PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Their top 3 leading games of all time are Park Master with 175M installs, Ball Run 2048 with 149M, and the more recent Number Master with 83M. How do you approach development of Hypercasual games in 2024, considering the general shift towards Hybridcasual?

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and one of them was about how much to spend on board game advertising. Need help on your board game? Eat villagers.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 28, 2019

It is fundamentally a pretty simple game, but it has a lot of really endearing qualities. The dice are bright and pretty, as are the puzzle boards on which you build stained glass arrangements of dice. It is also a smashing success of a game – so let’s talk about why that is. Need help on your board game?

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Follow the game’s social media profiles – Game developers often use platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others to unveil exclusive codes during special events or promotions.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. One of the most successful ways of doing this is by introducing meta elements – gameplay elements and mechanics from other game genres – into your game.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some of this goes back to the process of creating your game, getting it manufactured, and raising funds. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. We were very careful about how we worded each ad and social media post. Social Media.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes. As he grew, his fascination extended to games such as Prototype, Need for Speed and GTA. His father’s work laptop found its way into their home and onto his young ecstatic lap.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

At the same time, last year's games that crossed $10M in net revenue continued to grow. Casual Games in 2022 In our taxonomy, built together with Sensor Tower, the casual games category is divided into seven genres: Puzzle, Hypercasual, Arcade, Tabletop, Simulation, Lifestyle, and Geolocation.

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Game Errors

APRIL 10, 2023

In May 2023, Japanese video game developer and publisher Capcom completed 44 years as one of the most successful companies in the industry. The franchise went on to become one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time, and the highest-grossing media franchise of all time based on a fighting video game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

We see those values in acquisition as well because if there's a great game that lots of people are talking about to their friends, their colleagues, their family, then that's a source of acquisition for us as well.” COO & CPO Greg Peters on how gaming fits into the Netflix business model. Netflix games will start on mobile.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 25, 2019

What does board gaming look like in this brave new world 10 years into the future? Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. RPGs won’t scratch the board gamer itch for puzzles or crunchy heavy board games. ” This is true.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Like Sagrada , it’s a gorgeous and approachable puzzle game with emergent complexity that becomes ever more apparent with more plays. It has received accolades far and wide, impressively breaking into the Board Game Geek Top 50 and securing a spot as one of five 2018 Mensa Select winners. Need help on your board game?

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the differences between AAA games and mobile games, and you shall discover the different factors that characterize them. Meaning of AAA games Game creators don’t mind putting millions of dollars into game development as long as it meets their expectations in sales and ratings.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Eric is a media strategist, quantitative marketer, and author who has spent his career working for transformative consumer technology and media companies. For example CPMs in Word games may actually increase as they provide great traffic for puzzle games. Prediction #3 Broadening of Media Mixes.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This is no wonder, given that the business model has evolved from premium products to free-to-play, subscriptions, and ad monetization while competing against other forms of entertainment such as video streaming and social media.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This made it a great fit for cartoons with an adorable style and simple geometry exemplified in Western cartoon media with The Powerpuff Girls and My Little Pony. The game also leverages the plot heavily in ongoing events to guide players through different stages of the game (e.g. Many game developers tried “X+Simulation” games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile gaming megatrends Eric Seufert, Mobile Dev Memo. Mobile ad spend will be over half of all media ad spend by 2024 Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention in Safari was the catalyst to radically altering the digital marketing landscape. Each different game audience needs a different economy. ATT in iOS 15 went harder.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. This puts more emphasis on product and creative than media buying itself.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

To get into the weeds on how to set up and operate effective cross-promotion, I sat down with Yuval Yosefi , who heads cross-promotion as well as all the other user acquisition channels apart from social media and search. Best Fiends is a puzzle game. Solitaire Grand Harvest is a solitare game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. Strategy games also represent nearly a half of all Mid-Core revenues.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. You can also follow our dev journey on social media via the links below.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

In game development, your initial implementation of gameplay is always broken, and needs iteration to improve. Elaborated below: 1) Who will play the game? Just try to picture who is going to play the game. Common answers are: Everyone, e.g.: this is a nice puzzle, tower defense, casual, etc.

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