slowly rising through the charts.

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Sirlin

JUNE 13, 2015

Codex, Flowchart, and now.the Fantasy Strike fighting game (yes, really!). Codex was a huge hit at Fantasy Strike Expo, and is what most attendees played and talked about the whole time. It was originally from designer Tim Fowers of Paperback and Wok Star fame, but I'm adapting it to the Fantasy Strike universe.

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Filmustage

JULY 21, 2023

Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan's Labyrinth” (2006) is a prime example of this, as it beautifully merges elements of fantasy, war, and drama, creating a visually stunning and emotionally engaging film experience that transcends genre boundaries. For example, a viewer who enjoys solving puzzles might be more drawn to mystery films.

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

If you play this new fantasy adventure game, you will surely like it because of the stunning visuals, marvelous puzzles, and story-rich cinematic experience. If The Lord of the Rings: Gollum gets stuck on the loading screen on your PC, you can take some practical steps to solve this problem.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Portal was a solid 2 hour puzzle game. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software creates turn-based, indie, old-school fantasy role-playing games. Be Funny When someone asks me what an underserved market is in video games, I always have the same first answer: Humor. Humor is hard, and there's never enough of it. So try to do it right.

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

The fantasy world, puzzles, and amazing storyline of this LOTR game can blow your mind. The new anticipated game, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, won’t launch on your PC in specific situations. But, if you follow this article, you will be able to solve this problem.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Especially with their two most recent titles Lily’s Garden and Penny & Flo , Tactile has been a stronghold for story-driven puzzle games with the collapse mechanic. Each level presents players with a puzzle to solve, and failing to notice items or power-ups can gradually increase that cognitive load and lead to frustration.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you enjoyed reading this post, here are a few more you should definitely check out: Tower of Fantasy – Is the Game Really a Genshin Impact With a Social Twist? The New 4X Strategy Hit, The Ants, Stands Out With Its Unique Theme and Heavy Emphasis on Social Elements 10 Years of Puzzle & Dragons – Evolution of a Mature Game.

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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. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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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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Filmustage

JANUARY 17, 2025

Here's the kicker: productions that nail their scheduling puzzle finish shooting 25% faster than those playing scheduling hopscotch. This time-travel fantasy causes approximately a third part of all production delays. Your schedule's superstar components: Day/night blocks (because vampires and sunbathers don't mix!) The golden rule?

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On Android and other mobile devices, you may play a variety of fantastic games ranging from puzzles to adventure. For instance, when it was launched in 1997, Final Fantasy VII, had a production budget of around $45 million and a marketing budget of over $100 million. Can Mobile Games Be AAA?

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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. Now, let's get ready to amp up the magic and dive headfirst into the dark fantasy of Kristala.

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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. Sound Design.

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Game Global

JUNE 28, 2021

The wide selection of video game genres means that translators won’t be stuck on high-fantasy language or racing games for the rest of their careers but might also need to learn about cooking, board games, politics, astrophysics (okay, maybe I am exaggerating), and so on. So wear that top hat and be prepared to solve some puzzles!

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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. Our game design is quite solid, but the stories we tell is what keeps us in business. Now let's be clear. If I was, I'd be writing books nobody buys because nobody buys books anymore.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

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. Solving puzzles is part of what makes this came intriguing. Heroes of Might and Magic 2.

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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!). Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 18, 2022

A pair of moral puzzles for your enjoyment. Situation Number Two I write computer fantasy role-playing games. You did this. I have a pair of interesting role-playing exercises for you. Situation Number One About 15 years ago, I wrote a humor piece called, "Helpful, Non-Threatening Quiz: Am I a Serial Killer?" Put yourself in my shoes.

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