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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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed.

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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

The decline of the whole genre in the Western markets was caused by a decline in two of the most significant sub-genres: Brawlers and Fighting Games. As you can see from our data above (source: Data.ai) there was only one genre that grew revenues last year: Party games. The Brawlers sub-genre is pretty much Brawl Stars.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. So to survive fights for the first half of the game, you have to trust the level designers to leave enough health consumables around, Doom / Quake style. no mind control) only 5 powers (+1 PvP only power). Limited regen (e.g.

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The Liquid Fire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In this lesson we will look at making custom boards for our encounters that are data-driven and skinned in a Tilemap. Overview My very first blog project involved creating mechanics for a Tactics RPG. This asset will be sort of abstract data, and can be “skinned” with specific tiles at a later point.

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Sirlin

JULY 25, 2019

I’m aware that this is a subjective claim, that people will be skeptical, and rightly so because so many other fighting have done a questionable job with “accessibility.” User Interface for Friend Matches This is the kind of innovation that isn’t new to the world, but it IS new to fighting games. Has it been done in a fighting game?

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Game Industry News

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, this mysterious contact from Burnham’s courier days has connections everywhere and might be able to put hands on the sensor data they need to determine what’s going on with 10C. Initially, a bit stumped, Owo discovers a fighting ring and persuades Burnham to let her go fight for money. He just doesn’t care.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, as seen in our Daily Revenue data provided by data.ai, starting in October the game has been seeing significant growth in revenue. That’s because these new tiered purchase options include an old fan favorite, luck mechanics! Culminating with the highest revenue month the game has seen in years in January 2024.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

Therefore, to correct this terrible misuse of the term, we will look at what “roguelike” or “roguelite” or even “Rogue” actually mean, as well as diving into some concrete examples of how roguelike elements and mechanics have been used in mobile games in China lately. source: Wikipedia).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Although the Tactile team has several titles under their portfolio, the well-known swapping mechanic is not very common among their games. Especially with their two most recent titles Lily’s Garden and Penny & Flo , Tactile has been a stronghold for story-driven puzzle games with the collapse mechanic.

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Grid Sage Games

OCTOBER 2, 2022

The entire mechanic revolves around a single new utility: the Scrap Engine. Although in both cases the results are indeed based on the inputs, the process is not deterministic, so it’s not a pure “crafting” mechanic in that sense. Construct-Related Mechanics. A new utility is born.

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Game Industry News

JULY 31, 2021

On the other side of the Wormhole, Sisko and Kira prepare to take the runabout back through when Kira picks up a signal comprised of statistical data. When Shel-La revives, Kira argues with him about setting defensive perimeters and fighting his war smarter. They lay in a course and discover a moon surrounded by a series of satellites.

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The Liquid Fire

AUGUST 16, 2023

Add the following: public partial class Data { public CoreSet<AdventureItem> items = new CoreSet<AdventureItem>(); } For now, all I need is a simple “inventory” that keeps track of what a user has or doesn’t have. For now, let’s create another placeholder option on that Entry.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Being able to backtrack is generally going to be more realistic in the RPG sense--of course your character should be able to go back and pick up that item they left behind, or fight that enemy that scared you away before. Not universally so, to be sure, but grind tends to be more of a roguelite thing.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In that sense, like a game atom, puzzle are usually one logical ruleset, and have just one way in which the puzzle operates, which is a systemic machine that can take data variations. Not that different from fighting one monster versus another using the same combat system in an RPG! But it’d be a lot of manual labor, probably.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all data is gathered from the one and only App Annie and analysed by the author(s). For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. Fighting games install trends are spiky as is the revenue rate. All predictions can be found here. This speaks of a successful new game launch and growth.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. In the later game, raid mechanisms become quite rich.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series. In the later game Alfheim Online , level and skills were all but ignored, emphasizing player skill like a shooter or fighting game. Non-Private Data. Sword Skills. That’s a pretty bad idea. Aincrad for Modern VR. So where are we?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

Unless otherwise specified, all ranking, downloads and revenue data below has been acquired through the wonderful data services of Sensor Tower. With 5 free spins being granted every 50 minutes, their availability is limited and hence they are an energy mechanic of sorts. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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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. The AFK style faction mechanic can be useful because, in its current state, PB (and E&P) has a problem.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie and analysed by the author(s). Kudos to their unrivalled data support! 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:

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie. Looking at Twitch data, Riot’s Teamfight Tactics (perhaps the strongest of these games) broke into the top 10 of most viewed games in the last 6 months. You can find the previous predictions here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

data from the ever amazing Sensor Tower. This deconstruction will cover: The game’s core loop Why having chosen a basic match-3 mechanic was a safe bet What other games have tried The game’s features and to which kinds of players it caters How time-limited offers and events are run successfully. data from the unrivalled GameRefinery.

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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. First, it takes a long time to get this kind of data. Getting into an auto-battler like Riot’s Team Fight Tactics is very difficult.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie and references global figures. And as always, we’ll let the data back us up. With data from the latest completed quarter included, it can be seen that the Q3 2019 QoQ growth rate is back to Q4 2018 levels. But first, a quick recap.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 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. All revenue numbers show net revenues. Finally, please take the numbers presented with a giant grain of salt.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

Unless otherwise specified, all ranking, downloads and revenue data below has been acquired through the wonderful data services of App Annie. Normal levels (node 1 and 3) are combined with an angel offer (2) and further support in node 4 before the boss fight. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

data from the best of the best - Sensor Tower. A push that is very likely to continue… data from the one and only - GameRefinery. Core Battle: Fighting on Auto-Pilot. Idle (PvE) — the Appointment Mechanic This is the automated (idle) portion of the game. During the past year Lilith has been on a roll!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

You can then use those signals to give the player what they want and determine who the valuable players are.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I could save the data to revisit it later, after adjustments are made. So, uh, what’s a flexible mechanic that ties into a bunch of other mechanics already? Failing that (gets blasted in a fight? Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11. …alert level xD. hacking attempts unsuccessful?), There it is!

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie. Given our data, it seems likely that Casual Casino will not be a mainstay for major Casino publishers, and revenue growth will be pursued through other avenues. Also supported by insights from Lloyd Melnick. Let’s dive in!

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. Therefore, Cookie Run: Kingdom ’s similar but improved art style with a casual Build & Harvest and in-depth RPG gameplay makes it easier to win over adult players, which is supported by the user data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

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. King lost third of downloads but woke up towards the end of the year to fight back for downloads.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

First week after global launch: - Call of Duty Mobile (October 1-7, 2019): 70M downloads - PUBG MOBILE (March 18-24, 2018): 26M downloads - Fortnite (iOS only, March 15-21, 2018): 7M downloads *Worldwide data excludes China android. In fact, they prefer a direct port of PC/console mechanics than a more streamlined mobile version.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

All the data is derived from Sensor Tower’s fantastic data plarform. Clash of Clans has shown unprecedented staying power by staying in the top 10 grossing since 2012 (data: Sensor Tower). Hay Day Pop is Fishdom meet Hay Day with a tile blast mechanic. Cover image: Talouselämä. #1 1 THE HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARDS STRATEGY.

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