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What Web3 Games Should Learn from Designing Fun Game Markets

Deconstructor of Fun

At every point in the skill spectrum, players should see a path to improve, as well as see greater winnings as a result of their improvement. Clicking on dots that move around a screen may be tedious. However, if the dots are monsters and clicking shoots a fireball, it becomes fun. Skill curve. The same applies to markets.

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Lifetime Value

The Knights of Unity

This is one of the pillars for creating and developing mobile games. Without it, the game would probably not be so well thought out, which could badly affect the return on investment (ROI). In short: it is used to measure the value of your game and assess the profitability of investment. What exactly does it mean?

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Friday Questions #3

Grumpy Gamer

I had worked at Lucasfilm for 8 years and learned a lot, not just about game design and programming, but also marketing, PR, and production and I felt like I needed to try it all for myself. I also had the idea of making adventure games for kids. I floated it by Lucasfilm Games and they weren't interested.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

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. Special effect from clicking on and dragging the Hot Cocoa Cookie.

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How Coin Master Disrupted Social Casino and Pocketed $100M

Deconstructor of Fun

This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). And this is purely a function of the pay tables in either game. Acting as a single entry point to entire gameplay, it is great at deliberately automating player actions.

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How to make your dream game, publish it and not die in the process

Mircosoft Game Dev

Do not bother with design. Don't apply design patterns or encapsulation for the sake of it. If you are planning to make the code cleaner at some point, it has to be because it gets difficult to work with it. A common excuse for this is teamwork and many programmers working on a game. It has to click and show your idea.

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How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

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.

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