Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. The key to success is balancing IPM and LTV, and making sure that the gains on the IPM side are higher than the losses on the LTV side of the equation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Empires and Puzzles regularly takes the top spot in Puzzle RPG category in the West (when Dokkan is having a post event hangover).

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

As we discussed in the previous few articles, CPM is a function of CPI (LTV) and IPM (Creative Performance), and the higher the CPI and IPM, the more competitive the advertiser is. The misleading ad push was succeeded by the famous "Pull the pin" puzzle-style ads that put Evony and Hero Wars on the map in the past few years.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Clash Quest is Supercell’s most recent attempt at disrupting the puzzle category through titles like Smash Land , Spooky Pop, and Hay Day Pop , each of them trying to achieve success from different angles. Clash Quest 101 In terms of gameplay, Clash Quest can be categorized as a blast-based midcore Puzzle game with some RPG components.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

System The system design of the game and the in-game stats balance demonstrate Devsisters’ high standards. Nice game balance For ease of development and support, stats expansion is commonly used in Team Battle RPG games and simulation games. Only a few balancing issues in some systems or features could be detected.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. For example, a balance patch to Skyweavers that changes the power (and thus price) of different cards will shake up the market considerably. The reveal itself can be engrossing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

It’s a breath of fresh air to endless calendar puzzles where you’re trying to set up a meeting with people. The demand for work-life balance and job security is less pronounced as the cultural norm is to work hard not only for 8 but sometimes 10 or 12 hours a day. These same call-me-anytime rules apply to everyone in the company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be. Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

For example, keep it simple for an older player of a casual puzzle game versus a hardcore gamer who understands managing resources and more complex systems Game economists must be careful to balance monetization techniques without blocking the fun. Each different game audience needs a different economy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

Part of Fibonad Group (the largest Spanish digital advertising group offering Branding, Performance and Publishing services), Lab Cave has achieved more than 200 million organic downloads without running any paid acquisitions campaign. A well balanced revenue market share split across the East and West. the second piece of the puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

On looking deeper, it was found that this was driven by two things - 30-35% of the growth was driven by increased IAP integration in various hypercasual mini-genres, most notably Puzzle. Clearly, the move towards hybrid-monetisation tactics has begun in Hypercasual.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Plus given the size of Blizzard I’m sure they won’t go lightly when it comes to advertising and getting as many users as possible for launch day. The game has some serious depth and makes for a compelling single player campaign experience where every battle is a puzzle. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Plus given the size of Blizzard I’m sure they won’t go lightly when it comes to advertising and getting as many users as possible for launch day. The game has some serious depth and makes for a compelling single player campaign experience where every battle is a puzzle. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. Moreover, in the case of sex clubs, the patron himself simultaneously becomes the advertised adventure." For balance purposes, I limit the number of voyeurs in the maze, otherwise it can enter a deadlock where there's only voyeurs but no one for them to watch.

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