Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

This is the second and the final part of the series on how to build and grow products with data (you can find the first part here ). 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. It truly shows how data driven Uber.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty would find its feet on mobile. So is COD Mobile dead?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I left gamedev entirely for five years, because I was burned out from working on yet another F2P mobile casino game or whatever soulless product would feed my family.” Using that list, I move to a broad research phase, in which I check lots of sources for gathering data. Once I consider I have enough data, I move on to analysis.

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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

APRIL 12, 2023

In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company. It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Both of the authors are true fans of Command & Conquer franchise and both of the authors understand all to well how hard it is to ship a hit mobile game. No matter how you look at it, Command and Conquer Rivals is a good mobile game and the team behind it should be proud of the game they shipped.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

The fact that you can tell who you’re up against because of how they fight, not how they look or what their name is. We couldn’t break the PC version as they share a common data source, which is important for our build process. The exchanges, the free-flowing and expressive combat and how satisfying it feels to land a hit.

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The Liquid Fire

JULY 26, 2023

However, if “all” you need is data, then some would argue a ScriptableObject is a better choice. That may well be the case – as one example, all GameObjects will have an attached Transform , which would be unused and unrelated to the data you wanted saved. Kill or be killed.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been. The majority of F2P mobile publishers are prioritizing the improvement of live operations processes for existing products over the creation of new products to generate more reliable revenue and to control costs.

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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. Board Data Let’s begin by creating a ScriptableObject that can live as a project asset and hold all the information we will need to represent a board for our combatants to fight upon.

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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. And just like that, this new concept initially created for PC quickly became a new genre and expanded to mobile, as most of these games are also on mobile (or are going to be soon). You can find the previous predictions here.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

However, in Apex Legends, a gamer must be an expert and do more to move and fight. This statistic may not be 100% accurate as no precise data is available on the official sources. The latest data is not precisely available on any recognizable forums or sources. So, we have made our estimation for 2023’s data in some cases.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun. Mobile gaming megatrends Eric Seufert, Mobile Dev Memo. Mobile ad spending worldwide is going up and shifting faster than ever from traditional channels like TV, OOO into digital.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 13, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. So, setting their sites on a subscription-based offering on mobile does sound like a more approachable business that Netflix would consider. These games could be a console, pc, or mobile. Why pay $17.99?

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

To discuss the first court rulings from the perspective of a mobile game publisher I sat down with non-other than the powerful Eric Seufert from Mobile Dev Memo and the extremely knowledgeable Chris Hewish , President of Xsolla. Below you’ll find our conversation on YouTube and podcast. Consider it an appetizer to the content.

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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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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

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all data is gathered from the one and only App Annie and analysed by the author(s). This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. All predictions can be found here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

Source: Newzoo While many data and research companies are providing graphs showing modest growth, further analysis proves otherwise. Fighting against the AI revolution is not the answer. Despite projected growth, the game industry is still lagging behind the lockdown era. I’m inclined to share the sentiment of Mitch and Blake.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

But for the vast majority of mobile games, this approach will not work. And the market leaders in mobile gaming have conducted so many tests that they know exactly when and which mechanics work best (or perhaps they don't know, and we're just blindly following them as successful examples?). And I'll tell you why.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In looking at recent innovations, a few key takeaways: Platform Expansion: We saw 1 new platform emerge but it was a huge one that now eclipses the other platforms: mobile Genre Expansion: We continue to see genre expansion and as before likely powered by technology enablement (e.g., Recent Innovations.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

Tim Sweeney, the CEO and founder of Epic Games, has been one of the few vocal critics of Apple and Google for misusing “monopolistic” positions of power on their respective mobile phone platforms. For example: Google’s use of user interface barriers with scary pop-ups when end-users try to download an Epic mobile app store for Android.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2019

This post is sponsored by Lab Cave , a Mobile Growth Company that provides App Store Optimization and Mediation services for mobile Apps and Games. This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

There was also this no-name developer Supercell that launched their first mobile games just few miles away back in 2012. data from the ever amazing Sensor Tower. data from the unrivalled GameRefinery. Most mobile players don’t have the commitment to dig deeper to figure out how it works on their own.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

These include concerns around privacy, data security, and the potential for misuse of these technologies, among others. “The level of immersion that VR and AR offer is unparalleled, but this also means that we are opening up new avenues for data collection and potential breaches of privacy,” he noted.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Guest post by Kenneth Landen , Director of Product at Hit Factor Executive Summary In the ever-evolving landscape of mobile gaming, Supercell's Brawl Stars has undergone a remarkable resurgence, transforming challenges into triumphs. Culminating with the highest revenue month the game has seen in years in January 2024.

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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. Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Unless otherwise specified, all ranking, downloads and revenue data below has been acquired through the wonderful data services of Sensor Tower. And today’s mobile gamer definitely prefers the former.

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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

APRIL 25, 2022

The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world. 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.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

All the data is derived from Sensor Tower’s fantastic data plarform. Most mobile gaming companies bet on incremental innovation as their gateway to success. Clash of Clans has shown unprecedented staying power by staying in the top 10 grossing since 2012 (data: Sensor Tower). Cover image: Talouselämä. #1

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

Yet something has changed in the last years as mobile free to play has matured and become global. Many of the new games that are gaining ground are coming from developers like Lilith , Firecraft Studios (Matchington Mansion), FunPlus (King of Avalon, Guns of Glory) and IGG (Lords Mobile). data from the best of the best - Sensor Tower.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The mobile hit Empires and Puzzles (E&P) by Small Giant Games (acquired by Zynga) has made over $600M in net-revenues while racking up around 60 million installs. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile. Audience Because Puzzle Breakers is still in soft-launch, we don’t have enough data to make the assumptions about their audience.

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