In this post, we'll take a look at how various games use weapon reload mechanics to create interesting and fun experiences.

Players are tired of fighting against random number generators. How do we fix this? Take a look at some methods that can make situations utilizing random...

Losing a game because the rules weren't clear isn't fun. Here's a look at how some games make things frustrating, and how to avoid it.

Learn how to hit a moving target in Unity. We will use our math skills to solve a quadratic equation to find our solution.

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...

Incremental games are fascinating and perplexing. Marked by minimal player agency and periods of inactivity, they seem to defy conventional logic about good...

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...

Unreal Tournament, Blood Bowl, and Rocket League belong to three different genres (FPS, round-based tactics, and driving), but all share the same theme:...

We've already looked at two sets of underused genres, from both classic and modern eras. It turns out there are even more!

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...

Incremental games, despite their simple mechanics and limited player interaction, present interesting challenges to a game designer. We'll examine some core...

Incremental games are fascinating and perplexing. Marked by minimal player agency and periods of inactivity, they seem to defy conventional logic about good...