Puzzmo co-creator Zach Gage on building newspaper games that can last forever
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
"Every game I design is meant to be a sandbox. At the lowest level, someone coming in should just feel comfortable playing around."
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
"Every game I design is meant to be a sandbox. At the lowest level, someone coming in should just feel comfortable playing around."
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Voldex CEO Alex Singer and CPO Andrew Rose say socialization-friendly design is key to making a successful Roblox game.
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So we want to prove to the industry that people want a modern sandbox. A game where different sorts of playstyles come together to make an immersive and dynamic galaxy. Where you can play the way you want, and the game values it, and the other players value it because you matter to the game’s economy.
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A sandbox survival game, set on life-sized voxel planets with realistic phyisics.
Game Daily
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Mythical Games’ NFT-based mobile racing game Nitro Nation World Tour (NNWT) is out now on Android and iOS. While NFT usage in games is still unproven at scale, major brands continue to invest. A new report from 360 Market Updates projects that the global play-to-earn NFT Games market size was valued at $3.3
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Unreal Physics is a free to play exploration of in-game physics like never before, this dynamic 3D sandbox features a mesmerizing collection of demos, showcasing stunning visuals and realistic simulations. It's a playground of endless possibilities where.
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In this latest episode of the podcast, Mishka Katkoff sat down with Cameron Stewart, Group Vice President, US Game Development, at SciPlay, to uncover the keys to their continued success in the social casino space. The companys evolution isnt just about adding new featuresits about ensuring their games resonate deeply with players.
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The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). The traditional way to make games longer since the beginning of times is to divide them in stages. Sandbox style simulations.
PreMortem.Games
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They are both well aware of the irony of two engineers developing a parody engineering game, but that hasn’t stopped Cillín Farrell and Neil Mackenzie from devoting the majority of their spare time doing just that. With the game’s 100% physics-based building system, players can solve each mission in infinite ways. As long as it works.
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It’s a no-goals, no-management sandbox that allows players to build dark cities that would make Deckard proud to hunt replicants in. Marshall created the game while drastically resetting his professional life. My programmer brain will say that’s too hard and take too long when the designer brain know it’s right for the game.
Brand Game Development
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In 2009, this rough, glitchy, blocky game was released to the public. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. The game was gradually refined over a series of pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release updates. That’s how massive this game has become.
Cocos
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The browser is a self-contained sandbox, it does not have the system context, only the browser context. On the web, you cannot really read files from the player’s computer. Nonetheless, you still will need to figure out how to read such.txt files in Cocos space.
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Bonus story tip: If your players travels with other characters, they can chat during the game stuff. Every minute a player spends not interacting with your story dilutes the power of the story." - Vogel's Third Law of Video Game Storytelling Suppose you want to write a single-player video game with a good story. A gacha game.
Indie DB
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The game is an Australian take on Animal Crossing and really captures that laidback Down Under vibe. It took him five years to release the game in Early Access, and all that time, he worked on it by himself. For the first three years of development, Bendon kept the game mostly to himself. But that’s just the way he likes it. “To
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Logic Simplified
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Game Daily
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Deconstructor of Fun
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Game Errors
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Real Programming
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Game Daily
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