Intro

The world of the Rodrim continent with knights, magicians, and fairies is waiting for you. These fabulous and mysterious lands have prepared many trials for players. A unique mix of two genres is now in Puzzle Fight: PvP Wars.

Collect the best squads of heroes under your name and take them through all the trials.

Our Contribution to This Game

Challenges & Goals

The game consists of two mechanics: casual match 3 and mid-core battler with various 3D characters. And the main idea was to mix them and make gameplay smooth and protected from cheating.

There were several issues to tackle & goals to achieve: 

• Time to market terms – not more than six months to launch
• Synchronize client and server gameplay in conditions of non-stable internet connections to prevent cheating
• Mix two different genres in one game

Game development companies on the market estimated that the project would take at least twice as long to develop. This is because game design, functionality, characters, 2D, 3D, and QA take much time before the product can be launched and tested on the market. 

Solutions & Expertise

To keep the game development phase within a designated time frame, the team used the Galaxy4games modular system (you can see a list of modules at https://galaxy4games.com/knowledgebase/modular-solutions/) for Unity 3D to build the game’s base architecture. Additionally, new modules for the game were developed separately. The modular engine helps build stable products since modules have already been tested on other launched projects.

Several options were available to synchronize client and server gameplay. First, the team used a random seed for the battlefield to check the calculation quickly and be more independent from a stable connection. This option, mixed with an action system, allowed the team to make a swift, low-connection acceptable solution.

Mixing different genres usually challenges tools and functionality that fit users’ expectations. As a result, some of them work well for a specific audience, and some do not. 

Additionally, all the functionalities should be self-driven and not influence each other’s game process much. In this case, the RPG system doesn’t give the advantage to win the match3 round. To overcome challenges, our team had separated both gameplays enough but kept them linked.