Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Signup for the newsletter.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

It is the no-cost matching service that gets your game in front of qualified publishers and investors in one simple process. Submit your most up-to-date playable build, pitch deck, and gameplay video. Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Build & Harvest Mode in Cookie Run: Kingdom.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 23, 2020

Build and Battle games’ (example: Clash of Clans, War Dragons) installs have been declining over the past two years , which indicates that there hasn’t been any new games that were scaling up. From product perspective there are two main elements that define 4X games: 4X games are extremely difficult to build and operate.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Thus we refer here only to games with explicit currencies (gold, crystals, etc) and item economies (like weapons, items, potions). This only applies to game items or assets formally organized in a clear increasing power or utility progression as part of the game’s core design (Diablo / Wow Loot, Animal Crossing rooms & furniture, etc ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

This notion is followed by a fallacy that all you need to do is build an amazing team and then just step aside and let them do what they do best. Or they review the assets they’ve created in a graphics editor rather than in the game itself. Or they review them in the game, but not on an actual device.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

IMHO, a global release before the end of 2023 would be possible, but only if the expectations for Mini are to be a mediocre revenue game in the West but a powerhouse in China -- which is the situation with the autochess genre leader, Riot Games's TFT. That was Riot Games’ playbook with TFT and Wild Rift.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. Top titles regularly integrate known Hollywood IPs and/or invest into brand building. 4 High entry barrier.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

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: The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5% In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

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. Clashing has been lucrative in Arcade Sports as several companies copied Golf Clash meta switching the core game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

For example: Google’s use of user interface barriers with scary pop-ups when end-users try to download an Epic mobile app store for Android. When I initially contacted Epic, I was surprised that Tim was most interested in discussing the notion of: the “economic sphere” behind the Metaverse and how to build an “efficient economy.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic!

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

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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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Those games are trying to acquire users through free mints, taking a page out of the F2P playbook. However, if blockchain games want to be relevant in a scale that matters, they need to take the front page out of that book: existing in mobile devices.

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