OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

There are so many games industry events out there to choose from. Or maybe you want more business development and dealmaking opportunities? Even if you’re just looking for a casual event where you can have fun and meet some like-minded games industry folk there is an industry event out there for you. Find out more.

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Games Mobile Gaming Dev Mobile 96

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

UI/UX Artist - 1. Front-end Developer - 2. Back-end Developer - 2. Kushtena is a classic quick-fire card game played in two teams. A popular trick-taking game that is perfect for building your card skills. This fun and fast-paced game will help to unwind while strengthening strategic thinking and teamwork skills.

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UX AI Games Feature 61

iXie gaming

DECEMBER 9, 2023

These games have high-quality visuals, animations, and sounds, which renders 100% manual testing infeasible. This has resulted in a new game development trend – test automation. With game test automation, developers have been able to save time and resources and get more accurate test results.

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Quality Assurance Cross platform Platformer Mobile 52

Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

She is the author of the award-winning Game Development Essentials: Mobile Game Development and the Official GameSalad Guide to Game Development. Juliana Loh is an independent Producer/Artist whose background includes branded entertainment, UX, and art direction and health (mental health awareness).

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Educational Education Writing UX 52

iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Testing your game before releasing it to the public is crucial. It helps you identify and fix issues to ensure the game runs smoothly, delivering a seamless user experience (UX). Cloud-Based Testing Cloud-based testing is crucial in modern-day game testing.

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Simulation Games Communications UX 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Games that have a huge fan base.

Racing 52

Racing Games UX Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Cookie Run is has some imporessive traction in the Western markets, which may potentially turn this game into a proper worldwide hit. The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world.

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Baking Simulation Build Animation 52

Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

When it comes to free-to-play games, this consumer is a paying player, and the tools we have for learning more about their needs include marketing research and analytics. Or they review the assets they’ve created in a graphics editor rather than in the game itself. Or they review them in the game, but not on an actual device.

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Feature Game Design Game Designer Content 98

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Thus we refer here only to games with explicit currencies (gold, crystals, etc) and item economies (like weapons, items, potions). This only applies to game items or assets formally organized in a clear increasing power or utility progression as part of the game’s core design (Diablo / Wow Loot, Animal Crossing rooms & furniture, etc ).

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Asset Games Content Sandbox 64

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 23, 2020

This indicates few games scaling up after which they have been retaining and monetizing their player base. What needs to be noted in the 4X sub-genre is the dominance of Chinese developers in the Western markets. The recent trend over the past year or so in 4X games has been towards accessibility. Also in Strategy RPG games.

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Mobile Mobile UX Fantasy 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This analysis is written by Abhimanyu Kumar with special contributions from UX Reviewer ’s Om Tandon and Brett Nowak , CEO of Liquid & Grit. Expect more acquisitions, new game releases and revenue diversification efforts (also outside mobile games) from Playtika, as it prepares to bulk up before an imminent 2020 IPO.

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Mobile Mobile UX Feature 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This analysis is written by UX Reviewer’s Om Tandon and product guy and blog writer Alexandre Macmillan To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. Clashing has been lucrative in Arcade Sports as several companies copied Golf Clash meta switching the core game.

Racing 52

Racing Games UX Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Fantasy Mechanics Concepts Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. 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. Scopely’s Star Trek Fleet Command is the only 4X game from a Western developer with a spot in the top 10.

Cross platform 52

Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

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: 2: Their secret sauce is closing the monetization and marketing loop to help developers supercharge growth. #3: This analysis is also brought to you by ironSource.

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Mechanics Platformer Studios Data 52

Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

Tim Sweeney: Developers… We’ve learned a big lesson over the past 15 years. Great thing about this whole market is as a game developer, you can go around and you can choose the best of all these different components. You should be able to build a game within Fortnite. We were scammed, right? You can use Unreal or Unity.

Platformer 52

Platformer Data Point and Click Build 52

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). Product differentiation is driven by UX, art styles, production quality and minor meta systems such as quests and saga maps. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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UX Mechanics Build Point and Click 52

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. And they will soon launch their new mobile shooter called Catalyst's Black.

Games 52

Games Point and Click Engine Engineering 52

Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A tale of two halves: H1 and H2 of 2022 During the last quarter of 2021, almost every successful blockchain game had one thing in common: They were developed by crypto native teams who were well versed in the blockchain technology, but lacked experience in game development. Predictions for 2023: What comes next?

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