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The gap between luck and skill in match-3 is mostly what you do in the two seconds before you tap.

The one-more-run loop, explained, plus five habits that turn a frustrating start into a high score.

The control scheme is the whole game. Here's why we threw out the obvious option and built Glydra around your finger instead.

Points are the boring part. The real hook is the little dares an arcade game stacks on top of them.

Anyone can make a game you play with a single finger. Making one you can't put down is a different craft.

Merge puzzles are usually quietly stressful. We wanted one you could sink into. Here's how we kept the satisfying part and softened the rest.

Idle games have a reputation for farming your attention. With MOTE we tried to keep the lovely part and drop the dark patterns.

Most puzzle games quietly assume you speak a certain language. Quaylo's whole idea is to need no tutorial at all.

The on-screen joystick is the default, and the default is usually wrong. A field guide to what actually feels good in the hand.

Most arcade runs don't end because the game got hard. They end because you stopped reading how it was getting hard.

Free-to-play earned its bad reputation honestly. Here's how we think about ads without making players resent the game.

The big shift this year isn’t a new genre, it’s hypercasual growing up. What the move to hybrid casual means for players and small studios.

Your high score isn't a wall. It's a habit. A few unglamorous ways to nudge the number up without rage-quitting.