Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

At first glance, it was clear what type of game they were emulating. A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Supercell’s previous entry, Spooky Pop, had a lot of design mistakes that prevented it from competing with the Saga model. The Core Game Loop. Puzzle Pass.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2023

Now, with the new game A Void Hope coming up on almost 3 years of development, Forslind finds himself juggling his roles as both CEO and Game Designer of his company called Elden Pixels. A Void Hope is an atmospheric puzzle platforming adventure set in a world teetering on the edge of collapse.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

These games appeal to a wide audience, from casual gamers seeking quick entertainment to hardcore players chasing high scores. Endless runners are possibly some of the most engaging games due to their mobile platform since they allow gamers to indulge themselves in the activities of a parkourminus the risk of face-planting.

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Real Programming

MARCH 28, 2025

Online coding platforms take one major thing off your plate: the commute. Platforms like RP4K give kids early exposure to complex problem-solving, computational thinking, and the kind of tech-savvy confidence that cant be taught in a textbook. For busy families, convenience isnt a perkits a lifeline. And parents are paying attention.

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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. Unlike many other messaging platforms, a good chunk of Telegram users are game-oriented.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Pedersen is the programmer and CEO of the company and Ryder takes on the roles of game director, graphics artist, musician and game designer. We try to make games that we’d like to play ourselves, but we don’t necessarily stick to one game genre”, says Thomas Ryder.

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iHobo

MARCH 15, 2023

Ten Player Motives #3 If the victory motive asks us to endure frustration to get to the win, and the problem-solving motive asks us to endure confusion to solve the puzzle, is there something else we can endure for our future pleasure? If you want to overcome the problem, you need to have the intellectual chops to solve puzzles.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. The team updated the game earlier this year to include health bars. About Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire. Dogyeong L.

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This sense of putting a player's abilities to use against a difficult situation in a game (challenge), and rewarding their potential for every challenge they overcome and every progress they make in the game (achievement), makes a player want to play. What is Level Design? Process of Level Designing and Game Development 1.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

You can't manually choose to target, because that part of the puzzle is solved by the algorithm. From there, you can feed your creative into various AI-powered marketing platforms like Google App campaigns , and the algorithms will determine who sees that ad. “In most app advertising inventories, you do not have many levers to pull.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2023

Maybe the pitch is for a short form linear single player narrative experience and your company has decided to grow its catalogue of multiplayer lifestyle games. The pitched game is for a platform you’re scaling back on (or not supporting altogether).

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose. The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. Game Genres Ideal for puzzle games, visual novels, and platformers that require simplicity and style.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

(*Rick has more than 14 years experience in the game dev industry, working on IP's that include Mario, Transformers, Captain America and Mortal Kombat. He's done it all, from Game Designer, Producer, Creative Director and Executive Producer to GameDev.tv's 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Game Genre. App Platform. Award-winning educational gaming website offers 1000+ learning activities for kids in grades K to 5, both educational and interactive. The game supports young minds to create new skills more efficiently while promoting fun. Game Redevelopment. Complete Project Details. Educational.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, creating a realistic gaming world needs planning, storylines, aesthetics, characters, visuals and sound design, as well as meticulous attention to detail and a thorough understanding of specific gameplay mechanics. But before that, let’s first understand what an immersive games world means.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

By the end of this article, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to produce high-quality art for mobile games that captivates players and sets your game apart in a competitive market. This entails comprehending the game’s genre, intended audience, plot, and general theme. So, let’s dive in!

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.” He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing.

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Game Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

Jordan Weisman: Sure, Our goal with Adventure Forge is to empower people to make games that tell the stories they’ve always wanted to tell. We think we have a great authoring environment, but also a distribution platform that’s fast and easy. Jordan Weisman: We think games are made by humans and for humans.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. We want to build ambitious games players may not expect from Supercell. It’s two teams , actually.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The responses represent a diverse set of developers – they work for small studios with less than 20 people (58%), medium studios of up to 150 people (26%), and large studios of over 150 people (16%) that develop games across 22 genres including action (33%), role playing (30%), and puzzle (22%). New solutions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

On looking deeper, it was found that this was driven by two things - 30-35% of the growth was driven by increased IAP integration in various hypercasual mini-genres, most notably Puzzle. The remaining was driven by two titles - “ Crane Game Toreba ” and “ Clawee ” - which together raked in ~$45M over 2019.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

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. Strategy games also represent nearly a half of all Mid-Core revenues.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In comparison, Cookie Run: Kingdom is more similar to My Little Pony in terms of art style than the earlier Cookie Run platformer games, demonstrating Devsister evolved their art style to better fit the current preference of the global market. 2021 Global Team Battle RPG - Mobile Games Revenue (excluding Android in China Region).

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Life lessons He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was extremely rewarding. He started his career in advertising, but the world of video games always held his real interest. I dont want to work on my game 7 days a week.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

But they’ve long since stopped being exclusive to mid-core, cosmetic-driven games and nowadays are present in a constantly growing amount of genres and games. The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

I think it could be patched into being acceptably fun, but maybe one bad game just makes the collection more diverse. games are hugely varied. Even an idle game. I'm not going to list what games I liked or didn't like. I found an article that reviewed all the games, and I think it's an excellent overview.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires. RPG games on mobile in the West reached new heights during the lockdowns. And the Role-Playing Games (RPGs) kept up with the growth generating $3.3Bn year-to-date with a growth of 29% YoY. Looking at the RPIs (revenue per install) the game is trailing too far from its predecessor.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 8, 2024

This decision remains puzzling, as there was no pressure to launch Squad Busters. Squad Busters is a disciplined reminder of the importance of soft launching and a reality check on the strength of platforms and mobile-first IPs. Supercell may have brand recognition, but brand equity remains questionable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 20, 2019

And finally, it’s because Matchington Mansion is a game from an unknown developer that has no previous shipped titles and has only three people who have worked or are working at Firecraft Studios. Matchington Mansion is a top 5 puzzle game with raking in over $15M a month in net revenues. That’s a lot of work for so few….

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This blog post is brought to you by ironSource - a growth platform that turns amazing studios into amazing businesses. So we suggest that you head on to ironsrc.com and check the platform for yourself! ? Thinking of your ‘ Why ’ when working in games may seem like a trivial task. Will you make another puzzle game?”.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We’ve compiled a list of the leading 3d game art styles. Realism basically aims to transfer the real world to a digital platform. The main objective of 3D realism lies in the creation of immersive experiences and in making players believe they are a part of the game’s world. Now take a closer look at them! Fantasy Realism.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

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. Special thanks for the Hybridcasual design insights to Abhimanyu Kumar , founder of Naavik consulting.

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The Bottom Feeder

JANUARY 30, 2024

Roguelike Card Game." "Co-Op Co-Op Action Puzzle Game With Brief Sections Containing Every Other Genre" ( Puzzlequest, Slay the Spire, It Takes Two ) Defining a genre of any art is like trying to describe a cloud by drawing the cardboard box it's closest in shape too. It really makes sense that game designers like rules.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 18, 2023

By acquiring Rovio, they get access to all the resources needed to take their brands to new platforms and wider audiences. #2 There’s always the chance that the new Moomin game and Bad Piggies 2 will become breakout hits like Dream Blast, but the chances for that are low. So potentially, we’ll see Sega IPs adapt Puzzle+RPG bets?

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