AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ The implementation was a huge effort that required significant time and resources.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As they try to escape the ship, the events match the timing, location and intensity of the sinking, based on the latest historical data available. This took us literal years to master, and we still find that planning puzzles for VR requires extra attention to detail to make it work. Our creative process is a bit mixed.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

When integrated with traditional marketing foundations like storytelling and retargeting, they hold even more data-rich potential for brand interaction and recall. For example: The puzzle game Royal Match created a simple match-3 playable ad to showcase its core gameplay. The potential of playable ads extends far beyond gimmicks.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

ALT First, we try to reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred. This can be a mini-game, a puzzle, a practice dojo, a buy/sell/equip gear interface for the chosen mission, or even an elevator ride while the player listens to character conversations. This is usually handled in one of a several ways.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

To put you on the right track, we’ve taken a deep dive into four games that have delivered innovative storytelling in four subgenres: Merge Puzzle from the Casual category, and MMORPG, Action RPG, and 4X Strategy from the Mid-core category. Player motivations data: Merge games (Average) vs. Gossip Harbor (source: GameRefinery platform).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

Dream Games has joined that list by bolstering its hold on match-3 puzzles and widening its already mass-market audience through the addition of its newest game, Royal Kingdom , which features one of the smoothest casual PvP designs in the market. Without insight into their plan and profitability, it’s pure speculation from our perspective.

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Puzzle Mechanics Feature Build 69

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Thief Puzzle: to pass a level Another new hit with 27M downloads is Thief Puzzle: to pass a level. The game’s monetization strategy is focused primarily on In-app Ads: it has short levels with a big amount of post-level and try-again Interstitial ad placements that allow Thief Puzzle: to pass a level to generate high LTV.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. 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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Big Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Switch to a high-speed Wi-Fi network, or consider using your mobile data if you have a reliable and fast cellular connection. Two Dots For those who appreciate puzzle games with a minimalist design, Two Dots is a true gem. Switch to a Speedy Internet Connection A stable and fast internet connection is imperative for online gaming.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 2, 2023

When I write a design document, I usually try to address the following: High level goal - What is this feature/system/puzzle/etc. You need to explain to the readers what you are building, why you are building it, and what you need in order to build it. supposed to do? What kind of experience do I want the player to have?

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Retro Game Coders

APRIL 30, 2022

Firstly , as this is a programming tutorial, it allows us to introduce some extremely useful programming concepts: Arrays and pre-defined data Object definition and tracking Parsing strings for textual input Subroutines and modular coding. Data Structures. An array is simply an ordered list of data with a numerical index.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

I’ve always been drawn to the mind-bending puzzles of The Talos Principle series, and the sequel was no exception. I was stuck looking at my desktop instead of unraveling the game’s mysteries, but fear not – I’ve pieced together the puzzle, and I’m here to share the solutions that worked for me.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

year-over-year from 2021 to 2022 (TikTok Internal Data, 2022) – makes it the perfect place to find inspiration for casual and hyper-casual mobile games. Match 3D’s guild mechanic is its ‘Team’ feature, which introduces social aspects to the simple, ‘hyper-casual-ish’ core puzzle gameplay. Conclusion.

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 22, 2019

I did the entire balancing process without any data at all, and now, after it’s all done, we have the data. Meaning, we were collecting data, I just didn’t have a way to actually look at it until now, after the whole balancing process is basically complete. First, a reminder about what success even looks like.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 23, 2023

For instance, they can use motion sensors and biometric data tracking capabilities to create immersive and interactive gaming experiences. These games encourage players to be active by incorporating real-time data from wearables like fitness trackers or smartwatches.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. Choice is limited – this is much more of a mystery and puzzle-type game. The developer has gone the extra mile to layer in beautiful, clever puzzle elements that keep you wondering and coming back for more. Data can tell you a story of its own. Change: 9/10.

Horror 109

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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. A brief aside on puzzles All three of these are more correctly called puzzles, of course. This means that really, puzzles and games are terms that are matters of degree, not kind.

