Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile. While the platforms’ value offering has significantly decreased game companies who account for 70% of app store revenues continue to pay the same percentage. A big win for companies like Xsolla. Funny that Facebook did exactly the same thing to us in 2011.

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Concept Art World

DECEMBER 7, 2020

She attended the Art Center College of Design and has since worked for companies such as Adhesive Games, Rhythm and Hues, Rethink Attractions, Scribble Pads Studio and Attack FX. Recently, she opened her own outsourcing company based in the Los Angeles Area that provides visual consultation services and art direction.

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Concept Art World

JANUARY 12, 2021

Ignacio Bazan Lazcano is a freelancer concept artist and illustrator working for many game industry companies including Gameloft, Sabarasa, Timegate, GlobalFun and others. Link: Portfolio | Facebook | Instagram. Ignacio is currently working from his studio in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like many companies, Meta isn’t throwing the “metaverse” word around with quite the same enthusiasm as a few years back, but the company’s recent Connect presentation shows that it’s still very much in the game. He repeatedly referred back to connecting human activity to online social and play spaces.

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Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A lot of tech companies are laying off workers after investing big early in the pandemic and expecting things to remain that way. Business gonna business. If the revenues coming in can’t support the costs going out, they’re going to have to either raise revenues or cut costs. Cutting costs means cancelling projects and laying off workers.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. Zero interest rates meant companies didn't need to turn a profit. There will again be a great time to start a new game company. It's a hard thing to write about.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

It’s a company where highly talented developers from around the World form into small squads with the unprecedented creative freedom to craft games that are played (and loved) by hundreds of millions of players. Not even companies that Supercell has a majority holding in have been able to replicate this culture. Both amazing.”

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

As soon as we received his art, we started running Facebook “page like” ads to see how well the art would be received. As part of running that company, I’ve become very good at market research. Then after that, we waited until two days before the game launched and then ran a bunch of Facebook ads.

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Brand Game Development

JULY 16, 2018

This could be a mailing list , a chat server , or a Facebook group. They have more than 200 likes on Facebook. (It Name/company] are coming to Kickstarter to fund the printing of [Game]. Facebook: [Link]. Caveat 4: Press releases are not a substitute for other forms of outreach. Press Release. Game Name]. Pitch line.].

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

in market capitalization, Amazon is the most valuable company in the world. Further, the company has arguably the highest defensive barriers to its business than any other company in the world. However, when we look at gaming companies, we don’t see the same level of defensibility that we see for companies in other industries.

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The financial statement for a fun little company called Unity. Unity is a publicly-held company with tons and tons of employees. Unity's pricing changes and careful cost-cutting enables the company to return to profitability. This is a slow-motion heart attack that is going to affect a lot of companies. That are negative.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 19, 2018

Over time, you build up a brand, both for your company and your individual products and services. Here is an example of a sales funnel: Use social media like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to “generate leads” or garner Attention. Branding is a nebulous concept that makes people think of logos and company names. No, no, no.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

On his company Twitter account Next Game Level , he introduces himself with a great sense of humor. I have to constantly motivate myself with little tricks, such as posting stuff on Facebook and receiving compliments.” Game developer from Italy! And yes, my name is…Mario!’ What’s your creative process?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2020

However, more recently the game has fallen on hard times along with the rest of the company as revenues have dropped from an all time monthly net revenue high of $128M in March of 2017 to $17M this past March 2020 (according to Sensor Tower). What is the controversy surrounding the company? source: Sensor Tower. So: Who is AppLovin?

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 22, 2018

You could also use your success to launch multiple games, building a company in the process. Alternatively, you could dedicate yourself to game design, picking up 5-10% on every game you design for different companies. I recommend you start with Facebook because of the low cost of entry and the great data they provide you with.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Apart from running the one and only MobileDevMemo , he also runs a strategy consulting firm for media and consumer technology companies - Heracles Media. Facebook audience construction and management will become a much more meaningful part of the mobile marketing workflow in 2020. These predictions are written by Eric Seufert.

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DameDev.tv

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

It was a small company where a lot of the processes were still done by hand. I ended up bringing the company into the digital era by redesigning the website. And  I even developed a massive Google price calculator for the company's large inventory list. Why didn't I feel the same way?

