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Can Hay Day Pop Solve the Puzzle?

Deconstructor of Fun

A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. The match 3 success trifecta generally consists of: a fun core match mechanic a good metagame with a clean sense of progression a new feature or innovation that brings something different to the space. Can Supercell succeed in this space?

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

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In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

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Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. The numbers above show net revenues (platform cut taken away) in the Western markets (China, Japan and Korea excluded). In casual games overall, puzzle games account for just over 50% of all revenue for 2020. It made $5.1

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Empires & Puzzles - From a Failing Company to a $700M Acquisition in a Year

Deconstructor of Fun

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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Solo dev Diego Ras of Raccoo Venture “Everything starts with paper and pencil”

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He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Finally, maintain a healthy balance between work and rest. Beware of mutant scope.

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Iteration over Innovation? Case: Makeover Match

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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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8 Key Factors to Ensure Flawless Nintendo Testing

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Also, they provide crucial feedback on game balance, user interface (UI), and gameplay. Familiarity with Nintendo Platforms Nintendo testing can be challenging. Therefore, you must be familiar with different Nintendo gaming platforms, like upcoming consoles and Nintendo Switch, to be successful. A comprehensive test strategy.