This was a rule that Ubisoft understood well enough when it first launched its ambitious Assassin’s Creed series. Long before ...

This is the second volume of Perfected Game Mechanics. This series looks at games where, be they wonderful, amazing, ...

From hidden morality points that judge if you're worthy of getting the good ending to secret companion scripts that determine ...

Leisure activities are traditionally understood as moments of rest and recreation—times where individuals can escape the ...

Graphics grab attention, but mechanics keep players hooked. Aspiring developers should zero in on crafting rules, risks, and rewards that feel fair and fun. Games like Tetris and Minecraft prove that ...

Parry mechanics in video games have evolved over the years, allowing players to pull off satisfying deflections. This facilitates a satisfying combat loop throughout a playthrough that never gets ...

But even when I visited museums on the regular, I'd never been to one quite like Johnnemann Nordhagen's Museum of Mechanics: an interactive museum built in a video game to showcase a specific type ...

Yahtzee is the most popular example, and along with the similar Kismet, it dates the core game mechanic back at least as far as the 1950s. These games have exploded in popularity since 2018 ...

Gaming was soon awash in copycat games, many of limited interest. Since then, the mechanic has seen redeployment into other genres of game with mixed results, but there are loads of awesome examples.