Insights
Notes from building Batata. Game design and the feed, plus what small games can learn from short video. RSS
Why every game on Batata is made in-house
Open game platforms fill with shovelware within months. We chose the slower road: a small catalogue where every game answers to one quality bar.
How challenges work on Batata
A challenge is a score with your name on it, sent to someone who now has a problem. The mechanics behind the feature that spreads Batata.
The five-second rule of small game design
Every Batata must be understood in five seconds with zero instructions. The design rules that fall out of that one constraint.
Why small games belong in a feed
Short games and short videos ask for the same attention span. Only one of them has been given the right container.