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How I Transitioned my Career Into the Game Dev Industry in my Mid-30s

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It was a small company where a lot of the processes were still done by hand. I had always had a natural affinity for computers and I quickly found my place as the "computer broken - go fix" guy for everyone who worked there. I ended up bringing the company into the digital era by redesigning the website. And of course.

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2022 Predictions #1 The King is back, Merge overheats and Hypercasuals falter

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There was debate about how much it would affect specific publishers or genres, as to how companies did their targeting was obfuscated. The lack of targeting caused the increase of CPIs which is a certain killer for a new game. We all knew it was coming. when trying to acquire users to their new games.

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Royal Kingdom: Will it Usurp the Throne or Just be a Royal Relative?

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What these companies have in common is that they’ve carved out an area of expertise and are attempting to find a new angle to dominate and expand, usually with an audience that has some affinity for their existing portfolio. The bullish believes that there is a chance it will outperform the original.

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No IDFA? No Problem! Apple Can’t Kill Gaming.

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Certain clients are down 30% to 40% percent in revenue. At the very high end, the companies that are amassing a walled garden of IDFVs are on a path to do better.” This is absolutely true- if these companies do it right. The difficulty is the low affinity between genres, so you will have lower install conversion rates.

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Can Hay Day Pop Solve the Puzzle?

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The boosters are also helpful, but having 6 boosters of a certain type instead of 3 doesn’t make that much of a difference. Certain players respond well to difficult games; other players prefer easier levels. Are they willing to become closer to King and Playrix in terms of company size than they are right now? #3

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Gen Z is ready to tackle gaming’s biggest challenges

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Figuring out solutions “I think every gaming company in the world should be scared,” says Connor Blakley, the 23-year old CEO of marketing agency Youth Logic , which has worked with companies like Johnson & Johnson and Pepsi on Gen Z-related campaigns. “No company out there has cracked the code [on metaverse]. .”

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The 7 Steps to Successfully Greenlight a Game with an IP

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Every company has a different way of doing this, but the below relational matrix illustrates how I make determinations about a product’s overall quality and chances for success. Building a 3D pipeline was a great investment for the company, so it ended up working out properly. The scoring was moot here] Existing Tech / Engine?

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