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5 Dominant UX Design Principles Which Are Here To Stay

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The Origin of UX Design The origin of User Experience (UX) design can be traced back to the 1940s, when Human Factors Engineering, or Ergonomics, emerged. This is when information architecture and interaction design became essential in UX practice. With UX taking centre-stage, could user-centered design be far behind?

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The Importance of User Experience Testing in Game QA

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Chances are, it suffered from poor user experience (UX) design. Stumbles in UX can sabotage player satisfaction and a game’s long-term success. Enter user experience (UX) testing. Let’s explore how UX testing transforms games from frustrating to unforgettable. How can UX testing improve game balance?

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How Coin Master Disrupted Social Casino and Pocketed $100M

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This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Product differentiation is driven by UX, art styles, production quality and minor meta systems such as quests and saga maps. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Is Clash Mini good enough for global release?

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This seems very low frequency for a mobile game, particularly a new one that should be trying to maintain player engagement with new content. On top of these major updates , Clash Mini features a monthly ‘Balance Update’ (not requiring client update) that doesn’t introduce any new content or mechanics but just rebalances Minis and Heroes.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

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The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world. By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue.

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2020 Predictions #10: Playbook to reach the Top of Sports Games

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This analysis is written by UX Reviewer’s Om Tandon and product guy and blog writer Alexandre Macmillan To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. Realistic sports with an IP has proven to be successful way to conquer and control market share in mobile sports.

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2020 Predictions #2: What Happens When the Hypercasual Party Ends?

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Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres. This analysis is also brought to you by ironSource.