Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As always we have separate videos for games targeting desktop/console and games targeting mobile devices. Music track: Race The Sun - Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). Mobile showreel. We bring you three brand-new videos showcasing what the Godot Engine can do. Desktop/Console showreel. Edited by Emi. Edited by Brandon. Edited by Emi.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Sports saw YoY growth of +29% ($880M) , while Racing registered +23% YoY ($331M). compared to $827M in 2019. Games that have a huge fan base.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

. - Executive of a small developer who has till date amassed well over 100M installs on mobile The end of discovery also means that there will be no indie breakouts from small indie developers. Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile. Exit mobile. Instead, the indie developers will have three options.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delabs partners with Web3 community platform Delabs, the Web3-focused arm of South Korean game development company 4:33 Creative Lab, announced a new partnership with Web3 community platform Galxe, for its Rumble Racing Star, previously featured in GameDaily. The game’s open beta test is set for this month.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. The Macro-Level View As we know, 2020 was a year of unprecedented growth for mobile games.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022. As one might have expected, we can see several oldies on our list: Bridge Race , Going Balls , Race Master 3D – Car Racing and Car Games 3D: Car Racing. Comparing total downloads of Q2 2023 to Q1 2023, we see a decrease of about 5%.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Sports & Racing Games in 2021. In 2021 Sports category on mobile hit the wall. In our Taxonomy found on Sensor Tower, we break down Sports into two genres: Sports and Racing. EA’s Real Racing represents 70% of the revenues in Racing Simulator.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 26, 2023

Although I had been watching the space for about a year by then, my interest in blockchain games peaked in the beginning of 2022 right after the latest (doubtfully the last) crypto bull run like most people. a16z saying “It’s still early for crypto” in 2022. What about the App Store and Play Store? They were saying the same in 2018.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 11, 2024

Mobile continued to search for growth in the post-IDFA world. source: Newzoo reports The engagement and spending boom ended in 2022 and was replaced by high inflation, high-interest rates, a careful investment environment, layoffs, and wars. The inflation in EU and US is above 3% today.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. I left gamedev entirely for five years, because I was burned out from working on yet another F2P mobile casino game or whatever soulless product would feed my family.” For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

The two graphs below show that competition for supremacy of Mid-Core in the Western audience is a tight race between Supercell and FunPlus. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. It grew the market and became bigger than Hearthstone on mobile. Then Yu-Gi-Oh came along.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The company disclosed that it had already submitted a bid on November 16, 2022, for €8.50 in Q4 2022 despite overall Rovio revenue decline—and a stable core portfolio. million, while five years later 2022, it accumulated €317.7 In its Q3 2022 report, Playtika stated that its social casino revenue declined by 10.2%

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

One is the average ARPU LTV for mobile F2P is close - $87 in 2022 ( Statista ). Doing this without kicking off a “race to the bottom” positive feedback loop which takes asset prices close to zero is a non-trivial problem. Another is that an individual microtransaction can go all the way down to $0.29.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mythical Games’ NFT-based mobile racing game Nitro Nation World Tour (NNWT) is out now on Android and iOS. billion in 2022 rising to $9 billion in 2028, representing 18 percent annual growth. While NFT usage in games is still unproven at scale, major brands continue to invest.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. There is, of course, great news for those waiting on C# support to return to the engine, as it was noticeably missing from alpha builds throughout 2022. Currently, mobile and web platforms are not available, with support likely coming in Godot 4.1.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For the past decade, we’ve looked at mobile gaming as the driver of gaming growth, both in terms of new players and revenue generated. If you want to truly understand what is happening in the gaming market from Console to Mobile down to cloud games, AR, and Web3, do listen to the full conversation below. year-on-year increase.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

2022 has been a tough roller coaster for blockchain games. I think there is a lot to talk about, so let’s start with looking at what happened during that rollercoaster ride of 2022. The VC investment in blockchain games decreased significantly for the last half of 2022 (source: Jon Jordan ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

We look into the interesting world of creator royalties and whether games, especially those in the blockchain space, will join the race to the bottom. So, I think it’s safe to assume that games will not join this race to the bottom and will try to stay afloat through free mints and the creator royalties accrued from the secondary market.

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