Category: Game Design
A series of articles on how you can use Machinations to make informed game design decisions, reduce guesswork, and spot flaws in your game.
Game systems: An in-depth look at gacha boxes
As more and more games transition to, or are created in, the free-to-play model, certain free-to-play mechanics have come under greater scrutiny. One of the more contentious forms of free-to-play...
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What deconstructing Supergiant’s Hades taught me
During one of the most popular webinars we ran, I presented a deconstruction of Supergiant Games’ Hades. It’s one of my favorite games, I spent a total of 55 hours playing it, did 92 runs, of...
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Game economy design in Free-to-Play games
Despite the name, free-to-play (F2P) games are big business. According to a year-end report by SuperData Research, the F2P games market is worth a staggering $98 billion and has seen a 10% increase...
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Game systems: How to create and balance a gacha in Machinations
Riding the success wave of battle royalesque games, cosmetics and collectables have become the items most game economies are based on. Nothing new about them, nor about the gacha boxes used to serve...
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