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Puzzle Build Data Content 119

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. While there have been numerous clones and follow up titles trying to get a piece of the ever growing puzzle RPG pie, none of them has had any meaningful success.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Looking at current popularity data of the highest-grossing games of the US market (top 200 grossing games), 23% of casual games and 47% of mid-core games are utilizing minigames. The King’s Nightmare titled levels are timed match3 puzzle levels where you have limited time to complete the level to save the King.

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Mechanics Puzzle Mobile Mobile 81

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

A bold move for Supercell, going against giants that continue to rule the casual puzzle space. Curiously, market data shows that the simpler “Scapes” style games actually perform better than Fishdom. The market data suggests that they adopted an outdated model rather than create a new one. The Twist: The Puzzle Pass.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

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. Each level presents players with a puzzle to solve, and failing to notice items or power-ups can gradually increase that cognitive load and lead to frustration.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As we look out to our plans for 2023, we will continue to increase marketing investment in our growth franchises while being disciplined and data-driven in how we allocate marketing capital. You can imagine there are two issues with social casino.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean markets were excluded from the overall numbers as these markets are highly concentrated and nearly impossible for Western publishers to compete in and the genre data from those markets would significantly skew overall numbers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. Demographic data of top Casino titles indicate the following: Poker / Cards have a higher male user base and a relatively younger average age of players.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 5, 2019

It’s a puzzle-solving, tile placement board game for 1-4 players where you play as a fantasy monster who’s hungry for villagers. We very quickly had empirical data that suggested that a certain subset of board gamers loved the art. After a year of development, Tasty Humans raised $20,536 on Kickstarter. Late Development.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Update Graphics Drivers I’ve found that updating graphics drivers can be the missing puzzle piece for a game like Ghostrunner 2. Save the Game: By saving the game often, you can ensure that your game data will be easy to transfer to a different device or disk to continue gaming. Press ‘Ctrl + Shift + Esc’ to open Task Manager.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 25, 2019

However, what made me look into all this data was the overwhelming amount of people on my Facebook group, social media channels, and chat room saying one of two things: Board gaming is getting stale and all the games look the same. RPGs won’t scratch the board gamer itch for puzzles or crunchy heavy board games.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

relied on data to figure out what they wanted this game to be. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. So, technically Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t released in 2022. They had the spinner idea in mind.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Mechanics 98

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

MAY 20, 2024

With a knack for puzzle, arcade, and simulation games. It was released at the beginning of March, so the data is still populating, but there’s plenty to comment on related to the strategic goals of the game, the overall design, and the challenges they will need to overcome. I know, shocking).

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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. Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre! Puzzle Games Continued to Grow.

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Puzzle Games Tile Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This two part series on how to build and grow products with data is written by, Oleg Yakubenkov , CEO @ GoPractice. 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. this series is written by Oleg Yakubenkov , CEO @ GoPractice.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 15, 2023

However, there are many puzzles and challenges that are hard to solve. In this way, try finding until you can determine the correct record by seeing previous and current data that matches with the changed health values in the game. Developers have not introduced any cheat codes yet which makes it even more challenging for new gamers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 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. Mediation platforms have access to a large scale of marketability data across many publishers.

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Filmustage

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Join us as we dive into the art of crafting the perfect DOOD report and reveal how leveraging the right software can transform a daunting pile of logistical puzzles into a clear-cut plan of action. Keep Backups: Always save backups of your DOOD reports in case of data loss or corruption.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

This cute and well-designed pixel art puzzle game snatched the 1 st position in the Gameplay and Graphics and Sound categories, and 2 nd position in the Theme interpretation category ( Overall rating: 4.088). Fire and Fondness. Fire and Fondness is a delightful tale of love, tradition and carbonisation (UK spelling intended) by John Gabriel

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

ATT is the privacy framework that prevents developers from using various pieces of user data for the purposes of targeting ads to those users. For example CPMs in Word games may actually increase as they provide great traffic for puzzle games. Will CPMs fall enough to offset the impact on CPIs for most advertisers?

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