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 ...

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

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.

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 ...