Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We follow up and expand upon the Playtika and social casino-discussion that took part in the latest “This week in games”-podcast by going through the latest earnings reports from Playtika (you can find the link to the podcast below) On the go? Kress’s Corner #2 How do gaming Venture Capitalist really work?

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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.

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Behind that, as you would expect, is the New York City skyline. You are now allowed to go there. On the other hand, you will soon have a fighting chance of being killed by the Covid-22 novel coronavirus. Some call it the “Vegas Strip,” but you should never do this. The view from the bed in our hotel room.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

This analysis is written by Brett Nowak , CEO of Liquid and Grit, and Lloyd Melnick , General Manager at Chumba Casino. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Access all of our previous predictions. billion IPO.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If you want to get your board game into retail stores, it helps to set small, achievable goals. Just one board game in one board game store! Molly's latest game, The Million Dollar Doodle, is live on Kickstarter! Below, you will find an edited transcript of our video call, transcribed by Scribie.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Since then, I’ve read Lloyd’s article “ Subscriptions: The new weapon in the game monetization arsenal ” half a dozen times and turned from a doubter of subscriptions into a believer. Lloyd is EVP of Casino at VGW where he runs Chumba Casino and on the Board of Directors for Murka. Also, make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Sirlin

MARCH 28, 2015

Pandante is such a great game that I want to put out the best version I possibly can components-wise, no matter what funding level we reach. I’m hoping that eventually positive word of mouth about the games will make that a worthwhile choice. Pandante deluxe will have the 2” metal coin, no stretch goal for it, you just get it.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

You can sign up to the newsletter at the bottom of this text. However, when we look at gaming companies, we don’t see the same level of defensibility that we see for companies in other industries. The purpose of this post is to think more critically about the longer term resiliency of game companies in our industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. in net revenues during 2020, while holding the top games on mobile. These games were rewarded with some of the best retention curves in the industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Some of you remember 2010 when games on Facebook were booming! That’s when many of us started our careers in free-to-play games. And if you were in the heydays of Facebook games, you will also remember how the party ended abruptly in 2012. Will you arrive at the same? Me included.

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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. Games that have a huge fan base.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable and relevant information along with tips, tools and solutions to help you grow your business.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature. We’ve updated the blog post with new battle pass implementation examples and best practices for introducing the feature into your mobile game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Asset price floor, mass market user base, progression utility - pick two Intro Contrary to what most web 3 and crypto gaming proponents would have you believe, the idea of “true ownership” of your in-game assets is neither new nor unique to Web3. In our case put your hands together for: 1. Progression Utility 2.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Oleg has built his data driven product management expertise working on some of the biggest games as well as some of the biggest social platforms in the World. GoPractice is also highly recommended by some of the top mobile games companies, which is how I originally got connected with Oleg.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

The onboarding period is the delicate phase where the player’s relationship to the monetization mechanics of the game is often decided – for better or worse. Let’s find out what kind of interesting monetization features aimed specifically at new players can be found in top mobile games from East to West!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Google and DoF brought together the most influential gaming investors, companies, and talents in Istanbul! Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent, but powerful newsletter. This analysis is also brought to you by ironSource. You can find it on Medium by searching for “ironsource levelup”. Kudos to their unrivalled data support!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 20, 2019

There are several reasons why Matchington Mansion is on our lips: Firstly, it’s because the game is raking in over $15M in net revenues a month. Secondly, it’s because the game was able to challenge Playrix successfully in their own game. Here’s how we’re going to break it down for You. King has 7 games in top 15.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 4, 2020

The game released worldwide just this past month (after spending well over two years in various stages of soft-launch) and is starting to rank in the Top 500 grossing charts on iPhone. This has led to the rise of vertically integrated players like AppLovin, whose games now regularly rank in Top 200 Grossing charts.

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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. You can find all of our 2020 predictions here. Please take the numbers with a giant grain of salt.

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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). To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content Slots” are the largest revenue generating sub-genre of the Casino category, occupying a 78% share. Ad revenues not included. . *

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