What defines Puzzle Match Games? Mechanics, Social Elements, Style and more. Can we come up with new ideas?

1. Puzzle Match Games
Ido Adler
‫דיון‬ ‫קבוצת‬
2016

2. My involvement with
puzzle games
Ensō Circle Sweep Tetris Match
The harder they fall
PrincesSize
Sweet City Ultra Hex Franzy

3. “video games where the object of the player is to
manipulate tiles on a grid in order to create matches”
Jesper Juul (game researcher)
Puzzle Match Games

4. Mechanics

5. Grid

6. Goal
Avoidance Farming Removal

7. Actions
Shoot Swap Rotate

8. Match
identical row

9. Gravity

10. Message
?

11. Rewards
Special tiles Score Time

12. Rewards
Positive feedback
Animations
Sounds
Bragging rights

13. Fluff

14. Levels

15. Friends

16. Friends
Blossom Blast Saga
Offline

17. Predefined solution

18. Is it a puzzle?

19. Thought Exercise
Can you come up with a
match-3 mechanic which
have no random elements?

20. Debate
What is the influence of Puzzle Match Games on the Gaming world?
How much room is there for new puzzles?
What would make the craziest puzzle game?
How can we use puzzle games to deliver a message?
In what ways candy crush is different from mobile slot machines?
What other mechanics were not mentioned?
How can we combine Puzzle Match Games with other Games?

21. Thank you!