AWS Games

DECEMBER 12, 2023

During re:Invent 2023, the AWS for Games team showcased the latest ways our customers are using AWS game development tools and introduced several new purpose-built guidance and partner solutions that are now available in the AWS Games Solution Library. To view additional recordings from re:Invent 2023, visit the AWS Events content page.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Digital Chess, one of the first video games ever created, has experienced a massive revival on mobile, with hundreds of Chess games available to download from the iOS store. million people signing up to the browser-turned-mobile game Chess.com and a 603% leap in chess book sales in the US; it now even has an exclusive game on Netflix.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 15, 2023

The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Some developers have added extra mechanics to their race events to keep things fresh and rewarding.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Academy Award for Best Picture is essentially the same product whether viewed in the theaters or on a mobile device, but the Game of the Year award is evaluated quite differently for mobile games than it is for PC and console titles. Additionally, the lines between “mobile devices” and consoles are increasingly blurring.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

Comparing total downloads of Q2 2023 to Q1 2023, we see a decrease of about 5%. A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022. The smallest fall of 6% concerns all the other countries combined (similarly to Q1 2023). The market has shrunk from 3.9B installs over the past three months.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Going mobile Of course, F2O is not a benevolent act from well funded games trying to give it back to the community. However, if blockchain games want to be relevant in a scale that matters, they need to take the front page out of that book: existing in mobile devices. Predictions for 2023: What comes next?

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Currently, our system is designed to address highly repetitive and mechanical content production problems, such as matching lip movements. Earth: Revival will be released in 2023 on PC and mobile. Dao Si, AI Team Leader, at Nuverse is enthusiastic about the technology. That can be very tedious and repetitive work.”

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Gameplay Mechanics Although both of these titles have many similarities, some key differences have made them unique from each other. This characteristic has created many more contrasts, particularly in the shooting, movement, and overall game mechanics. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 23, 2023

In 2023, the integration of wearable technology into game development is emerging as a significant trend. Here are some examples of the most common wearable technology: ● Smart Watches: These devices offer features like fitness tracking, notifications, messaging, music control, and mobile app integration.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 29, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. In Spring of 2023, Monopoly Go! Finally in Spring of 2023, Scopely released Monopoly Go! And this isn’t a one-off anomaly.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon has found investment backing from the likes of Bitkraft, Delphi Ventures, and Mechanism Capital raising $13 million in a round announced earlier this year. ” IN OTHER NEWS Unity 6 announced At Unite 2023 in Amsterdam, Unity announced the next version of its game development engine, Unity 6, set for release next year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Guest post by Kenneth Landen , Director of Product at Hit Factor Executive Summary In the ever-evolving landscape of mobile gaming, Supercell's Brawl Stars has undergone a remarkable resurgence, transforming challenges into triumphs. On February 14, 2023, Ilkka Paananen published a public letter “ The Next Chapter of Supercell ”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Just when the market was becoming overheated with the lockdowns and merge mechanics were the all-new rage among the players. To understand the changes that got the game from its post-launch slump to where it is now, we should take a look at two things: what kind of game is Merge Gardens is and what it was like before 2023.

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AWS Games

MAY 12, 2023

During the gameplay segment, we discover what makes their game fun to play and we get into the details behind design choices and unique game mechanics. In 2023, gaming is truly for everyone, grandmas play Animal Crossing , teenagers brag about their Fortnite skills, and audience-controlled bots play Pokemon !

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 10, 2023

After releasing the mobile game I Am Zombie the 20 member team is now working hard on their newest project which combines action-platformer elements with the souls-like genre. The feedback they received from players will help them further improve the combat mechanics.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so. Trends in mobile gaming are important, but there are also approaches to consider on platforms like itch.io ” What was the reason for the shift towards the Hybridcasual game market? .”

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Niantic’s AR-based mobile game took the world by storm and broke numerous world records , including the most revenue grossed by a mobile game in its first month ($206.5m). Our 2023 Midcore Gaming Apps report includes information on the latest trends and revenue-boosting opportunities across midcore mobile games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Even the ones that exist on mobile cannot push for mass adoption, because there is no clarity as to how blockchain games are positioned. This will prevent Apple from making any changes in the App Store while getting their cut from those blockchain games for every primary sale done inside the mobile app.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

With multiple weapons and mobility options to choose from, there’s a lot of excitement going on at every level. With new tracks and a variety of game modes, players had the ability to alter driving mechanics and even tweak their vehicles so they were more realistic. Your job is to rescue her. Astro Boy: The Omega Factor. Wario Land 4.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

IMHO, a global release before the end of 2023 would be possible, but only if the expectations for Mini are to be a mediocre revenue game in the West but a powerhouse in China -- which is the situation with the autochess genre leader, Riot Games's TFT. But have the updates been ambitious enough? Revamped Hero & Mini upgrade systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

While possible, I am not entirely convinced by this explanation: I believe that the decaying revenue trend had stabilized by August 2022, leading me to conclude that the gap between November 2022 and January 2023 has been primarily caused by the removal of the boxes. This brings back to some degree the sense of fun when being lucky.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. It’s again taking a super simple addictive core game but actually pairing it with a simplified progression mechanic and some amount of live operations. Missed a previous newsletter?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supercell CEO’s annual blog post is a personal, inspirational, and sincere communication method from the top brass of a major mobile games company. As a result, Supercell has fallen from the top-10 mobile publishers’ list. This constraint will be a forcing mechanism to “get s**t done” as Mr. Paananen eloquently put it in his blog post.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

While the Metaverse is still mostly undeveloped and its exact mechanics are subject to debate, it is generally believed that it will operate on various kinds of 3D technology and real-time collaboration software that enable users to interact with each other and their surroundings more naturally and intuitively.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

They launched a new game from a new studio entering the most competitive genre on mobile in the midst of Apple’s privacy apocalypse and has generated a billion dollars in revenue in two years. We’ve seen a recent minor drop in RPD as of January 2023, as while downloads spiked, revenue has maintained consistent growth.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

For a quick and general introduction of the game, it’s a player vs player only CCG game, which limits your cards to only 10 per deck, each game is less than 4 minutes, and it uses a very simple poker-like betting mechanic to keep things interesting. However, Marvel Snap has simplified this mechanic to make it even more accessible.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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.” I do sometimes have ‘flashes’ -or dreams- of cool ideas like a gameplay mechanic, other times a whole story or environment. How do you deal with that? That’s terrible!

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects. Pros of Unity Game Engine Advanced cross-platform interoperability allows for games to be launched on all significant mobile, VR, desktop, console, and TV platforms, besides the Web.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

billion in 2023. Accessible Gaming There are so many platforms on which we can play games from mobile phones, video game consoles, and computers. Even the conservative senior citizen who isn’t that tech-savvy can play a game on their mobile phone. Game development is a specialized, comparatively small, and lucrative industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Deconstructor of Fun x Google Istanbul conference is coming up on March 9th, 2023! TWIG #216 Ubisoft Staff Threatens to Strike over 4-Day Work Week / Laying out the Bull case for Mobile ? Market mechanisms could change, introducing new auction formats, changing fee structures, or adding new asset types and derivatives.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

That means, on mobile devices, MRT greater than 4 would have compatibility issues. Slot3 is used to store positions, and on non-mobile platforms, the high-precision format Format.RGBA32F is used to improve quality. Especially on mobile devices, the rendering resolution should be controlled as much as possible. 2012-08-05, 99.5%

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