Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

Game Design 81

Game Design Game Designer Art Prop 81

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Subway Surfers was the most popular game for three consecutive years, with 218 million downloads in 2023, 304 million in 2022, and 191 million in 2021. Source: Business of Apps ) Subway Surfers, an endless runner game, was released by Kiloo Games and SYBO studio in May 2012. What is an Endless Runner Game? Sit no more!

Mechanics 40

Mechanics Games Feature Concepts 40

iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2024

Remember that game with controls so awkward it made you want to hurl your controller? Chances are, it suffered from poor user experience (UX) design. In today’s booming gaming market, players expect more than dazzling visuals – they demand seamless interactions and total immersion. So how do you ensure your game delivers?

UX 52

UX Bug Games Balance 52

Tom Francis

AUGUST 12, 2019

Every time I did, I’d have moments where I’m dealt those 6 cards, the game says “Choose one to discard”, and my instinctive reaction was a nonsensical whine of: “But I don’t want to!” Slay’s power comes from a card called Tools of the Trade, and I never take it anymore.

UX 40

UX Balance Concepts Mechanics 40

Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Smartphones are as much a tool for entertainment as they are for communication, and mobile games rule the roost for keeping users entertained. This is a win-win for both players as well as game app developers , because good game apps are forever in demand. Apart from this, you need to determine the cost of creating a game.

Mobile Gaming 95

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Development 95

iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The process of developing a game doesn’t end with coding and design. Testing the end product is crucial to ensure it delivers a seamless user experience (UX) and meets the industry requirements & standards. Several testing techniques are used to test the game’s readiness for release. What is Functionality Testing?

UX 52

UX Bug Code Games 52

Played with Fire

DECEMBER 4, 2021

User experience in VR games. Creating a video game is a real adventure full of interesting problems to solve and unexpected twists and turns. So today we’re going to talk about UX (user experience) in virtual reality games and tell you about the most interesting solutions we used in our game Stargaze!

UX 52

UX Puzzle Animation Animation 52

Big Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There were days when the game developers had to build a flawless game and launch it in the Play/App Store, and the rest was taken care of by the users. But in today’s competitive world, the players are unaware of about 80% of the games, while 20% of the games are unprofitable and are removed from the online medium.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Build 52

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Games are more than just a diversion. However, developing games has become very time-consuming and expensive. 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.

Art 52

Art Game Developer Game Development Studios 52

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). At the same time, the Social Casino space (and Slots games specifically) has not seen too much of product innovation over the past few years. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

UX 52

UX Mechanics Build Point and Click 52

Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. Tip #2: How to make an iOS Game?

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile UX 52

Cocos

OCTOBER 10, 2024

About Us At Monti Games, we are dedicated to creating unforgettable gaming experiences. We are a passionate team of video game enthusiasts, and we are looking for an HTML5 Video Game Programmer to join our team remotely. Responsibilities Game Development: Create and maintain HTML5 games from conception to publication.

UX 40

UX Communications Games Game Development 40

iXie gaming

APRIL 4, 2024

Ensuring your video game is bug-free and reliable is crucial in today’s fast-paced gaming world. To achieve this, you must conduct thorough game testing throughout the game development process. These functional and non-functional changes may affect the performance of other game features. Why does it matter?

Bug 52

Bug Code Games UX 52

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

and my notes are obviously going to spoil some of the game's structure, but all these spoilers are pretty vague and anyway I don't name any names. This is a business model I've always wondered about -- make a big complicated game, but then earn revenue from selling ads on the wiki for your own game? Anyway, here's my notes.

Open World 130

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Difficulty.

Game Design 52

Game Design Game Designer Balance Games 52

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Imagine playing a game with distorted sound or visual effects. This will likely affect your gaming experience in a significant way. For instance, if the sound and the visual effects are not in synch, the player will experience a terrible game. But what should you consider in-game sound and visual effects testing?

Bug 52

Bug Games Platformer Mechanics 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 1, 2024

Written by Laura Taranto and Ahmetcan Demirel , both senior product leaders with vast experience in casual games. Dream Games, the developer of the massive Match-3 success, Royal Match , is still attempting to answer this (difficult) question. Expanding further back makes it a bit easier to see the tea leaves.

