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How to Build Better Mechanics for Rewarded In-Game Ads

Game Refinery

Non-paying players generate more costs for the developers, and growing the user base requires constant investment to attract new users through UA practices. With this in mind, developers have taken a step ahead in monetizing the F2P player base with progressive gachas. By watching ads, the boost is triggered for a fixed time.

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Two brothers behind MystiveDev build bodycam survival-horror Chasmal Fear

PreMortem.Games

Working under the name of MystiveDev the Mojsovski-brothers actively include the player community in almost every aspect of development. The collaboration extends to game mechanics and gameplay loops, where player feedback plays a crucial role in shaping the final product. Our games are made for the players. “I say it’s 50/50.

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Two engineers build the physics-driven engineering parody The Enjenir

PreMortem.Games

They are both well aware of the irony of two engineers developing a parody engineering game, but that hasn’t stopped Cillín Farrell and Neil Mackenzie from devoting the majority of their spare time doing just that. With the game’s 100% physics-based building system, players can solve each mission in infinite ways.

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Spotting and Dropping Bad Mechanics

Brand Game Development

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Most board game mechanics will not work as well as you intend them to. Good board game developers need to know when to drop mechanics and when to refine them. Click here. Back to the drawing board!

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Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”

PreMortem.Games

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. If you can imagine it, you can build it”, he says. Why did you become a solo developer? Effloresce : “Apply or build the idea.

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Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?

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Theme vs. Mechanics

Brand Game Development

“Theme-first or mechanics-first” might be the most asked “big question” in the board game community. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Theme and mechanics are inseparable parts of board games as a whole. There is no hard-and-fast line that splits mechanics and theme.

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