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Web3 metaverse MMO Avalon unveiled in new trailer

Game Daily

Players move between fantasy worlds, from medieval to cyberpunk. Avalon has found investment backing from the likes of Bitkraft, Delphi Ventures, and Mechanism Capital raising $13 million in a round announced earlier this year. In-game businesses can be built and sold. The game’s open beta test is set for this month.

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7 Ways to Drastically Improve Your LiveOps: Learning from Clockmaker

Deconstructor of Fun

Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. They just liked the mechanics and continued playing until the event had ended. Try different combos, too.

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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events

Game Refinery

The data and examples shown here are gathered from the GameRefinery service, which you can access here. The more changes you make to the game, the more monetization mechanics you’ve got to play with. Content updates might involve a new narrative mission tied to the event, or event-specific game modes, minigames and challenges.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). iOS downloads for Stumble Guys.

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Donkeyspace AI Interview

Designer Notes

He has now added a fantasy version of the tournament where viewers can bid on different leaders before the games begin and then track their success, as one might do in “real” fantasy sports. AI works perfectly well for these types of games as the mechanics themselves hinder diplomacy.)

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AFK Arena - Hail to the New King of RPGs

Deconstructor of Fun

data from the best of the best - Sensor Tower. A push that is very likely to continue… data from the one and only - GameRefinery. Idle (PvE) — the Appointment Mechanic This is the automated (idle) portion of the game. This is a major appointment mechanic, driving the player to come back each day.

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2020 Predictions #1: Prepare to Crown the New King of Puzzle Games

Deconstructor of Fun

We pulled the data of top 1000 games from last three years from the one and only App Annie and aligned the data with the categories, genres and sub-genres. ❤️ App Annie for unrivalled data support. The biggest string-matching game by far is Best Fiends, which is categorized as a Puzzle RPG due to its progression mechanic.

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