Game Developer
MARCH 22, 2024
Developers Jeppe Carlsen, Jakob Schmid, and Erwin Kho speak about the various difficulties that came from creating a puzzle game where multiple independent worlds were used to solve and navigate complex puzzles.
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Polish indie studio Eleven Puzzles has been making a name for themselves as the creators of some fine cooperative puzzle games, like Unsolved Case and Unboxing the Cryptic Killer. “The initial idea was very simple and primitive, we just wanted to make a game set in a laboratory. ” The solution? .
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Game Developer
JANUARY 18, 2023
Patrick’s Parabox is both an evolution of the block-pushing puzzle game, and something new and unique to itself.
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.'
Game Developer
APRIL 21, 2023
In this free GDC Vault talk, creative director Wren Brier talks about the design pillars behind Unpacking's creation
Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
** SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET. Game design isn't a destination, it's a journey and this was one of the stops along the way. There are some fun puzzles in here but they all were cut for a reason, mostly pacing but sometimes because it wasn't as interesting as we thought.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Author: Richard Dansky Every video game ultimately becomes a story. The elements of the game, even and perhaps especially the narrative ones, are inert until they are suddenly interacted with by the player. The game, in all its complexity and grandeur and expense and expended sweat, comes down to a story.
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