Mechanics Puzzle Tile 
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
With a knack for puzzles, arcades, and simulation games. The puzzle genre is a powerhouse in mobile gaming, generating over $7 billion annually in in-app purchases (IAP). In such a highly competitive space, innovation is the key to creating new opportunities, and we've seen that with the rise of Physical Match and Tile Match games.
Game Refinery
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. What’s particularly interesting about this archetype is its rarity.
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Brand Game Development
JUNE 25, 2019
Out of nowhere, a thought popped into my head: “what if you were still monsters eating adventurers, but the game was all about dropping them into a puzzle that represented the monster’s stomach?” How Pattern Building Arose from the Dropping Mechanic. However, I didn’t want the game to necessarily feel like Tetris.
Brand Game Development
JULY 8, 2019
Of all the mechanics in the board game world, variable player powers remain a fan favorite. Games with this mechanic range from Gloomhaven to Terraforming Mars to 7 Wonders. In my last Designer Diary for Tasty Humans , I talked about how I approached scoring based on the arrangement of tiles in each of the monster’s stomachs.
Brand Game Development
JULY 1, 2019
Once you craft the basic concepts of your game and find the right mechanics to express them , you have to set rules. In my first Designer Diary post for Tasty Humans , I talked about the mechanics of dropping shapes (which represent the titular “Tasty Humans”) in order to fill up the stomach of the each player’s monster. So What Next?
PreMortem.Games
JULY 12, 2024
QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle The first game on the list is a title by Zego Studio: Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle. In this game, the user solves various puzzles by unscrewing everything on the screen. Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.
Deconstructor of Fun
OCTOBER 2, 2023
So, in the never ending search for the next blue ocean, there is a new stop: Tile Match. Still, let’s examine what constitutes a Tile Match game. What is and is not a Tile Match? Tile Match is actually a pretty intuitive name. Each level consists of tiles stacked on top of each other.
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