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Which Digital Game Distribution Platform Is Right for My Game?
A look at the various digital game publishing platforms available and which one is best suited for your game.
Matthias Zarzecki
13 Jun 2018
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How to Make Your Action Game More Engaging With Reload Mechanics
In this post, we'll take a look at how various games use weapon reload mechanics to create interesting and fun experiences.
Matthias Zarzecki
15 May 2018
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The Smoke & Mirrors of Good Countdowns, Part 1
We take a look at countdowns in games, how to make them much more engaging, and how to improve one on our own.
Matthias Zarzecki
8 Jun 2017
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How to Build a Prince-of-Persia-Style Time-Rewind System, Part 2
In the second part of this series we extend and improve the time-rewinding-system, make it more stable, and add a nice blurring effect to make the rewinding...
Matthias Zarzecki
13 Sep 2016
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How to Build a Prince-of-Persia-Style Time-Rewind System, Part 1
We'll take a look at how to build a game that features time-rewinding like it was used in Prince of Persia - Sands of Time, and the other surprising ways...
Matthias Zarzecki
24 Jun 2016
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What Makes Games Funny? A Look at Comedy and Humour in Video Games
Portal, Borderlands, Magicka... these games are comedies. Deus Ex is not a comedy, but can become one through the player's interactions; Left 4 Dead has...
Matthias Zarzecki
30 Nov 2015
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Stuck for Your Next Game's Theme? Try These 6 Ideas
Unreal Tournament, Blood Bowl, and Rocket League belong to three different genres (FPS, round-based tactics, and driving), but all share the same theme:...
Matthias Zarzecki
19 Oct 2015
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9 More Inexplicably Underused Game Genres for Your Next Project
We've already looked at two sets of underused genres, from both classic and modern eras. It turns out there are even more!
Matthias Zarzecki
11 Sep 2015
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How to Incorporate Satisfying Death Mechanics Into Your Game
The possibility of death in game design is often a necessary evil to give the game some stakes, but the player's death is usually not fun in itself—unless...
Matthias Zarzecki
28 Jul 2015
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A Mini-Post on Post-Match Mini-Achievements
Post-match mini-achievements are regular achievements' little siblings, awarded after each match in a multiplayer game. In this quick post, we'll explore the...
Matthias Zarzecki
11 May 2015
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8 Classic Game Genres Ready to Explore Again
We used to see a lot of flight sims and rail shooters and games like Theme Park, but these days those types of games are rare, even though there's still a...
Matthias Zarzecki
11 Mar 2015
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9 Rare and Underused Game Genres Ready to Explore
Why aren't there more games like Lemmings or Uplink, or more space roguelikes or parachuting games? Next time you're stuck for inspiration on what kind of...
Matthias Zarzecki
13 Feb 2015
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