Cocos

JANUARY 31, 2024

Refactored OpenHarmoney platform layer NAPI adaptation code. Exposed the mechanism for building custom panel plugins to the public, examples have been updated in the build plugin template. Added a “Target Environment” configuration option in the build panel on the Web platform. Object pool enabled for the web pipeline.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. The game mechanics are simple: players trade fidget toys and aim to get the best trade. Everyone remembers fidget toys, right?

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Gameplay Mechanics Although both of these titles have many similarities, some key differences have made them unique from each other. This characteristic has created many more contrasts, particularly in the shooting, movement, and overall game mechanics. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.” The team collaborated with Epic to ensure a successful launch on all platforms.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

By superimposing digital content onto the player’s view of the real world, AR offers a unique and engaging experience. This trend presents a unique challenge for developers, as it requires them to balance gameplay mechanics and technical capabilities to ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all players.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Although it is a library designed for video production, USD’s mechanism for supporting large and complex pipelines could be used for in-game production. Unlike previous formats, USD compositions can be used to edit data in a non-destructive manner. Unlike asset data, everything is in small ASCII files. Of course we do.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

While a lot of its success can be attributed to the company’s support with content updates over the years, the key to its mass appeal lies in its ability to let players express themselves by creating their own experiences and games within the platform. Sketch out the basic gameplay mechanics, objectives, and features.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

The use of game engines to generate interactive content is a common choice for people these days. Unity is used for use cases beyond games, and these new use cases may not run on traditional game platforms, so being able to build for a wide variety of platforms is critical. For this reason, a retry mechanism is essential.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Developers work closely with the engineers to decide the game mechanics. This includes making the sound effects and music, planning the levels, implementing the game mechanics, and producing the game’s assets. Hashbyte stands out in the game development landscape by crafting extraordinary games for Android mobile platforms.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Publishers and studios are constantly looking for new ways to improve these, whether it’s with more powerful ad creative to boost UA or by adding new gameplay mechanics and features to improve player retention. Minigames have continued to grow in popularity since the IDFA changes, especially amongst casual and midcore games.

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iXie gaming

MAY 3, 2024

Despite the ever-evolving popularity of gaming consoles, the Nintendo Switch stands out as one of the most versatile and beloved platforms for gamers of all ages. Even worse, you may realize that the crash results in data loss, where your game assets vanish into thin air. Testers ensure that all features work as intended. The outcome?

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

We will cover everything from the unique advantages of creating games for the metaverse, things you need to know about metaverse gaming platforms , to the challenges that game developers must navigate to succeed in this emerging frontier. Regulatory Compliance: This poses a serious obstacle to the creation of Metaverse games.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This platform offers a set of robust testing tools to help you you’re your video games. In doing so, TestComplete expedites bug detection, allowing developers to allocate more resources and time to refining gameplay mechanics. It is an easy-to-use game-testing tool that supports graphics-based content, including video games.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Gameplay testing is done before launching the game to identify and mitigate issues in the game’s design, controls, graphics, and mechanics, to mention a few. It assesses a particular service or feature of a game by setting multiple data values and variables to the game and running it in the runtime environment. And how does it work?

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

There was footage of the common rooms and brand-new gameplay that was released earlier this month- which gave an insight into the game mechanics, setting, and characters to an extent. The PlayStation State of Play event introduced the mechanic where the player is able to learn different spells from companions across the story line.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Now, you may see that Android has taken over the market and has emerged as one of the most notable platforms for the developers of applications. You must think creatively to develop mechanics that surprise and excite the gamer. This will give you insights into game design, mechanics, and user experience.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 25, 2022

Blockchain is a kind of database in which data is stored in blocks that are chained together. This technology decentralizes data storage for transactions, as well as the ownership of NFTs. All NFT platforms depend on smart contracts that govern the trade between buyers and sellers. This blockchain platform was created in 2017.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie. 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: You can find the previous predictions here.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The top 200 merge game titles (source: GameRefinery platform). GameRefinery’s motivational data shows Gossip Harbor does things differently than most merge games. Player motivations data: Merge games (Average) vs. Gossip Harbor (source: GameRefinery platform). Source: GameRefinery platform ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 2, 2020

