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How Playrix' Township Became a Billion Dollar Game

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Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. This leads to a higher CTI (Click Through Installs) and conversion rates in app stores since the players who viewed and tapped the ad see a similar content in the store page - even though the ad originally was just a fake gameplay.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

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The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. There are also hidden easter eggs with interesting lines and detailed facial expressions if players click on or drag them around. Special effect from clicking on and dragging the Hot Cocoa Cookie.

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What Web3 Games Should Learn from Designing Fun Game Markets

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At every point in the skill spectrum, players should see a path to improve, as well as see greater winnings as a result of their improvement. Clicking on dots that move around a screen may be tedious. However, if the dots are monsters and clicking shoots a fireball, it becomes fun. Skill curve.

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My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

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Civ inherited this mechanic directly from Empire, a game from the 80s which had much of the same tile-based, turn-based combat as Civ but without the scope of all human history. Here is Frontierville, by Brian Reynolds, the designer of Civ2, which took Farmville and added an Energy mechanic that limited the player’s actions.

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The 2020 Holiday Shopping Guide for Board Game Lovers

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When that area is complete, that meeple scores points for its owner. Players are merchants of the Renaissance trying to buy gem mines, means of transportation, shops—all in order to acquire the most prestige points. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Description from Board Game Geek. Splendor – $38.

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Clash Mini - Contender or a Pretender?

Deconstructor of Fun

Head on over to the Deconstructor of Fun podcast or click on the episode below! But beyond that point, Clash Mini sank in the charts. This points out that new playable content is consumed faster than in other SC games. This analysis is written by Hadrian Semroud , Javier Barnes and Krishna Israney.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. They are meant more for trend analysis based on estimations, rather than an exact numbers.

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