This jam is now over. It ran from 2024-06-17 07:00:00 to 2024-06-19 09:00:00.

The target genre is Puzzle which fits to hybridcasul audience. You can get inspiration by;

  1. Hypercasualizing old concepts
  2. Hypercasualizing casual/paid hits
  3. Extracting CPI-friendly features

Where to find ideas?

  • Kongregate, Miniclip, itch.io, addictinggames.com, FB Gaming, etc.
  • Forgotten HC concepts (charting 2+ years ago)

How to filter them? Where to focus?

  • Concepts which translate well to 1-touch controls
  • Light on art and complexity


Challenges you must solve

  • Unfit visuals: HC theme & context needed
  • Accessibility: simplify rules and controls (e.g. double inputs)

Typical advantages

  • Ready-made levels and progression, or gameplays well-suited for procedural level gen
  • Ready-made cohesive ruleset


Challenges you must solve

  • Neutralize themes (casual is less mass-market)
  • Make it visually impressive and rewarding (find a “wow” moment)
  • Simplify progression, focus purely on gameplay & forgiveness (cf. Collect Em All)

Typical advantages

  • Proven engagement potential


Tips & Must Haves

  1. Simple visual associations
  2. The first  frame says it all
  3. Reward every input

Resources

1- https://appmagic.rocks/top-charts/apps?tag=78