Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

relied on data to figure out what they wanted this game to be. That’s the core concept from Voodoo. We love the concept. They removed all of the F2P monetization, polished some of the features, and released a new batch of content for season 4. Which is a difficult balance to strike. Net Fishing!

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Some roguelikes don’t strive for balance, but maintaining balance has always been important to me for Cogmind, since it fits better with my vision for this type of game, heavy on tough, complex, and consequential decision-making at multiple strategic and tactical levels. Alien Artifacts. Exiles Prototypes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

This conviction is not until yet backed by KPIs (data from Sensor Tower). This game is likely straightforward to balance, but it’s not very creative for the players to play. We’d be equally terrified to balance a more player-friendly game. Supercell has lots of conviction in Everdale after 11 months in soft launch.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work. Cogmind 7DRL!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charles Lee (Art Lead) , veteran art director and concept artist with past experience at Blizzard , Sony Pictures Animation , and who until very recently worked in the Visual Development of Netflix hit Arcane (damn!). This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art.

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Real Programming

AUGUST 2, 2023

Back-end development involves the digital property’s structure, system, data, and logic. A few elements front-end developers oversee on static websites include: Button Layouts Navigation Images Content organization Graphics Animation These are visible to users and therefore fall to front-end developers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

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. Research different game themes and art styles The first step is researching different game themes in order to find the highest converting concept for a specific game mechanic.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The podcast unfolds an engaging conversation that delves into the challenges aspiring entrepreneurs face, the distinguishing traits of successful founders, and the timeless topic of work-life balance. This summary only provides a glimpse of the podcast's valuable content. This is really a very logical concept. Nick says no.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’ve always been interested in experimenting with larger alternative interface layouts, though because I didn’t see much promise in them, and doing so deviates from the core design, the idea was to wait until at least a likely engine update down the road, as well as the completion of most of Cogmind’s content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Their attempt with Spooky Pop likely informed some of the good decisions that led to HDP: balancing known wins and innovation, testing a recognizable and previously loved IP and following best practices from top casual games. Curiously, market data shows that the simpler “Scapes” style games actually perform better than Fishdom.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

The amount of content variety offered by the original Garrison design was more suited to a lower visitation rate, not the “I’m going to play almost my entire run inside these things” which it had become for some people. I could save the data to revisit it later, after adjustments are made.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

I was really unsure any of this would work at all, since internally it’s quite complex and therefore hard to gauge what outcomes are possible and whether they’d really fit into Cogmind, which has a pretty strong focus on design balance. The first iteration simply averaged together the stats of all the input items.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

The update has been received with mixed reactions in social networks , with players praising the gameplay additions and big amount of new playable content, but disliking the strong focus on loot boxes. KPIs are significantly below hits like Marvel Snap or Clash Royale , and the game is still below the category leader TeamFight Tactics.

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Gamesbrief

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

I think the only way to understand this bubble – and to identify whether there is real value to be had here – is to understand the components, and then evaluate each scheme, investment or idea based on whether it benefits from the underlying opportunities from these four concepts, or whether it is simply a confection of ideas with no true substance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Some content, I just record and publish. Key issues covered in this panel discussion include: Biggest mistakes to avoid Creatively led vs. data led companies… and also vs. technology led? Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic! What are our approaches to winning?

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

The frame data of the game also matters and Fantasy Strike happens to lend itself well to online play, which isn’t exactly an accident either. I recently bought a major fighting game for $60, went to training mode, did a move that I felt was minus frames on hit and tried to turn on the data display to see how minus it was.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In a game setting, though, this can be quite an annoyance from a design perspective (harder to balance!) Being able to refer back to an entire immutable history of player interactions with prior maps and their content, developers are able to more easily build sturdy plot lines that are harder to disrupt, for example. Meta Complexity.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

and I think this balance tuning is intentional. Or at worst, they are leftover consequences of the design and they had to fudge some random content for it. So I think they got this balance right, even if I whine about it. But for a medium mob (4-6 enemies) in a cover-y arena you can just run in and safely slice up everyone.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Audience Because Puzzle Breakers is still in soft-launch, we don’t have enough data to make the assumptions about their audience. After carefully composing a balanced team of fighters, the player takes their party of stalwart heroes into battle. When it comes to heroes Puzzle Breakers has the same concept as E&P.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

They boast industry’s largest in-app video ad network, a robust mobile ad mediation platform, and a data-driven user acquisition platform. Early revenue per download data shows that it outperforms other Classic Match-3 titles and is as strong as full Puzzle & Decorate games, suggesting that players like the direction.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

” One concern raised during the conversation was the use of copyrighted material in AI-generated content, as seen with AI models like DALL-E and StyleGAN. ” In terms of legality, Chaumette expressed that large companies like Disney and Epic Games might not see AI-generated content as a threat, as it is not copyrightable. .”

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