Grumpy Gamer

MAY 31, 2009

About a year and a little more ago, as I began designing the uber-awesome DeathSpank , I played all the way through The Secret of Monkey Island to refresh myself on the puzzles and dialog. If I was going to do Insult Sword Fighting in a future game, I'd make it more free form allowing the player to be clever and construct their own sentences.

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 30, 2009

About a year and a little more ago, as I began designing the uber-awesome DeathSpank , I played all the way through The Secret of Monkey Island to refresh myself on the puzzles and dialog. One thing that stood out was during the fights they always taunted each other with insults. Might be a good time to start hoarding canned goods.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The device features two displays with 2064×2208 pixel resolution per eye and a faster refresh rate running at 90Hz. “You can solve Lego puzzles or build your own creations on any flat surface in your room. “If you’re doing a body combat workout, the targets are gonna come at you in your physical room.”

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

One is overcoming: Defeating puzzles, challenges, other people. Puzzle games create a very simple, abstract world in which you can be smart, competent, and have mastery. If you dispute the power fantasy element of this, I merely observe this: When you solve a difficult puzzle correctly, you feel powerful. It is what they expect.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Martial Law by @GroupFixer tells a story about Poland in the communist era, family, and making choices – all with gorgeous pixel art. Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Hashi: Light by amiksemo is a minimalist and casual puzzle game with a ton of puzzles to solve.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

But with an increasing number of hypercasual games fighting for the same audience with often very similar visuals, gameplay motivations and marketing tactics, IPMs are bound to suffer and therefore indicating market saturation. Hypercasual IPMs have started to flatten towards the end of 2019. were released.

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