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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using In-Game Collaboration Events to Boost Player Retention

Game Refinery

Depending on the type of IP you want to license, collaborations also provide an opportunity to freshen up your narrative elements and gameplay mechanics. How well does the franchise – if it’s a film or TV show, for example – lend itself to your gameplay mechanics? Does it match your target demographic?

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Hello, dear friends and fantasy aficionados. This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Thanks for tuning in to another exciting issue of the Kristala dev blog! Programming.

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Top GBA Games by Nintendo (2023 Update)

Game Designing

Final Fantasy VI Advance. Some would argue that this version of Final Fantasy was the absolute best, at least within the confines of the two-dimensional world. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. Set within the Final Fantasy world, this action game had a combination of great stories and strategies for players to focus on.

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Iteration over Innovation? Case: Makeover Match

Deconstructor of Fun

Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games. Especially with their two most recent titles Lily’s Garden and Penny & Flo , Tactile has been a stronghold for story-driven puzzle games with the collapse mechanic.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #32

Astral Clock Tower Studios

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. Welcome, beautiful creatures!

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Would “Sword Art Online” Be a Bad VR Game?

Rampant Games

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes.

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Will Dislyte become Lilith’s third billion Dollar hit?

Deconstructor of Fun

A Combination of East and West Dislyte ’s character design mixes styles of Japanese anime and American cartoons, showcasing sophisticated line art (typical in anime) and exaggerated facial expressions (typical in Amerimaga). Anime styled character. Such gameplay can be coupled with monetization mechanics like gacha.

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