Game Developer

APRIL 21, 2023

In this free GDC Vault talk, creative director Wren Brier talks about the design pillars behind Unpacking's creation

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Remnant II creative director David Adams discusses the path to making games as replayable as possible through procedural generation.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The three-year-old studio is working on a puzzle title its investors say 'has the type of commercial mindset required to succeed in a demanding mobile market.'

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

inTIErrupted is a cooperative escape game about untangling an incredibly long, puzzle-filled tie without getting caught in such a compromising position.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Forest Quartet gathers the three remaining members of a jazz quartet as they grieve for their lead singer, facing their emotions through music and puzzles.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From the beginning this project wasn’t just about the final product. I wanted to learn better practices for scalable and maintainable code.

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Game Developer

APRIL 25, 2023

The studio was quietly formed in 2022 by a group of former King, Seriously, and Next Games developers.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 8, 2024

Bonfire Peaks and Sokobond Express developer Draknek has bundles of cash for a few lucky developers.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

Wood about the design parameters behind this charming puzzle platformer. We spoke with Valve veteran turned studio founder Matt T.

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Game Developer

JULY 16, 2024

The studio behind the viral free-to-play game Echo Chess plan on using its new funding to build out its debut title and other AI-powered projects.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

If you’re planning on collaborating with a TV or anime franchise, this might involve the launch of a new season, film or TV series, such as the mobile game Vikingard collaborating with the TV show Vikings to promote the launch of its spin-off series, Vikings Valhalla. The best in-game collaboration events are often mutually beneficial.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 30, 2023

With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen , Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better , spends his spare time to see what all the fuss really is about. Next, I start generating assets for the game with AI, like locations, character designs etc.”

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Weve previously explored how collaborating with fan-favorite IPs as part of a LiveOps strategy can have a drastic impact on in-game performance, and that logic very much applies to anime crossovers. 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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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. What’s particularly interesting about this archetype is its rarity.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This story is about the work that went on behind-the-scenes, learning from feedback, and adapting to create a game that pushes the genre in a new direction.

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Game Developer

MARCH 10, 2023

Mind Diver buries a mystery in someone's memories, tasking you with diving into someone's past experiences to get a lead on a missing person.

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Game Developer

MARCH 22, 2024

Abhi, designer and writer for Venba, talks about the familial and cultural connections found in food for immigrants finding their place in a new country, as well as how they designed puzzle-like play around cooking it.

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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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Game Developer

JUNE 6, 2023

Encouragement, routine, and reinforcement are crucial to retraining neural pathways.

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Game Developer

JUNE 13, 2024

We spoke with Bernard Immole of Sometimes Y Games to discuss how the game’s face-altering puzzle elements affected character design and the work that goes into creating a game designed to make the player laugh.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In this blog, we look at some of the new and interesting ways developers have implemented minigames into some of the most popular mobile titles on the market, from Royal Match’s Wordle-inspired potion puzzle to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s recreation of Dave the Diver.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Slider takes players to a world within a 8-puzzle slide puzzle. By reorienting the pieces of the world, players will help people reconnect, open new paths forward, and figure out where your cat went.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development. Merits: Easy to learn and use for rapid development.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The newest addition game from Mascot Bro Studio is TILT which is a physic gravity type game similar to portal series.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 15, 2023

This is a much-dreaded question game developers ask themselves at every stage of game development. And if the game you’re working on is a match-3 puzzle, there is a widely accepted assumption that your target audience primarily consists of women aged between 25 and 45. Who is your target audience?

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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.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 16, 2023

Launching on PlayStation Plus' Extra and Premium tiers likely helped Tha LTD and Enhance's puzzle platformer Humanity hit the 1 million mark in a few months.

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Game Developer

MARCH 3, 2025

Coincidence will make puzzle games like Zachtronics used to, but it also appears to be dabbling in other mediums like in-person card games.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Paw Print Games’ light-hearted simulation-puzzle VR game is out now on PlayStation®VR2, SteamVR, and Meta Quest 2.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Rather than being tacked on, the game is presented like a visual novel, which brings the story to life.

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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.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

Thank you to the cocos team for providing a great engine that allowed us to build this game without technical constraints, and to use our creative space and abilities as we pleased. We are an adventure puzzle game with 7 big chapters and 300+ small chapters. and more than 20 different puzzle mechanisms.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

I’ve not seen many 3D games developed in Cocos Creator especially a pc game as it’s fairly new compared to other 3D engines available in the market. This looks really good. I’ve added it to my steam wishlist. All the best guys I’m looking forward for the release.

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Game Development for Beginners

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Vinod Ravisankar built the Number Puzzle app as an Ad Supported app. Read more The post Privacy Policy for Number Puzzle appeared first on VionixStudio. This Service is provided by Vinod Ravisankar at no cost and is intended for use as is.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Hearst Newspapers has acquired puzzle games hub Puzzmo. Developed by game designer Zach Gage and engineer Orta Therox, Puzzmo is a platform for original daily newspaper games and puzzles, such as SpellTower, Typeshift, Flipart, and Cross|Word. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 3, 2024

You have no control over how the characters fare in any book, TV or film, but in games, the power is almost entirely in the hands of players. While this often translates to how well said characters do in combat or when confronted by puzzles, developers are exploring more ways in which players can shape stories as well.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Silly things He admits that game- and level design was a real puzzle to solve in the semi-open world that allows players to carve their own paths by smashing through just about everything. “It Far Out Games’ journey began as a seven-week student project in a local game development program in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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