What Makes a Good Mobile Arcade Game
Arcade games have been a fixture of gaming culture for decades. Adapting them for mobile devices calls for its own design considerations. Here's what we've learned about building arcade games for touchscreens.
Read more Blockfit – A calm block puzzle, cleanly pared back and surprisingly hard to put down
There's a quiet of its own in dropping a piece neatly into the grid and watching a full row vanish - and then one more move, and another. Blockfit strips the block puzzle back to the essentials: one grid, three pieces, your next best score. As laid-back or as tricky as the moment happens to ask for.
Read more Orbital – the one-thumb reflex game built around a single, clear idea
Some games need no tutorial and no second button – just one good idea, cleanly executed. Orbital is one of them: a node orbits your core on a tether, and with a single thumb you decide when it strikes close and fast and when it patrols wide and slow. Add real-time generative sound, unlockable looks, and no ads at all. Pure reaction, stripped down to the essentials.
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