Big Games

AUGUST 27, 2021

One of the main reasons for the increased growth in mobile game development is because of the concept of instant games. However, the mobile game development process needs an immense amount of efficiency and dedication, and is a very challenging sector. And this industry shows unlimited growth possibilities to its audiences.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Role-Playing Games on Mobile The RPG market is a high risk, high reward genre walled by a robust entry barrier. RPG games on mobile in the West reached new heights during the lockdowns. This makes RPGs the third-largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.0Bn) and Puzzle ($5.1Bn) games. Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together. Why are hybrid mobile games becoming more popular?

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2024

Currently, there is a wide range of devices and platforms through which a gamer can access and play a game. Each of these devices or platforms has varying configurations. This diversity has made it more challenging for gaming companies to deliver a seamless gaming experience across all devices and platforms.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This venture involved work in embedded systems, IoT projects, animations, and mobile app development. The connections and skills gained at MEST empowered Esio to build a platform that facilitates collaboration across Africa, connecting stakeholders and resources efficiently.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Striking the right balance between revenue generation and player experience is essential. Additionally, do these methods differ across different platforms? In-Game Purchases (Microtransactions): Perfect for any platform, this is directly linked to the content on offer and its appeal.

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Learn about the technology behind the in-game ThorAI (powered by Amazon Bedrock), and get a dive deep into fully voiced, interactive in-game NPCs in the companion mobile game Missing. launched in April 2023 and quickly grew to become the world’s #1 casual mobile game, surpassing $1B in revenue within six months.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Video games have evolved significantly over the years, branching out onto different platforms such as mobile devices, PC, and Consoles. Each platform presents unique challenges and opportunities, making focus group testing an indispensable tool for tailoring games to specific environments.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Both of the authors are true fans of Command & Conquer franchise and both of the authors understand all to well how hard it is to ship a hit mobile game. No matter how you look at it, Command and Conquer Rivals is a good mobile game and the team behind it should be proud of the game they shipped.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon is being built with Didimo’s Popul8 character creation platform and Inworld’s AI-powered character engine. So all of the balance that we enforce is maintained.” Other team members have worked on titles such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Assassin’s Creed, Elden Ring, and World of Warcraft.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The specifics of each game vary depending on various parameters, such as the source and target platforms and creative license used. Game porting involves adapting a game initially designed to run on a specific platform to run on another or several other platforms. But what is game porting? Let’s find out. What is Game Porting?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty would find its feet on mobile. So is COD Mobile dead?

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This blog was co-authored by Qamar Ali Shaikh, AVP – Infrastructure & Platform Engineering, Dream11 and Arvind Sharma, Engineering Manager – Developer Platform , Dream11. These similarities suggest an opportunity to build reusable platform components. This is available for different platforms like Android, iOS, and Web.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 18, 2022

App Platform. It is a free, fun multiplayer mobile game app where players can expand their knowledge about the world around them, earn virtual currency and win real-world prizes at the tip of their fingers. The app stores today are flooded with competitive mobile games that test the players' motor skills. Game Genre.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

With the rise of smartphones and mobile gaming, hyper-casual games have exploded in popularity due to their accessibility and addictiveness. From the explosion of the mobile gaming market to the demand for instant gratification, we will examine the factors that have propelled hyper-casual games to the forefront of the gaming industry.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! Ratchet & Clank – Rift Apart Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a remarkable third-person shooter platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. So, are you excited to take a look?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yet, those professionals in mobile game development services know how to tackle these challenges. They decide the game’s type, visual style (2D or 3D), characters, setting, and the platform it will be on. Balancing creativity with project constraints is tricky. Developers celebrate the success as sales pour in.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 24, 2023

Dino Patti and Tadej Gregorcic , both co-founders of Coherence , a platform aiming to democratize multiplayer game development. As the conversation progressed, the trio delved into the challenges of finding a balance between creativity and management, a common struggle for game developers and company founders alike.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. In the past I worked with a team developing a mobile game, where I had my first experience with developing a commercial game.

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Filmustage

MAY 18, 2023

Professional drone alternatives for filmmaking While DJI is a powerhouse in the drone market and offers high-quality drones with a good balance of features and affordability, there are other, more expensive and professional alternatives for filmmakers who require the utmost quality and flexibility.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Nowadays, we can see three common types of platforms: Native(iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Harmony, etc), Mini Games(Wechat MiniGames, Tiktok Mini Games), and H5(PC Browsers, Mobile Browsers, Facebook Instant Games, Poki Games, etc). So, developers often ask: How to make my project run smoothly on different devices and platforms?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. 2020 was a very good year for mobile games. The numbers above show net revenues (platform cut taken away) in the Western markets (China, Japan and Korea excluded). Puzzle Games in 2020 Puzzle, out of all of the genres and mobile, is the largest one when looking at IAPs only.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun. Mobile gaming megatrends Eric Seufert, Mobile Dev Memo. Mobile ad spending worldwide is going up and shifting faster than ever from traditional channels like TV, OOO into digital.

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Filmustage

MARCH 7, 2024

It is the foundation for pre-production planning, balancing creative ideas and their implementation. The advent of several key digital tools and software platforms has significantly influenced the revolution in script breakdown processes. ✨ These potential advancements underscore the dynamic future of script breakdown.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Ethan is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. The role is perfect for your skillset, the work/life balance would be great, everything about the role is appealing except the game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

You can watch or listen to the full conversation on your preferred podcast platform below! Youtube Listen on Spotify Playrix is the third largest mobile game maker in the world You likely know Playrix from its hit titles Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Fishdom, and Township. Source: Data.ai

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Game Daily

MAY 3, 2023

It’s a platform in which creators can make digital assets / NFTs and games that can be monetized via blockchain. We’re building a platform. They want more freedom than Web2 metaverse platforms, because we are, by design, decentralized. We only take a small commission [from digital sales within the platform].

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2021

If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. This post is sponsored by Xsolla.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience. It’s also important to understand that Passes are not a straightforward feature to balance that can be applied to any game without risks.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Platform. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. As a Lead Designer for LEGENDARY I invested a lot of time on creating and balancing our first few hundred heroes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 21, 2023

This royalty was as high as 20% depending on the platform and the conditions of the market. They eliminated the creator royalties and decreased their platform royalty (the cut they take as the marketplace) to as low as 0.5%. So, it’s more of a question of how you want to balance your creator royalty against the trading volume.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This post is written by Nebojsa “Nebo” Radovic , who’s an experienced mobile marketing professional who currently heading the user acquisition for N3TWORK’s Scale Platform. Becoming the first mover is not something you can replicate on the existing platforms in 2020. That’s how confident they (and we) are in their platform.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. While today's Game of War is little more than a profitable legacy title, the game was pivotal to growing the 4X sub-genre to what it is today - a $5B sub-genre on mobile in the Western markets. Then Yu-Gi-Oh came along.

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Game Designing

JUNE 14, 2022

However, one of the key components that many current and former Epic Games employees noted was that there was a lack of work and life balance. The experience as well as the overall benefits of having Epic Games on one’s resume can certainly provide the kind of balance a young, ambitious individual needs to dive into these opportunities.

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