It’s the final day of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2023 today and on the Game Maker Insights panel, game architect at Crosshatch Games, Dave Cross took to the stage for a session named ‘Unwinding ...

Also, regarding the point of making a 'good game', 'The length of the core loop is important. For example, in 'Pico Tennis', one rally is about 1 minute.

New game studio Core Loop has raised $12 million to develop a sandbox massively multiplayer online game using blockchain technology.

The takeaway These games may play very differently but they have crucial similarities when it comes to their core game loops.

Unfortunately, the system that's arguably been gutted the most, weapon crafting, doesn't look like it has a good future. While the devs recognize its removal has "disrupted the core gameplay loop ...