Brand Game Development

JULY 27, 2020

Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Whether you’re just spreading the word about one game or whether you’re building a whole long-lasting business from scratch, you should consider advertising as part of a larger marketing plan.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Make sure to sign up for our newsletter to be the first one to read our predictions for 2024. Make sure to sign up for our newsletter to be the first one to read our predictions for 2024. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. Yet today, everyone knows our credit card numbers.

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Game Errors

MARCH 28, 2023

At a minimum, you can open fan clubs for any game, promote them, and then make money from advertising. You can make them in the format of a group on social networks, a website, or a channel on YouTube. Nowadays, gamers can become professionals and people can learn how to make money on CS:GO.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 27, 2023

You came up with the ultimate game idea and think it is perfect. But soon after the launch, the audience was not impressed with the game. Therefore, before developing the game's final version, you must test a prototype. Therefore, before developing the game's final version, you must test a prototype.

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Game Errors

APRIL 5, 2023

These earning opportunities present themselves in betting, coaching, professional gaming, streaming, content creation, skin trading & investing, and online competitions. You can make thousands of dollars from this game in any form. This article will detail how the game got to this point and how you can make money too.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2022

How to grow your games in diverse markets Many Western publishers focus their efforts on English-speaking countries because they are most familiar with these markets, which tend to command a higher average revenue per paying user. How do you decide whether to make that investment decision?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 29, 2022

Many of you know how to develop a game and are experienced in running live operations. However, only a few truly know how to launch a modern mobile game. In the rapidly evolving games market, best practices on how to successfully launch your game can change just as fast.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Just like reality, games need an internal mechanism for the distribution of resources during gameplay. This system is known as the video game economy. The in-game economy creates balance within the game by enabling the player to earn and spend resources as part of the game’s progression. How Does It Work?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Most of you likely know Joakim Achren as the founder of the fantastic Elite Game Developers blog, podcast, and newsletter. But you might not know that he is also a published author , a venture partner at Play Ventures , a very active angel investor, and co-founder of the powerful Next Games. Let us know how you liked it!

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Game development isn’t as smooth and glamorous as many newbies imagine. Yet, those professionals in mobile game development services know how to tackle these challenges. But the chaos and the desire to create visually stunning and immersive games fuels their determination.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

In January on 2019, Hearthstone and Blizzard veterans Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu announced that Net Ease had invested whopping $30M into their newly founded studio. Fastforward to September of 2022 and the game, Marvel Snap, is finally out globally after a considerable amount of time in soft launch. the TikTok company.

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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. Former Disney and NBCU Execituve Talk the Death of the Games-as-App Before going deeper, let us define the terms: Hypercasual games are the bubble gum of the gaming industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We follow up and expand upon the Playtika and social casino-discussion that took part in the latest “This week in games”-podcast by going through the latest earnings reports from Playtika (you can find the link to the podcast below) On the go? Kress’s Corner #2 How do gaming Venture Capitalist really work? Subscribe here!

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 5, 2023

How can I resist breaking down the story of God of War Ragnarok? It's the biggest example of video game storytelling in quite some time. As I said in my last GoWR piece (which got quite a lot of reads), it's kind of futile to critique big AAA games. If you want to be honest, sometimes you must make people sad.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Today I'm reinstalling my development computer, so I can't do much programming. Despite being the lead developer of Godot, I have almost 20 years of experience developing and shipping games, and a decade of experience as technical consultant. I didn't become rich (yet :D) making games, but I learned a lot in the process.

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Rampant Games

JUNE 3, 2022

All of these are pretty much hampering all innovation and industry right now, and probably will for the next couple of years, which means I’m not expecting any major breakthroughs in the next couple of years. With the Quest 2 being sold for less than the price of a console, cost isn’t universally a prohibiting factor.