Economies of Scale Unlike Amazon which owns massive infrastructure, technology, and purchase and store search data, economies of scale for game companies don’t provide as much of a defensive moat to their businesses. Embedding We see embedding defensibility more in game infrastructure and technology platform companies. Firebase), etc.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 23, 2023

Augmented Reality (AR) Glasses: AR glasses overlay digital content onto the user’s view of the physical environment, creating interactive and dynamic gaming experiences. For instance, they can use motion sensors and biometric data tracking capabilities to create immersive and interactive gaming experiences.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Game automation tools can also collect data, generate reports, and identify bugs or issues that need to be addressed by game developers. Moreover, automation can run tests simultaneously on multiple devices and platforms, ensuring thorough coverage and reducing the overall testing time. Benefits of Game Automation Testing: I.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. relied on data to figure out what they wanted this game to be. The core gameplay follows a ‘build and battle mechanic’.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean markets were excluded from the overall numbers as these markets are highly concentrated and nearly impossible for Western publishers to compete in and the genre data from those markets would significantly skew overall numbers. It’s a niche genre that benefited from the breakout success of Stumble Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

TWiG 234: 500m Gamers on Tik Tok Can't Be Wrong / Supercell Unleashes the Flood Over 500m Tik Tok users watch gaming content every month, according to Jen's recent trips on the conference circuit, and this audience is one that the crew things you should be building your game thesis around from day one! Deconstructor of Fun Podcast ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

These points are informed by my research into the topic and conversations I’ve had with platform operators and gaming and ad tech executives: When will ATT be made mandatory? ATT is the privacy framework that prevents developers from using various pieces of user data for the purposes of targeting ads to those users.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2020

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 a platform that we here at Deconstructor of Fun have used to keep our product chops sharp. First, it takes a long time to get this kind of data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. and Michail Katkoff for edits and data. All revenue numbers show net revenues.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

For a quick and general introduction of the game, it’s a player vs player only CCG game, which limits your cards to only 10 per deck, each game is less than 4 minutes, and it uses a very simple poker-like betting mechanic to keep things interesting. However, Marvel Snap has simplified this mechanic to make it even more accessible.

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Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

It supports multi-platform publishing on Web, IOS, and Android. Table of Contents Actually, this article didn’t start like this. After understanding some of the future plans from the game team, I decided to start over and create a guide from the perspective of code-writing and logic mechanisms. Don’t believe it? Keep reading!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. 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.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

When recreating Among Us for VR platforms, Schell Games only made two major changes to the original game. “We That’s interesting and new gameplay for Among Us” There were plenty more features and mechanics the team considered adding. If you’re adapting an existing game, what changes do you make to the original version?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This post is written by Nebojsa “Nebo” Radovic , who’s an experienced mobile marketing professional who currently heading the user acquisition for N3TWORK’s Scale Platform. Becoming the first mover is not something you can replicate on the existing platforms in 2020. That’s how confident they (and we) are in their platform.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On December 12th, 2022, Brawl Stars removed its loot boxes, replacing it with a ‘direct purchase’ system for acquiring content. This translated into a substantial spending for hardcore players that wanted to obtain and maximize new content very fast. But it seems that countries with high RPD (Revenue per Download) were more affected.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

With over 90% of the top-grossing 100 iOS mobile games using seasonal events to boost their revenues, national holidays have become an essential part of LiveOps with players expecting an influx of new content as we approach the holiday seasons. Zombie Frontier 3’s Christmas content Event-related offers (e.g.,

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

Companies have since been forced to seek permission from app users before tracking their activity across other apps and websites for advertising purposes, meaning they now lack much of the valuable data previously used to build highly-effective UA campaigns. The match3 puzzler Best Fiends demonstrates this well.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. In this analysis, data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. 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.

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