Handy Games’ Chris Kassulke on staying focused on making games, not selling NFTs Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 18, 2022 14 min I enjoyed meeting with familiar gaming leaders at Gamescom and Devcom in Germany. One of them was Chris Kassulke, who started the mobile game... Continue Reading 14 min
Through the Darkest of Times hands-on — The fear of getting caught vs. the fear of doing nothing Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2019 4 min Through the Darkest of Times has the simplest of graphics. It has black-and-white hand-drawn images for its art. But it is a very moving game... Continue Reading 4 min
THQ Nordic buys Germany’s mobile game maker HandyGames Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 10, 2018 2 min THQ Nordic said it has acquired German developer and publisher HandyGames for an undisclosed price. The Vienna, Austria-based publisher THQ Nordic, which in February... Continue Reading 2 min
Why Handy Games is working on 11 games for the Nintendo Switch Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 22, 2017 3 min It may sound a little nuts, but Handy Games has gone crazy for the Nintendo Switch. The German company is developing 11 games for... Continue Reading 3 min
Data-driven versus intuition-driven game design Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2017 23 min When it comes to game design, we’ll find out one of these days if artificial intelligence can beat a human being at creativity. But... Continue Reading 23 min
Handy Games CEO Chris Kassulke on crunch, VR, and mobile gaming Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 21, 2016 11 min Germany’s Handy Games isn’t really well known on the global gaming stage. But it has been around for 16 years, and surviving that long... Continue Reading 11 min
Germany’s Handy Games chief dives into wearable game design Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 28, 2015 7 min Designing games for the Apple Watch is like creating games for the old Nokia phones. Continue Reading 7 min