To celebrate the approach of Christmas, a free new update for Puzzledorf releases today on Steam and Humble Bundle! The update adds 12 snowing, ice covered levels that introduce a new mechanic - sliding on ice. Click to read more...
Playtesting should be a key part of your design process. Done correctly, playtesting will transform your game design into something powerful.
This article teaches you how to use Sprites or other custom 2D images with the particle emitter in Unity. I used this technique to create particle animations in my game, Puzzledorf. Whenever you do something right in the puzzle, particles explode. 1. Create your sprite and import it to Unity (look here if you haven't... Continue Reading →
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This article covers the guidelines for puzzle design that I used in Puzzledorf and my answer to the question, "What makes a good puzzle?" It's not intended to be the only answer, but instead is a guide through my journey about what worked for me.
This article talks about the difficulty level of Puzzledorf, how it changes over time, and how that is used both to engage and retain players to help them finish the game.
Teaching people how to play your game is a critical component of game design - and yet a lot of players hate tutorials. So how to teach people without boring them? Better still, how to provide a tutorial that players don't think of as a tutorial? This article discusses the subject through the lens of Puzzledorf.
Puzzledorf is finally live today on Steam and Humble Bundle! Get ready to start solving puzzles and pushing blocks! An elegant, block-pushing puzzle game with clean design, exploring the question, "What makes a good puzzle?"
It's been a long while coming but I am ready to announce the release date of Puzzledorf for Steam. It will also be releasing on the Humble Bundle store at the same time.
This article shows you how to change the screen size at run time via script, while avoiding the unexpected pitfalls that can occur, as well as other topics, such as toggling full screen and windowed modes, limiting frame rate, toggling vsync, and setting the resolution.
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