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 27, 2024

We've come to find that this is about the right amount of time for us to put in one of our RPGs to get them about as good as we can get them (tiny company that we are). Spiderweb Software makes fun role-playing games and also has a mailing list and a Twitter and a Facebook if you want to learn when we do something big.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 29, 2024

History It all started as Cash King — a one-button Wheel of Fortune social casino game released in 2010 on Facebook, created by Israeli company Jelly Button (later acquired by Playtika and renamed Pirate Kings.) Then in 2016 another Israeli company, Moon Active, launched Coin Master on mobile featuring Pigs, Vikings, and Coins.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 23, 2023

One common mistake observed among self-publishers, particularly smaller companies, is treating the store page setup as a one-time exercise. However, to reach a broader audience, utilizing platforms like Facebook, Google, and YouTube becomes essential. Jay Powell talks to Oscar Hogervorst on the IndieGameBusiness Podcast.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

There aren’t many trillion dollar companies eager to fight for user privacy, after all. They create a few marketing videos and spend a few hundred bucks on Facebook to buy some users on iOS in the US and if they are able to show a very low CPI the team gets more resources and time to, well, actually make the game.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 17, 2023

” GameDaily : Game companies traditionally trying to define their audience as primarily young men hasn’t helped … Batchelor: “The fact is that more than half the global gaming audience is female. “But at some point, games companies decided that our core audience was males ages 16 to 34. It was circular.

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 8, 2024

Unless you are a huge company or get a big buyout, I can't imagine making a living in PC games without Steam. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software makes fun role-playing games and also has a mailing list and a Twitter and a Facebook if you want to learn when we do something big. By the way, since we get asked. In that case, well.

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Game Daily

JUNE 26, 2023

Company co-founder Yat Siu delivered a keynote conversation at the recent Proof of Talk conference in Paris, in which he shared his big picture vision of Web3, and how he believes the market will play out internationally. It’s dependent on Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google. They are “much more progressive than the U.S”

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 1, 2024

On the down side, we're a tiny company with no budget. Subscribe now Spiderweb Software makes fun role-playing games and also has a mailing list and a Twitter and a Facebook if you want to learn when we do something big. This game is a remaster of our popular cult-classic RPG called Geneforge 2 which came out in 2003. See you soon!

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

It has supported and served dozens of leading companies in various industries, running thousands of products with installations from billions of users. Facebook Instant Games, which has been cultivated for many years, may also see increased attention. Furthermore, every country has its own smartphone manufacturers and leading apps.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 25, 2020

While the full implications are still unclear, and Apple may make adjustments before iOS 14 ships, it is safe to say that the changes will be monumental and that companies that fail to prepare for these changes will be at risk of being left behind. Yet according to ByteDance insiders the company spent a Billion dollars on advertising the app.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Interest rates going up, pressuring companies to actually become profitable. Spiderweb Software makes fun role-playing games and also has a mailing list and a Twitter and a Facebook if you want to learn when we do something big. An unending flood of product. Human beings going outside again. Much sympathy for the newly unemployed.

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Game Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

Roblox senior design manager Dino Ignacio’s long career in gaming includes leading the Avatar Design team across Facebook. In this session, company co-founders Dustin Kochensparger and Blake Gross will share some of the lessons they’ve learned creating the game, with an emphasis on technical challenges, and onboarding players.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Social networking applications such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Gmail, etc. That’s why modern smartphone companies provide the device with a higher amount of RAM which increases the performance of Android devices. Turn off background services Background services play a crucial role in reducing the speed of your Android device.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It is with great excitement that we announce that the Godot Engine project is receiving support funded by a grant from Facebook Reality Labs to further the development of Virtual Reality (VR) features within Godot.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

Doing user acquisition is easier than ever due to Facebook and Google leveling the playing field with their new sophisticated optimization models. In terms of specific steps in how these teams could partner up and work together here are 3 examples that further illustrate how gaming companies could benefit from this set up.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

According to research done by an app testing company, they have found that only 2.2% In an interview, a popular game app company has stated that the revenue generated by them are mostly from the advertisements. Many game developers and mobile game companies assume that players are annoyed with ads. What is Waterfall Mediation?

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Logic Simplified

MARCH 8, 2023

The word “metaverse” is creating a buzz on the internet when Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be renamed ‘Meta’ in late October 2022. Several companies like Microsoft, Sony and Nvidia are investing extensively in this technology to gain benefits and transform how they work.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 25, 2019

Everybody has jetpacks and Amazon is the only company in existence. There are all kinds of small companies that publish board games and for ones that have already had a measure of success, you’re not frontloading the entire cost of board gaming , just the manufacturing cost that Kickstarter would cover. The year is 2029.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Pitch your ridiculous companies. Pitch your ridiculous companies. It turns out Matt had written a story about that whole night on Facebook and I was part of that story of what happened. Pitch your ridiculous companies. Okay, so they’re the consolidator that you work with if you’re a small company like ours.

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Game Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

With this in mind, Facebook Gaming spoke with Nihat Albayrak , VP of Revenue Operations at Rollic, a leading player in the hypercasual genre. To date, the company has released 20 games that have reached the #1 or #2 spots in the U.S. Testing and innovating is core to our company culture. Apple App Store. Apple App Store.

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