PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

engine software providers, payment facilitators, platform holders) and renegotiate the terms of your most expensive contracts. During Embracer’s annual meeting , its CEO Lars Wingefors blamed the growing power of platforms : “In reality, we are paying more fees to platforms than we spend on games development every year.”

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

As a result, it enables eSports fans to watch competitive play across any device or location. AI technology is applied to different aspects of eSports games, including data science and player performance analytics. Also, it is used for data visualization and predictive modeling in eSports games.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

8 Reasons Why Unity is So Popular for Mobile Game Development Here are some fundamental reasons why 70% of developers use Unity for mobile game development: 1. Cross-Platform Compatibility Cross-platform gameplay is one of the biggest game development trends of 2023. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Cross-platform Play Cross-platform play has become more popular with the rise of cloud gaming and game streaming. Game developers are creating games that can be played on multiple platforms, allowing players to switch between devices without interruption.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

and Deconstructor of Fun’s latest collaborative report, we dive deep into a comprehensive analysis of the mobile gaming sector and which genres are defying the economic slowdown. Nevertheless, mobile gaming represents a whopping 61% of all games revenue , a number that would be even larger should we account for all the in-app-ad revenue.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

A computer science curriculum entails learning programming languages, data science, software development, information security, and network architecture. Studying CS gives you the flexibility to work in many technologically focused fields, including gaming. Computer science in gaming will help you develop games.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

I never once took Kickstarter data before making this game and its stagnation on Kickstarter shows. You can always do more outreach, but I wound up working with the super cool people behind Board Game Design Lab and We’re Not Wizards. I never used market data to validate this game. Use that data!

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This ensures more efficient and customized solutions to the game. Competitor Assessment The competitor assessment process involves assessing 3-5 game competitors. During this process, testers analyze the game design of related games, identify their respective pros and cons, and give a general improvement strategy.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It involves simulating player actions, such as button presses, mouse movements, and keyboard inputs, to evaluate different aspects of game performance, functionality, and compatibility. Game automation tools can also collect data, generate reports, and identify bugs or issues that need to be addressed by game developers.

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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. When you gain confidence and experience, you can tackle more complex game ideas. This will give you insights into game design, mechanics, and user experience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. We want to build ambitious games players may not expect from Supercell. It’s two teams , actually.

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Grid Sage Games

JANUARY 1, 2024

We didn’t yet know what reasonable limits to put on such a feature, as in what’s the absolute furthest it could go without compromising other parts of the game design. Back then I couldn’t nail down what would be the most extreme (but still acceptable) options. It had to wait.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable, and relevant information along with tips, tools, and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). They can see what creatives work.

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AWS Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Efficient movement and synchronization of enormous media assets, including high-definition video and complex Unreal Engine data is important. Some organizations use a hub-and-spoke model, with one main region for uploading data and multiple regions for reading only.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable, and relevant information along with tips, tools, and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

State of the mobile game industry Eric Kress, Gossamer Consulting Deconstructor of Fun’s “chief outrage officer” Eric Kress was up first to offer what he called a “pragmatic view of what’s going on in the market.” He also said there are opportunities in going cross-platform and direct billing.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Blog Authors: David Holladay - AWS Game Tech Head of PMM & Ryan Greene - AWS Game Tech Sr. Incredibuild’s solution gives game developers and DevOps managers a smart, scalable platform to continuously build, improve, and release their games. Evercore Heroes, developed and published by Vela Games. “

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable and relevant information along with tips, tools and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). source: Liquid & Grit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Console gaming: challenges and opportunities Chris explored the dynamics of the console market, acknowledging its growth while highlighting challenges arising from diverse business models dominating PC and mobile platforms. Amid these uncertainties, Chris reflects on the unknowns looming over the console gaming landscape.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter. The main difference between a game and a puzzle is that a puzzle has one real solution, an optimal way through the challenge. They’re all games in the end.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This blog post is brought to you by ironSource - a growth platform that turns amazing studios into amazing businesses. So we suggest that you head on to ironsrc.com and check the platform for yourself! ? Thinking of your ‘ Why ’ when working in games may seem like a trivial task. Subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

using data oriented algorithms to process the culling of objects and both secondary command buffers and automatic batching to efficiently submit the draw primitives. It also has more useful built-in data types such as integer vectors. The core engine has been significantly optimized, especially on the memory and data-oriented areas.

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Keith Burgun

JUNE 20, 2022

For the budget I had for the game ($0), I think it looks pretty good though. It was really cool to win that Game Design award! Also the game has great reviews on every platform it’s on, which is nice. I started it late 2019, worked on it throughout 2020, and released the game in 2021.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 15, 2023

Maybe they will ask if the game is on a single platform or is expected to be on various consoles, if cross-play is expected, or if the company has infrastructure on-site or prefers to be in the cloud. Will they store the user data in a SQL or NoSQL database? It’s important to note there are no right or wrong answers here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Merge sub-genre has seen massive growth driven initially by Zynga’s (Gram’s) Merge Dragons and Merge Magic and now fast-followed by numerous competitors to a point of near saturation (downloads up, revenues down) data: Sensor Tower. data: Sensor Tower. In other words, everything you need for game growth.

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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 21, 2021

Visit Facebook Gaming where you’ll find an incredible amount of insightful, actionable, and relevant information along with tips, tools, and solutions to help you grow your business. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Legends of Runeterra.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Key issues covered in this panel discussion include: Biggest mistakes to avoid Creatively led vs. data led companies… and also vs. technology led? Impact of data in games Hiring for cultural fit Initial focus post funding Why you need to panic! This one, I’ve watched or listened to 5 times now. Gigi Levy Weiss That is so true.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 20, 2019

Matchington Mansion is a top 5 puzzle game with raking in over $15M a month in net revenues. Data in this deconstruction is provided by ultra awesome Sensor Tower. This is interesting because AppLovin is one of the largest mediation platforms that has curiously enough ventured out into publishing games itself through Lion Studios.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In comparison, Cookie Run: Kingdom is more similar to My Little Pony in terms of art style than the earlier Cookie Run platformer games, demonstrating Devsister evolved their art style to better fit the current preference of the global market. Also note a comprehensive guaranteed rate for the presented Genshin data).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

Supercell’s previous entry, Spooky Pop, had a lot of design mistakes that prevented it from competing with the Saga model. It has a solid core game design, and a meta design that builds upon the successes we’ve seen in the market. And to be fair, we'd recommend the same for Playrix's latest game, Wildscapes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

The game is built around a nostalgic strategy game franchise and it offers a novel gameplay combined with familiar metagame. It was also launched successfully with a combination of pre-launch hype, featuring from the platforms, support from top influencers and a robust user acquisition campaign.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge. Kind of sad.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. You can even store cinematography data so it doesn’t need to be coded directly to the Unity camera you are currently using. What Is Unity Cinemachine?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

From the perspective of fantasy art design, it is an ideal goal to set the whole world to be coherent, unobtrusive, and logically self-consistent - But this may not be the ultimate goal of online game design. Google Cloud for Stadia, Facebook for social games). on Steamdb among 130k users.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The obvious intention is to try to move this high-value purchase to third-party payment systems, therefore avoiding the store platform fees. Meanwhile, a constant flow of short-length passes on a cosmetics-driven game has more risks to saturate the player's desire for customization.

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