Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Let's talk about SpaceChem
What inspired SpaceChem?
What genre of game is SpaceChem?
What is a design- based puzzle game?
Answer #1 A DEFINITION
A design-based puzzle game is a puzzle game where solutions take the form of a design
Four Aspects OF SOME DESIGN-BASED PUZZLE GAMES
Crack for Engineers!
Ownership "Favorite Game"
BONUS: Making puzzles is easy!
SpaceChem Community Features
Histograms
Custom Puzzles
APPEAL
What was the problem?
SpaceChem is ADDICTIVE!
DIFFICULTY
OPEN QUESTION: Is this acceptable?
TUTORIALS
THEORY: Players only learn through trial and error while playing the game.
RAPIDFIRE POST- LAUNCH SECRETS!
Mac + Linux
Android
Revenue
Support How do you handle support?
The Future What are you working on now?
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