Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The core engine is what’s left when you strip a game of mechanics and obstacles. The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics and concepts you need to have a functioning (but not necessarily fun) game. Game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life. What are game mechanics?

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Mechanics Games Game Design Game Designer 130

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Much rougher The games graphics went through several iterations during the initial prototyping where they tested out different approaches like top-down 2D and isometric.

Dev 104

Dev Development Feature Prototyping 104

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It is an action-packed game with colorful graphics, intuitive swipe controls, top-notch sound effects, different themes and characters, and challenges. Core Mechanics of an Endless Runner Game Game mechanics make a video game engaging and challenging for players. Level Design ER games have just one level that never ends.

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Mechanics Games Concepts Feature 40

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Much rougher The game’s graphics went through several iterations during the initial prototyping where they tested out different approaches like top-down 2D and isometric.

Dev 118

Dev Development Feature Prototyping 118

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Although two games have significant differences in core mechanics, we found out, as a part of our Travel Town deconstruction, that the main reason for its take-off is a unique approach to LiveOps and monetization. Simple core and graphics of the “Match 3D” genre slightly resemble hypercasual games. Match Factory! ’s

Data 104

Data Mechanics Games Development 104

The Liquid Fire

JANUARY 17, 2024

In that project, we had some unique challenges thanks to a non-square board where tiles were optional. In addition we had to consider tile heights – and whether or not a unit could jump as high as needed. In contrast, the pathfinding in this lesson will be for a 2D square board with no missing tiles.

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Tile Terrain Scripting Asset 52

Brand Game Development

JANUARY 2, 2018

With various other developers, I’ve talked about all the different parts that go into making a board game: the core engine , the mechanics , rules , and storytelling / internal narrative. Drapple is an abstract, tile-laying gardening game. Except that’s not really all, is it?

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Playtesting Games Advertising Prototyping 130