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Moonmana

JULY 4, 2022

So what are the top game development trends in the current year? What to Expect in Game Development? To estimate the industry and the whole game development future is not an easy task, as life is truly unpredictable. Naturally, during lockdowns and curfews, people have spent much more time at home than ever.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Now that my title has savagely baited your click, let's talk about the weirdness of the game industry and the big mess we're all in. Make your own conclusions from there. I've been working continuously making indie video games longer than, let's say, anyone. So let's get to it: There are too many indie games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This post is written by Sophie Vo who’s building a kick-ass game team at Voodoo Berlin. I am Sophie, a creative Game Lead working at Voodoo. I joined Voodoo in Berlin with the goal to open a new studio that would develop new types of games (i.e. What games to make? How many people do I need?

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Mnenad

JANUARY 14, 2020

Because this game was the very first I’ve ever released on Google Play and Apple’s AppStore I wanted to give you some insights on how it performed, what mistakes I’d like to avoid in a future project and what else happened between version 1.0 How it all began. of the app and the current version 3.5 (Jan

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Hit him up on LinkedIn or twitter and let him know how you liked the post! 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 are also many aspects of the decision that go far beyond the game industry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

Full disclosure: both of the authors are decade-long fans of Supercell and their games. While our analysis may to some seem harsh, we assure you that it’s only reflective of the expectation Supercell puts on their games. This week, Supercell soft-launched a new crafting tycoon game called Everdale. Osmium is the heaviest metal.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. While Hypercasual games account for less than 1% of the total IAP revenue of all Casual games, it drove well over half of all downloads for the category during 2019.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Since then, I’ve read Lloyd’s article “ Subscriptions: The new weapon in the game monetization arsenal ” half a dozen times and turned from a doubter of subscriptions into a believer. He has been in the video game industry since 1993, where he has worked at both start-ups and huge entertainment companies.

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Interesting Choices

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

I was recently in Essen for the release of NEOM, which is what the game previously known as Draftopolis or City Draft (written about extensively here and mentioned briefly here ) has become after being published by Lookout Games. Without disasters in the game, there would be very little tension to how you build your city.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

Summarizing an entire year of mobile gaming while providing predictions for what is going to happen next is a challenge that we at Deconstructor of Fun undertake every year. An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. So don’t let small things like not knowing how to code interactive creatives cap your UA output.

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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.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Some of you remember 2010 when games on Facebook were booming! That’s when many of us started our careers in free-to-play games. And if you were in the heydays of Facebook games, you will also remember how the party ended abruptly in 2012. So make sure to forward it inside your company. Me included.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The reason is that they lack a product mindset and either can’t or won’t make the right decision. Konstantin Mitrofanov , Chief Product Officer of Belka Games (a studio that has quietly racked up half a billion in revenues) shares practical steps on how they were able to create an organization that is both autonomous and highly successful.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Board game fulfillment is really complex. In fact, fulfillment often determines how big games are and how many components can be included. Many game developers think about fulfillment only after their project is complete – and you can certainly get away with it! Need help on your board game?

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 5, 2018

Fulfillment is one of the most intricate and complex parts of the board game business. In fact, I’ve written about a few times: a crash course on the concepts , how to prepare for the costs , and a personal story of how hard it was to fulfill War Co. Need help on your board game? They delivered!

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’ve always been interested in experimenting with larger alternative interface layouts, though because I didn’t see much promise in them, and doing so deviates from the core design, the idea was to wait until at least a likely engine update down the road, as well as the completion of most of Cogmind’s content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. From our sponsor: Do you need funds to finish, release, or promote your game? Your game gets screened internally by our industry experts within two weeks. Create an account 2.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Ask him about a free, $10,000 UA test for your game. What a difference a month makes! During the investor call, when asked if gaming or other new business lines (like podcasts) will be a meaningful profit pool.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. It’s so big that we’ve split it up into different sections to make it easier for you to navigate. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Hobby Board Games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

A lot has been written, and there has been a lot of discussion about, the potential for a huge new gaming and virtual world paradigm which many are calling the Metaverse. However, very little has been written or yet discussed about how such a platform needs to work. How will the Metaverse need to support an efficient economy?

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

If you like it, you will love Naavik’s monthly Blockchain Games report! Executive Summary Sky Mavis’ mission is far more about spurring economic opportunity through play rather than about building an amazing game. 2021 was the true breakout year, but much of the technical and developmental foundation was laid prior.

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