Game Errors

JANUARY 31, 2023

Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 is available on Steam and it seems that the game encounters a lot of errors. In this 2018 version, Car Mechanic Simulator seems to be poorly optimized and players reported launching issues, black screen, crashes, low frame rates, drops of fps, and freezes.

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Game Wisdom

AUGUST 17, 2024

Understanding Casino Games: An Overview of Popular Options and Their Mechanics Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Casinos have fascinated people for centuries with their thrilling blend of chance, strategy, and excitement.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 21, 2017

Most board game mechanics will not work as well as you intend them to. Good board game developers need to know when to drop mechanics and when to refine them. I’ve been playing with a new mechanic called “traffic.” Yes, I thought this would make a good mechanic a week ago. Click here. So it goes.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 19, 2024

Despite that and its rich symbolic, cultural, and social meaning, food rarely features in narrative. The rare exceptions are worth a closer look.

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Game Developer

JUNE 6, 2023

Immortality game director Sam Barlow discusses his inspirations for making games around "witnessing" key events.

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Game Developer

MAY 2, 2023

Copychaser Games founder Ben Gelinas discusses how reporting is so vital to Times & Galaxy and how it changes games' relationship with people and investigation.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When looking at these games one could not help but wonder “How are video racing more enjoyable and realistic at the same time?” […] The post Racing Game Mechanics – A Detailed Guide appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 28, 2017

Core Engine: If you strip out all the mechanics that put obstacles in your players’ path, what’s left? The core engine is the bare minimum set of mechanics you need to have a functioning game. Mechanics: Games are not very good until you have constraints that make it hard for players to achieve the objective.

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Game Developer

MARCH 12, 2024

The directors of RAM: Random Access Mayhem talk about how difficulties doing well while playing challenging roguelike games would spark a compelling idea for a roguelike of their own.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 27, 2024

Oatmeal is out. Spicy appetizers and steampunk mechs are in.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 2, 2023

The progression mechanic is based on watching ads, with each ad increasing the number of rewards for the next pull. Purposeful game mechanisms built around ads are a genius way to increase CTR rates and create a positive user experience that adds to retention. Dragonscapes Adventure’s floating reward prompt.

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Game Developer

MARCH 13, 2023

For anyone with an interest in game design, Polaris' developer summit has different articles covering various aspects of design development.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

“Theme-first or mechanics-first” might be the most asked “big question” in the board game community. Theme and mechanics are inseparable parts of board games as a whole. When people talk about mechanics, they tend to mean to strategy, tactics, and rules. There is no hard-and-fast line that splits mechanics and theme.

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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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Unity Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Half Mermaid’s Sam Barlow, creator of Telling Lies and Her Story , shares how his team created the match cut mechanic for their latest award-winning video-based game, IMMORTALITY.

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Game Wisdom

MAY 28, 2023

Most Innovative Game Mechanics of the 21st Century Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com The 21st century has brought about impressive advancements in video game technology, leading to the emergence of innovative gameplay mechanics.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

We’re picking up where we left off last week with How to Design the Mechanics of Your Board Game , so read that if you haven’t had the chance yet. Today, we’ll be focusing on testing game mechanics after you design them. A quick recap: game mechanics are how we bring the core engine of a game to life.

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Game Developer

JULY 9, 2024

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved over time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts.'

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Baba is You creator Arvi Teikari explains how they created an absurd spin-off that plunges players into the world of monotonous white collar crime.

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Game Developer

MARCH 21, 2023

Obsidian senior area designer Evan Hill took to the stage at GDC 2023 to plot a heist.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nearly a week after the launch of Runescape's Hero Pass, Jagex is stripping it of pay-to-win elements heavily criticized by the player community.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Imagine owning a unique digital item that you can call your own, or even participating in the game's governance. This is what Web3 games offer their players, making it a game-changing technology of the current era.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 22, 2023

Mimimi Games needed a touch of magic to make save scumming feel like a natural part of gameplay.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Monster Hunter: Outlanders marks Capcom's first real go at bringing the series' classic gameplay mechanics to phones.

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Game Developer

APRIL 7, 2023

Environmental strategy game Terra Nil needed to do what no other citybuilding game had done before to cross the finish line.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

"The player is an agent of chaos. Lock them up."

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Game Developer

AUGUST 12, 2024

Claire Kwong, creator of experimental video game installation Between, shares her findings after exploring the idea of physical touch as a game mechanic.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The Game Bakers creative director Emeric Thoa explains why the studio built a limb-by-limb climbing mechanic from scratch.

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Game Developer

JUNE 12, 2023

Mortal Kombat series co-creator Ed Boon explains the origins of Mortal Kombat 1's new "Kameo" system.

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Juego Studio

MARCH 16, 2023

The post The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Game Mechanics appeared first on Juego Studio.

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Game Developer

JULY 15, 2024

The beta for Firewalk Games' Concord shows off a surprisingly rich deckbuilding-inspired game mechanic.

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MAY 21, 2024

The developers at Humble Reeds talk about how they wove conservationism into the game's mechanics without bogging the them down in the complexities of environmental care.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 31, 2024

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has a simple-but-brilliant mechanic to help players remember hidden locations on the game's massive map.

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Game Developer

JULY 17, 2024

LocalThunk breaks down the various ways players are guided to understand and internalize the deckbuilder's card mechanics.

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Game Developer

APRIL 19, 2024

To understand the impact of your mechanics, you need to know how people will react to them. This means that you have to have some kind of mental model of player behavior. The question is, in your model, how much rationality do you assume?

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Game Developer

AUGUST 19, 2024

Join us for a discussion on the modes and mechanics that define an emerging genre.

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