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The Trends & Challenges of Hyper- Casual Game Development

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This trend presents a unique challenge for developers, as it requires them to balance gameplay mechanics and technical capabilities to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all players. Cross-platform Play Cross-platform play has become more popular with the rise of cloud gaming and game streaming.

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Marvel Snap - The Definitive Deconstruction

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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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5 Reasons Why I Became Bullish on Blockchain Gaming

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I spend most of my waking hours thinking about game mechanics and how they will make players feel. As a Lead Designer for LEGENDARY I invested a lot of time on creating and balancing our first few hundred heroes. But I spend anyways, ignoring the inevitable regret I'll feel when that month's credit card balance comes due.

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EA’s Metalhead launches ‘Super Mega Baseball 4’ with cross-play for six platforms using Amazon GameLift

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With Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its backend, the Metalhead team accelerate and optimized its development and deployment of “SMB 4,” ultimately launching the game simultaneously on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, with global support for cross-platform play.

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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

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Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix. He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing. Cross-platform is becoming more important too, he said.

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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

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By all accounts this genre is matured to a point where it could use a massive innovation to both the progression mechanics and social gameplay. But please keep in mind that Hearthstone is cross-platform title making likely over 80% of its revenue on PC. Riot’s card battler is very well executed cross-platform game.

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What Comes After Battle Royale and Why You Need to Know Vigor

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For example, Escape from Tarkov has gone full-military with its detailed limb injury mechanics, complicated inventory management, and ultra-realistic gunplay. There’s no reliance on overly realistic, gameplay-affecting survival mechanics like limb injuries, hunger, or thirst. Bohemia’s title is more forgiving than Escape from Tarkov.

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