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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. It’s awesome to see some good messaging baked into its core gameplay. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. Summoners War: Chronicles is yet another MMORPG to make it to mobile.

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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

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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Top gamification examples in mobile apps

Game Analytics

While it’s predominantly a VR app , the developers have also created a mobile app version, so users can track their progress and plan their workouts. Unless this feature is baked into your core and players expect it, no one wants to sit around for half an hour doing an intensive quiz. Any fitness or health apps are perfect here.

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Introducing the new "last minute" lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

This generally works and looks pretty, but it's quite shader intensive, which makes it not work on mobile or low end GPUs. The solution to these problems is to add support for a more traditional lightmapper (pre-baked light texture). Lightmapping is a very cheap operation, so it should run fine even on low end mobile.

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Godot 4.0 will get a new, modernized lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmaps offer significant advantages over any other technique when the following requirements are met: Performance above anything else (for mobile, lightmaps are still a must-have). Most scenes bake in seconds instead of minutes or hours. Allows baking dynamic and static lights. Lighting will not change (lights won't move).

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world. By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue.

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Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

You can access the help menu by pressing ESC key (or clicking on the settings button if you’re playing it on a mobile device). 2、LightFX The lightmaps generated by the Lightmap Baking System will be automatically stored in this folder, and there is no need to manually modify the contents inside it.

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