What is Machinations?
Machinations is a browser-based platform designed to empower game designers with the tools and insights needed to create and balance complex game systems. It combines a standardized design language (UML) with powerful features that enable users to quickly prototype, simulate, and refine game mechanics
Highlights
- Rapid Prototyping: Machinations allows game designers to quickly mock up and experiment with various system designs, enabling them to iterate and fine-tune game mechanics efficiently
- Simulation and Analytics: The platform provides the ability to run multiple, stochastic simulations to generate actionable insights and predictions about player progression and outcomes, helping to identify and address balancing issues
- Collaborative Design: Machinations fosters a community of over 50,000 game developers across 300+ studios worldwide, as well as being taught in over 700 academic institutions, enabling knowledge sharing and collaboration within the game design ecosystem
- Proven Results: Trusted by world-class studios such as Ubisoft, Gameloft, Wargaming, and King, Machinations has demonstrated tangible benefits, including a 34 reduction in production time, 88 reduction in guesswork, 27 increase in player retention, and a 3.25 monthly revenue uplift.