Game Developer

MAY 2, 2023

Copychaser Games founder Ben Gelinas discusses how reporting is so vital to Times & Galaxy and how it changes games' relationship with people and investigation.

Mechanics 271

Mechanics Games 271

Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Once acquired, players could use these characters in battles but also interact with them through messages and other in-game social mechanics. Many players came along to take a look, and downloads of the game spiked significantly by around 50% in the weeks following the collaboration event.

Animation 130

Animation Animation Mobile Gaming Mobile 130

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Silverstring Media wants to reclaim the "idle game" genre to reward truly idle gameplay.

Mechanics 249

Mechanics Media Games 249

Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Promotional collaboration events in the top 10% (Revenue) of China midcore games (source: GameRefinery SaaS platform). Depending on the type of IP you want to license, collaborations also provide an opportunity to freshen up your narrative elements and gameplay mechanics. Does it match your target demographic?

Mobile Gaming 247

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Game Developer 247

Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events.

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Racing Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile 225

Game Developer

AUGUST 29, 2024

The studio is making its Early Access game into a premium title when it hits 1.0 due to a lack of time and effort to dedicate into monetization.

Mechanics 261

Mechanics Studios Games 261

Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2023

Obsidian senior area designer Evan Hill took to the stage at GDC 2023 to plot a heist.

Mechanics 246

Mechanics Games 246

Game Developer

MARCH 13, 2023

For anyone with an interest in game design, Polaris' developer summit has different articles covering various aspects of design development.

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Mechanics Dev Game Design Game Designer 246

Game Developer

APRIL 7, 2023

Environmental strategy game Terra Nil needed to do what no other citybuilding game had done before to cross the finish line.

Mechanics 245

Mechanics Games 245

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

"The player is an agent of chaos. Lock them up."

Mechanics 217

Mechanics Agent Games 217

Game Developer

JULY 9, 2024

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved over time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts.'

Mechanics 318

Mechanics Technology Games 318

Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development. Its massive Asset Store and extensive community support make game development more streamlined and efficient. Merits: Easy to learn and use for rapid development.

Engineering 52

Engineering Engine Game Developer Game Development 52

Game Developer

AUGUST 22, 2023

Mimimi Games needed a touch of magic to make save scumming feel like a natural part of gameplay.

Mechanics 246

Mechanics Games 246

Game Developer

MARCH 12, 2024

The directors of RAM: Random Access Mayhem talk about how difficulties doing well while playing challenging roguelike games would spark a compelling idea for a roguelike of their own.

Mechanics 244

Mechanics Games 244

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. Eduardo Lamhut, the company’s main Game Designer and Creative Director of the upcoming game Atomic Picnic , explains how the company started. There was a bunch of things she wanted in the game.

Studios 129

Studios Playtesting Concepts Games 129

Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

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?

Mechanics 94

Mechanics Puzzle Games Game Design 94

Game Developer

AUGUST 12, 2024

Claire Kwong, creator of experimental video game installation Between, shares her findings after exploring the idea of physical touch as a game mechanic.

Mechanics 322

Mechanics Games 322

Game Developer

JUNE 12, 2023

Mortal Kombat series co-creator Ed Boon explains the origins of Mortal Kombat 1's new "Kameo" system.

Mechanics 212

Mechanics 212

Game Developer

APRIL 21, 2025

Palworld maker Pocketpair argues multiple games used mechanics from Nintendo's patents before their filing in 2021, rendering them 'invalid.'

Render 269

Render Mechanics Dev Games 269

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2025

Some aspects of the development work faster because I dont have to wait for hours for a partner to get back to me, he explains. But it also comes with challenges: If a game mechanic takes me three days to implement, thats three days where nothing else is happening in the game. I genuinely love game development!

Horror 104

Horror Dev Mechanics Technology 104

Game Developer

AUGUST 31, 2023

I Hate You, Please Suffer twists standard turn-based RPG mechanics to tell a punk-rock, anticapitalist tale.

Mechanics 344

Mechanics 344

Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

The beta for Firewalk Games' Concord shows off a surprisingly rich deckbuilding-inspired game mechanic.

Beta 309

Beta Mechanics Dev Games 309

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Baba is You creator Arvi Teikari explains how they created an absurd spin-off that plunges players into the world of monotonous white collar crime.

Mechanics 190

Mechanics 190

AWS Games

MARCH 12, 2025

For game studios large and small, a smart cloud governance strategy can go a long way in reducing costs and increasing security for a live service game. Following are a few key learnings from Epic Games work with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that game developers should consider when developing a cloud governance strategy.

Game Developer 59

Game Developer Game Development Development Games 59

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2023

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. Initially, I wanted to build games, but invested my eggs in web development first because I thought I was being pragmatic.

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Game Developer Game Development Development Games 197

Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has a simple-but-brilliant mechanic to help players remember hidden locations on the game's massive map.

Mechanics 337

Mechanics Games 337

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Hernandez admits that solo development sometimes takes a toll on his metal health. “I try my best to accept that I may not be the most talented or brilliant game developer in the world, but that I am capable of making something fun and beautiful.” ” Why did you become a solo developer?

Simulation 118

Simulation Dev Mechanics Development 118

Game Developer

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Skala allows players to change the size and shape of the world and everything in it, asking them to solve puzzles by stretching and growing things.

Mechanics 201

Mechanics Puzzle 201

Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nearly a week after the launch of Runescape's Hero Pass, Jagex is stripping it of pay-to-win elements heavily criticized by the player community.

Mechanics 201

Mechanics 201

Brand Game Development

MARCH 30, 2020

Board game development is incredibly complex. To create a board game from start to finish , think of everything you have to do: Come up with a board game idea and design a game around it. Create rules and mechanics that help you express your idea in the best way possible. Find artists.

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Game Developer Game Development Development Games 130

Game Developer

AUGUST 19, 2024

Join us for a discussion on the modes and mechanics that define an emerging genre.

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Mechanics Games 286

Game Developer

JULY 17, 2024

LocalThunk breaks down the various ways players are guided to understand and internalize the deckbuilder's card mechanics.

Mechanics 287

Mechanics 287

Game Developer

MAY 21, 2024

The developers at Humble Reeds talk about how they wove conservationism into the game's mechanics without bogging the them down in the complexities of environmental care.

Mechanics 288

Mechanics Development Games 288

Game Developer

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Monster Hunter: Outlanders marks Capcom's first real go at bringing the series' classic gameplay mechanics to phones.

Mobile 280

Mobile Mobile Mechanics 280

Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

Mobile Gaming 280

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Mechanics 280

Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s pick up from there and talk about what specifically goes into making a game. What is board game development all about? Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. ” So what goes into game development?

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Game Developer Game Development Development Game Design 130

Game Developer

MARCH 1, 2023

Cosmic Crew sees a gunner and mechanic running different controller stations, with the gunner spotting foes and shooting them while the mechanic repairs and loads ammo.

Co-op 267

Co-op Mechanics 267