{"id":11784,"date":"2021-04-20T09:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/?p=11784"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:59:57","slug":"why-love-and-pies-is-the-most-innovative-match-3-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gamerefinery.com\/why-love-and-pies-is-the-most-innovative-match-3-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Love & Pies is the Most Innovative Match 3 Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Love & Pies is the newest merge match game (under soft launch) from Trailmix games<\/a>. Players help Amelia (the protagonist) solve the mystery behind her mother\u2019s caf\u00e9 and rebuild it to its charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s Note<\/strong>: This post was originally published by Saravanan S<\/a>. Saravanan spends most of his time with games and is a Game Designer at EA, before that driving the design for massive Facebook midcore title Kingdoms of Camelot at PopReach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players earn stars for completing levels and use them to progress in the game. This core gameplay is full of interesting new level mechanics revolving around sitcom-styled narrative gameplay that introduces a lot of characters and choices through sophisticated storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Core gameplay and Meta<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Love & Pies gameplay is refreshing and delivers a whole new experience for a match 3 game. The game art is polished, bold, redefining the art in this genre. Apart from refreshing gameplay and aesthetic visuals, the game is also packed with tons of innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Innovation matters?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With so many similar games in the mobile market, it is quite hard to create a unique product. Casual players have evolved over the years and constantly seek engaging and refreshing content in a game. Without a new gameplay experience or interesting content, it is really hard to keep players engaged or even make them install the App in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love & Pies fulfills these requirements by packing the game with lots of innovations with rich storytelling, early in-game events, and other refined features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my post on Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells<\/span><\/a> to see how product differentiation was created by redefining match 3 level design.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day-to-Day Track Approach on storytelling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Narrative gameplay in a f2p model is a successful and immersive framework to set aspiration for players in the game for a long-term commitment. When a player has emotionally invested, they are more likely to spend more money\/time and come back to the game more often. Good storytelling leads to deep immersion and a great player experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love & Pies’ Day-to-Day Track approach on the storytelling takes this experience to a whole new level. In Love & Pies, the story is segmented into days and each day acts as a short fun episode with multiple rewarding milestones. Each day is represented as a track with different milestones as the players progress. Players spend stars on each milestone to complete the quest eventually completing the day and progress in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day-to-Day track storytelling in the game<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Day-to-Day track leads to:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n