Great mobile game design is a little like a great film soundtrack – if it’s done well, you shouldn’t notice it. Unfortunately, this also makes it all too easy to overlook the amazing detail that goes ...

One of the hardest aspects of game design to define is good level design. There is no set formula for organizing a layout, sculpting interrelated structures and objects in an environment, using ...

Less is more. That's the advice Nintendo's Takashi Tezuka, who's worked on dozens of Super Mario games since 1985's Super Mario Bros., offered when I asked him what makes a good Mario level. "In Mario ...

Crush & Tell's sixth episode features Candy Crush senior product manager John Davies, who discusses level design, blockers, and difficulty. We discuss new blockers, introducing them to players, and ...