Puzzle 64

Puzzle Engine Engineering Mechanics 64

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Games that have a huge fan base.

Racing 52

Racing Games UX Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This analysis is written by UX Reviewer’s Om Tandon and product guy and blog writer Alexandre Macmillan To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. Sports Games On the Sports side we see a double digit growth of +15% YoY.

Racing 52

Racing Games UX Mobile 52

Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

, this Saturday June 12, 2021, we are headlining the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest and I also will be moderating IGDA GDSIG's skipped (due to the cancellation of GDC last year) roundtable, Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities. Watch it for free on www.youtube.com/GeorgiaGameDevs Here's the deets!

Writing 52

Writing Education Educational Game Design 52

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a creative, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding industry that gives artists opportunities to work on world-class projects while earning a regular income. How would you like to contribute, creatively and technically, to a film or game?

Film 52

Film Animation Animation Concepts 52

Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Written by Jesper Gustavsson , Director of Product at SYBO Games and a games industry veteran with 10 years of experience in building and operating mobile games as a product manager. In 2012, Microfun transitioned into the mobile gaming industry with the release of “Super Model” (an RPG fashion game).

Balance 98

Balance Mechanics Games Build 98

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Konstantin Mitrofanov , Chief Product Officer of Belka Games (a studio that has quietly racked up half a billion in revenues) shares practical steps on how they were able to create an organization that is both autonomous and highly successful. Or they review the assets they’ve created in a graphics editor rather than in the game itself.

Feature 98

Feature Game Designer Game Design Content 98

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. The money you save on platform fees will go directly into further improving and growing your games.

Cross platform 52

Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 18, 2023

To give some context on the magnitude of GTA V, as of today: In the last 30 days GTA V was the biggest game on Twitch by average viewer count and total hours watched, and the 2nd in terms of channels (source: Twitchmetrics ). And during that same period it has been in the Top 5 Steam games with most concurrent players (source: SteamDB ).

Sandbox 52

Sandbox UX Content Build 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This analysis is written by Abhimanyu Kumar with special contributions from UX Reviewer ’s Om Tandon and Brett Nowak , CEO of Liquid & Grit. Having said that, we would all agree that games like Coin Master aren’t “truly Casino” even though they are classified in the same category according to our taxonomy.

Mobile 52

Mobile Mobile Feature UX 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: In this second post we discuss Arcade games, which we see as a genre in the Casual category. The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5%

Mechanics 52

Mechanics Platformer Data Studios 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic!

Games 52

Games Point and Click Engine Engineering 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Port connection swapping was also added as a minor UX improvement. Then there are in-graph editable nodes , which provide a simple yet powerful UX improvement to the Visual Script. Godot, being an open source game engine, was built with a never-ending wish of adding new features to it. Foundations: Scene traversal mechanism.

Visual Scripting 52

Visual Scripting Scripting Clipping Point and Click 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

And although there’s no official confirmation yet, recent hiring and community buzz points out that the game is getting ready for a global launch. That was Riot Games’ playbook with TFT and Wild Rift. Ultimately, it seems that the strategy has been around completing the game with side mechanics and not touching the core.

Mechanics 64

Mechanics Content Feature UX 64

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

Baking 52

Baking Simulation Build Animation 52

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

Fantasy 52

Fantasy Mechanics Concepts Art 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. When we talk about MMO, many may relegate this game category to “old-school” or “niche.” Amazon Games has finally made its name after the tough launch of New World.

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Entertainment are slated to release the new Hogwarts Legacy game set in the world of the long-running Harry Potter series. There was footage of the common rooms and brand-new gameplay that was released earlier this month- which gave an insight into the game mechanics, setting, and characters to an extent.

Editing 52

Editing Content Mechanics Art 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

2022 has been a tough roller coaster for blockchain games. Of course, not everything was all bleak and hopeless where new teams like Plai Labs and Fenix Games were spun out of already existing ones with war chests that would make even the Q4 2021 teams jealous. and crowded roadmaps.

Games 111

Games Technology Mobile Mobile 111