PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Supercell announced over a year ago that they will be opening a studio in North America. Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. In Today’s Email ? Subscribe here!

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Between one job and another I always tried to include some type of content related to games. That was when in 2013 I joined as a partner in a studio that produced small advergames and games for exhibitions among other services. That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

They launched a new game from a new studio entering the most competitive genre on mobile in the midst of Apple’s privacy apocalypse and has generated a billion dollars in revenue in two years. One could even suppose that it makes content transfer (levels, features) even easier between the two games.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

There has been a lot of talk about the future of Hypercasual games: how the market has been in stagnation, making studios slowly but steadily look for opportunities in the fraternal Hybridcasual. We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

As co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Nigerian-based studio Dimension 11 , he provided leadership. He recently successfully released two balls and is currently solely focusing on Dimension 11 studios. I can’t forget because that year was very important not just for myself but also for Dimension 11 as a studio.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Manipulate gravity in Spinstar, @PixyDevs 's precision puzzle platformer with great pixel art and music! Terra Ventura by @LogicalProgres3 is a classic isometric action RPG with a ton of content! Dark Crypt. Terra Ventura.

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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. Similar to popular games, the success of viral content is often down to it being relatable and fulfilling certain needs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

What we believe separates our market analysis from other great ones you have read is that the predictions are written by professionals working in gaming studios around the World and strengthened by feedback from our nearly thousand people-strong community of game industry veterans. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It may have been born out of necessity, but after two successful murder mystery games EQ Studios can now be considered somewhat of a specialist in this particular genre. Still, Fery Tomi, Director of the Las Vegas based studio, wants to keep all options open for the next project. Some started from a puzzle standpoint.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Rush Wars was the PvE version of Clash Royale in the Boom Beach setting Clash Quest was Legend of Solgard in the Clash setting Hay Day Pop was a puzzle and decorate game with Hay Day IP Everdale is a Hay Day Derby feature as a game Clash Mini is the most innovative one. It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 16, 2024

Baldur’s Gate 3 Larian Studios is known for having one of the best team of game developers for decades now. Also, its flexible quest system and roleplaying elements have left players enjoying hundreds of hours of amazing content. Alan Wake 2 The initial Alan Wake was a fruit of love built in starts and fits by Remedy Studio.

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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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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The game also features over 500,000 tactical puzzles alongside various interactive lessons and videos to help players improve their skills. Fans could also access several Clash of Clans and Clash Royale-themed puzzle minigames on the Chess.com website. Paid membership also removes in-game ads for a more seamless experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We're talking about massive layoffs across the tech industry and gaming in particular, new mobile game studios from NetEase and Nintendo, Playtika's latest earnings report, the dramatic and sudden collapse of FTX and the ongoing creator royalty debate going on in the world of NFTs. ? million despite lowest quarter since 2020 ?

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Army Commander by Lion Studios. But Army Commander by Lion Studios seemed to nail this on the head. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Whether you opt for a mind-bending puzzle, an immersive adventure, or a heart-pounding action game, ensure that your idea stands out and resonates with your intended audience. Another popular monetization method is in-app purchases, where players can buy content to enhance their gaming experience or progress faster. Happy Gaming!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2021

The studio was me in my parent's attic to start off, but now it's me in a home-office, so we're making inroads. I'll be supporting the game with more content after it's released, but I want it to feel like a polished product worth the price tag on release day. This week, we are interviewing Louis Durrant about his game The Garden Path.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The game looked promising, scaling quickly towards $2M a month in revenue - a promising number for a smallish Finnish studio. Merge Dragons never strayed from merge mechanics and exclusively contained puzzles that players could solve by merging various items. It fits the overall exploratory vibe of the story, as well.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

For example CPMs in Word games may actually increase as they provide great traffic for puzzle games. I think this will manifest within studios in a number of ways: Firstly, teams will get even more analytical as the audience relevance examination that had previously been outsourced to Facebook and Google is internalized.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 31, 2023

The Ground Screams To Whisper is not your typical game and neither is it just one thing, it’s a graphic novel, a puzzle game, a VR game and an album. For example, she did not initially consider incorporating a puzzle game into The Ground Screams To Whisper until she collaborated with Ghanaian-based Games Studio Leti Arts.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. Well, we've been carefully and strategically saving some of our best content in anticipation of finally launching the official Kristala Patreon campaign. Why, you might ask? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review. link] Rigging / Animation. Events - Kristala at PlayNYC 2021.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre! Puzzle Games Continued to Grow. Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases. Last year Puzzle games generated a whopping $4.5Bn in IAP revenues while growing 18% year-on-year.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. A developer that I find particularly successful at this is Wildlife Studios (previously known as Fun Games For Free ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Empires and Puzzles regularly takes the top spot in Puzzle RPG category in the West (when Dokkan is having a post event hangover).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Nevertheless, Puzzle RPGs look to be at their peak while Idle RPG revenues have already declined.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

This is where 99.99% of indie developers and studios make their main and most fatal mistake. Common answers are: Everyone, e.g.: this is a nice puzzle, tower defense, casual, etc. Even references to the rest of the content must be there and visible, even if trying to access it does not work. Well not really.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 20, 2019

Thirdly it is because of the war for players that ensued between Playrix and Firecraft Studios as both ramped up their marketing engines. And finally, it’s because Matchington Mansion is a game from an unknown developer that has no previous shipped titles and has only three people who have worked or are working at Firecraft Studios.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

An example of an exclusive reward offer bundle in Diablo Immortal The match3 puzzle game, Pet Rescue Saga , also has a good example of a reward-based IAP offer. Better yet, by having the bundle’s content directly relate to the player’s achievement, marketers can help users with their current goals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. In addition, Playrix is also closely linked to many other extremely successful CES based studios such as Vizor (Klondike Adventures) and Nexters (Hero Wars). product management. product management.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Breaking into the top of the genre requires often massive development investments, an unrivaled content pipeline, and superb live operations - and often an appealing IP. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue. In terms of content, the plot of Cookie Run: Kingdom advances very quickly while maintaining a grip on the details of the characters.

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