PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. One with ruins of a collapsed civilization, where you have to fight through raiders and remnants of that civilization to claim your spoils.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. Cocoon is the first venture of Geometric Interactive , a Danish indie studio founded by Carlsen and his ex-Playdead colleague, Jakob Schmid.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. Whoever emerges victorious wins a random assortment of boosters.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Toronto, Canada based indie dev Thousand Stars Studio prides itself on being a culturally diverse studio. Its up to the three heroes Vishva, Ramli, and Guru-ji to gain the trust of the villagers and unite everyone in their fight against the demons that are aiming to seize their precious heirloom, the almighty Celestial Glue.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This is why game art studios have emerged over the past decade. Instead of working on the next big blockbuster title alone, game art studios help companies create their titles with minimal financial investment. This article will explain about Game Art Studios and what it means for the future of gaming! What is a Game Art Studio?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. Similar to the mechanics of Genshin Impact, the player explores the vast open-world by climbing on the walls, swimming in the rivers, gliding in the skies, wiping out enemies, and solving different kinds of puzzles.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I do sometimes have ‘flashes’ -or dreams- of cool ideas like a gameplay mechanic, other times a whole story or environment. The indie community is amazingly helpful, but you will have to fight by yourself with every single element in your own game – and that takes time! What’s the biggest lesson learned from this project?

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Millions of mobile games are out there battling for engagement, yet only a few titles manage to fight their way to the top. Stumble Guys uses IP in live events to introduce new gameplay mechanics Stumble Guys x Nerf Over on the casual Market, Stumble Guys fumbled home with the other Best Collaboration Event Award.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Players usually generate income by winning fights and must use strategic thinking to decide whether to use that currency to buy new characters, upgrade their existing characters, raise their team size limit, or refresh the selection of characters on offer.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

The fact that you can tell who you’re up against because of how they fight, not how they look or what their name is. Over the years the team grew to an international and fully remote team of 9 developers that released Mordhau, the studio’s first title, in 2019. It was this idea that pushed everything else.

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Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

Martial arts one-on-one fighting games have been a staple for consoles and arcades dating back to the 1980s. Another reason to get Arcade Edition is to avoid the slog of unlocking characters in V by means of accumulating Fight Money. Get Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PS4) 2. . ⇒ Get Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (PS4) 2.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Coupled with the unveiling of the biome for Kristala's necromantic Myrtuna clan, Chapter II boasts a bounty of exciting new features and mechanics.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

Lots of studio closures. There is just too much entertainment out there fighting for too little free time. Watching the struggles of Unity is a good way to watch this whole mechanic play out.) Every year, there are fewer parachutes and more people fighting for them. They just like to play games. Another image I use a LOT.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. One with ruins of a collapsed civilization, where you have to fight through raiders and remnants of that civilization to claim your spoils.”

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But here's what I'm playing and what I'm talking about: Immortality Wayward Strand Cult of the Lamb Betrayal at Club Low Atuel Immortality by Half Mermaid The third "FMV game" helmed by auteur Sam Barlow and his studio, about collecting short video fragments to assemble complex psychological stories.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

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. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

We know that large studios can’t afford the risk of making much else than sequels due to their cost structures. Truly open worlds populated by procedurally developed content, adaptable game mechanics, and narratives. Or it will just free up developers allowing the studios to improve their cost structure.

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Big Games

AUGUST 19, 2021

A good game should have an impressive storyline, extensive gameplay, amazing graphics, incredible sound effects, brilliant user engagement mechanics, and monetization strategies. The urge to complete the task, fight the obstacles and rescue the victims gives mere satisfaction to the players. Everything has its own limits.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). With 5 free spins being granted every 50 minutes, their availability is limited and hence they are an energy mechanic of sorts. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content Coin Master’s Game Systems.

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Game Errors

JUNE 20, 2023

Mortal Kombat 11 has brought plenty of reasons to be in the collection of every fighting game fan. A very rich package of single and multiplayer content is exactly what we expect from the NetherRealm studio, and we can already conclude that this is the most entertaining and mechanically well-rounded Mortal Kombat so far.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Further, recent strategic moves have been made by Voodoo to open “beyond hypercasual” studios. While the diminishing market share and opening of non-hypercasual studios can be seen as Voodoo’s fall from grace, it can also be viewed as Voodoo’s strategic retreat from the hypercasual market.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

This deconstruction will cover: The game’s core loop Why having chosen a basic match-3 mechanic was a safe bet What other games have tried The game’s features and to which kinds of players it caters How time-limited offers and events are run successfully. Snowprint Studios’ Legend of Solgard (published by King) and its refreshing core-game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

It looks like these are not enough to stop Tactile , the Danish studio behind smash hit Lily’s Garden , from working on a new title since they launched their latest game Makeover Match in March 2023. Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Also Read: The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry 8. For example, acceptance criteria may state that tank fighting mechanics function as intended in 98% of test encounters. The possibilities are endless with animation, so take advantage of this tool to create a truly immersive gaming experience.

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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!).

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2020

Somewhere in the middle of this journey, another Friendly Game studio shared the early results of the new game they had recently launched. Sniper 3D Assassin by Wildlife Studios, like all the other sniper games, suffers from a relatively low long-term retention. LTV was up more than 25 times by the time of the global launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The most notable move being the opening of a Berlin studio that is categorically focussed on “casual” games, with key hires coming in from Blizzard, King, Rovio and the likes. More recently, and while writing this post, Voodoo also announced a new Montreal studio that wants to build games “beyond hypercasual”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun. Friends at mobilegamer.biz summarised every talk and session and divided them up so you can watch each one by hitting play on the embedded video.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

AppLovin, the US-based ad network turned publisher , which came clear about their investment into Firecraft Studios, acquired Belka. King lost third of downloads but woke up towards the end of the year to fight back for downloads. Jam City hold it stable with the power of a large catalog as the new games fail to scale.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue. The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Genesis and Rise of Sky Mavis Axie Infinity is developed by a studio called Sky Mavis , which is headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and officially formed in 2018 to bring the game to life. On the other hand, Axie Infinity mashes familiar turn-based gameplay with a Hearthstone-like card battler mechanic.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Hay Day Pop is Fishdom meet Hay Day with a tile blast mechanic. Also, the lack of narrative in a game like this makes it a bit boring and mechanical: there’s no silver lining behind what you’re doing. By all accounts, it is a good game. It’s just not a great game. We want to make games that last for decades.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D This makes it ideal for fighting games, Metroidvanias, and RPGs. to deliver fluid animation, layered environments, and tight control mechanics. is a playground for creative expression, balancing modern mechanics with timeless design principles. merges the best of both worlds.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. Cart Crash is an incredibly satisfying game that relies much more on timing than any other mechanic. Army Commander by Lion Studios.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. Fighting games install trends are spiky as is the revenue rate. To summarise it, failing to make and scale a high-quality RPG will likely doom a studio. Just look at Hero Wars from a Playrix associated studio. 1 Idle RPGs will drive the genre growth.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. The AFK style faction mechanic can be useful because, in its current state, PB (and E&P) has a problem.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Bandai Namco had previously teased the release of the new entry in the long running fighting series as we get our first impressions on Tekken 8. This game is developed from the studio that created Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Let’s take a look at what went down at Sony’s State of Play 2022: Tekken 8. Like a Dragon Ishin. Pacific Drive.

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