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2021 Predictions #5 Sports Games Race into a Billion Dollar Club

Deconstructor of Fun

This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

In particular, we focus on game mechanics that encourage community-oriented behaviors, the pros and cons of automated reporting, and how to minimize griefing. Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities?

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Creator autonomy takes center stage at GDC

Game Daily

.” Oneal, who is Asian American and gay, called on game industry workers and managers “to think about what you can do to make everyone around you – no matter their gender, race, or identity – feel welcome, comfortable, and free to be themselves.” ” This kind of change is a long and hard road.

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2021 Predictions #2 Will the Hypercasual Party Ever Stop???

Deconstructor of Fun

This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. Hypercasual Trend #1 The Rise of Feel-Good Mechanics Ultracasual is the youngest subgenre within Hypercasual and it seems to have peaked in 2020. Nothing new really.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

Talking about quality training courses that add up to the real educational value, Unity developers are lucky to have a wider pool of options. Just for you to compare: the Udemy education platform offers around 2,200 courses for Unreal Development, while there are 5,500 courses focused on Unity.

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2021 Predictions #4 Contenders Throwdown for Supercell's Mid-Core Crown

Deconstructor of Fun

This is done through in-depth research, insights, and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. The two graphs below show that competition for supremacy of Mid-Core in the Western audience is a tight race between Supercell and FunPlus.

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We Dwell in Possibility as queer gardening simulation

Radiator Blog

There are "sims" like SimCity, which seek to be taken semi-seriously as semi-scientific primers to urban planning for educational use in schools. So I shifted direction to something more like Claude Shannon's Theseus (1950), a mechanical mouse that "learned" how to navigate a maze by flipping magnetic switches beneath the floor.