Logic Simplified

JULY 11, 2023

They are more popular than ever, facilitating social interactions, flooding our newsfeeds and providing countless hours of entertainment. 9 Most Popular Video Game Genres Dominating the Gaming Market Adventure Games Adventure games feature minimal fighting and rely rather on narrative.

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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. There is a much stronger presence in the mobile games segment, but more and more developers are also dabbling in PC games, which is great to see.” It was this idea that pushed everything else.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The enormous mobile side of the business has been churning out massive piles of product (and 80 ripoffs of every game that gets any traction) for years. There is just too much entertainment out there fighting for too little free time. Every year, there are fewer parachutes and more people fighting for them.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 1, 2023

Combat mechanics - These rules govern how players engage in battles or fights within the game, such as turn-based combat, real-time combat, or using special abilities like counter-attacking. So, whether you're designing a console game or a mobile app, it's essential to prioritize UI and UX to ensure your players stay engaged and interested.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

One day I discovered video games could be much more than just ‘entertainment products’, and fell in love with the idea of mixing all the things I loved about art in a new medium. The indie community is amazingly helpful, but you will have to fight by yourself with every single element in your own game – and that takes time!

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Niantic’s AR-based mobile game took the world by storm and broke numerous world records , including the most revenue grossed by a mobile game in its first month ($206.5m). It’s an entertaining game in its own right, revolving around solid tapping and swiping controls that players must master to succeed.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They are an interactive form of entertainment that can be enjoyed from beginning to end in a short time. Casual Mobile Art. Game art studios have been around for decades, but the industry has recently seen an explosion of casual mobile games. Games are more than just a diversion. What do Game Art Studios do? 3D environment.

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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.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

While it’s fun and entertaining to follow Epic’s crusade on Apple, I think it’s equally important to discuss how these court battles impact tens of thousands of game developers around the World. Eric Seufert (Mobile Dev Memo), Chris Hewish (President, Xsolla) and your truly discuss how to make the most out of out-of-app marketplace.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

Post-lockdown, the demand for games dropped due to two key factors: Firstly, people are spending more time on outdoor activities and consuming more media on platforms like social media and streaming services, affecting gaming engagement, especially on mobile devices. Fighting against the AI revolution is not the answer.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

We dive into decline of hypercasual games and hybridcasual, an attempt by mobile game developers to adapt to the new normal in the industry. It’s no surprise to any readers of this newsletter that Apple set off a nuclear warhead into the heart of the mobile games business with IDFA deprecation, under the thin veil of user privacy.

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Game Designing

APRIL 16, 2022

This was an entertaining venture and up to four players could enjoy it in multiplayer mode. While the fighting genre that was popular in the 1980s had faded, this Double Dragon Advance version hearkened back to those times, but in the 3D era. Final Fight One. Sonic Adventure. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. Double Dragon Advance.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2023

So, instead of fighting against the odds on their own, they are coming together to provide a very well rounded service. Of course, it’s important not to reduce it to 1 or 2 like today’s mobile gaming, but I hope we can do better than that… Written by Ahmetcan Demirel ?️ Deconstructor of Fun Podcast ? TWiG 228 - Sega Buys Rovio!

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Recently Apple decided to delay the privacy requirements of iOS 14 until ‘early next year ’ presumably after the mobile game industry uproar became too much. There aren’t many trillion dollar companies eager to fight for user privacy, after all. Mobile games is soundly not a growth industry anymore.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

This could mean creating VR experiences that can be enjoyed by people with mobility issues, or developing AR applications that are useful for people with visual impairments.” He concluded, “I think there’s obviously enough space for these two to kind of fight it out.”

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Game Errors

APRIL 26, 2023

Urban locations Now, the battles are not limited by forests, mountains, and villages – for the first time in the Far Cry series, we’ll fight in the big city of Esperance, the capital of Yara. There won’t be flashy entertainment centers with casino pokies online, only harsh suburbs of ghetto 8.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2020

Day-1 retention shows how fun and entertaining your core gameplay is. Considering the overly competitive mobile user acquisition market, increasing LTV over time is vital not only to succeed but to survive. Getting into an auto-battler like Riot’s Team Fight Tactics is very difficult.

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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. The entertainment value of E&P’s core-game experience is disputable. Most mobile players don’t have the commitment to dig deeper to figure out how it works on their own. Well, not quite unprecedented.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases. King lost third of downloads but woke up towards the end of the year to fight back for downloads. Nintendo’s Dr. Mario World was a fresh take but just like most of the publisher’s games on mobile, it sadly tanked.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He has been in the video game industry since 1993, where he has worked at both start-ups and huge entertainment companies. Social gaming companies, led by Zynga, gained millions of daily players, pulling them from other gaming or entertainment companies. Please make sure to bookmark Lloyd’s fantastic blog. Early access to content.

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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. Platform preferences: Both Fortnite and Apex Legends are available on mobile, PC, and console. But, in the AL, the player needs to be more skillful to protect themself from enemy shooters. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

Added: A helpful comparison here would be to look at Black Isle’s 1997 game Fallout , along with Obsidian Entertainment’s 2019 game Outer Worlds. Here’s a handful of good examples: Final Fantasy VII : you’re part of a terrorist organization that is doing a bombing mission to try and fight back against an evil empire.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Most mobile gaming companies bet on incremental innovation as their gateway to success. Instead, we think that Clans would have declined even without Clash Royale (albeit at a slower rate) due to the “law of gravity” that all mobile games face after launch and, therefore, that Clash Royale was net positive. Cover image: Talouselämä. #1

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

After a successful Boss fight, the player was shipped off to the next island. Instead of collecting a certain amount of stars to progress, you played through the main quest, one level at a time until the Boss level at the end (closer to casual puzzles). Why did these changes not work? What could they have done instead?

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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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