Striking the Right Balance

Recently, I read some analysis of game design by Owen over at Streaming Colour Studios. Owen made a neat little game named Dapple for the iPhone. It’s a puzzle game which he says combines the familiar match-3 mechanic with some more thoughtful color-based mechanics. While his game has been well received he hasn’t managed to find his audience yet, and in a recent post he describes some of the problems of game design Dapple has run into.... Read More

PushButton Engine: A New Flash Engine

Jeff Tunnell and some of the guys from the Torque Game Engine have recently unveiled their latest project. It’s a new flash game engine — they call it the PushButton engine. Read More  Read More