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DIY desserts and tie dye shirts – Mobile games inspired by social media (part 2)

PreMortem.Games

Social media has a knack for bringing niche topics to the attention of a large audience. Lately, we see more and more games inspired by these social media trends making it to the top charts in terms of downloads. AppMagic investigates the rise and fall, successes and failures of these specific types of games. Think again.

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Where to find and how to pick the right trend for your hypercasual game

PreMortem.Games

In addition to the series of articles about hypercasual games and the social media trends that inspire them, AppMagic talked to AZUR Games and FreePlay, both developer and publisher in the mobile- and hypercasual games market. How do you track mobile market trends? AZUR Games: “We test creatives very rarely.

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Why Choosing Unity to Create an Android Game in 2023

Moonmana

This time we’ll unveil the most common reasons why studios choose Unity for creating a game for Android in 2023. Keep on reading and find out what it takes to build a highly-rated mobile game by using the Unity engine and what you should be ready to go through. Is Unity Good for Mobile Games?

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Hypercasual games stagnate, but Japanese publisher KAYAC maintains faith

PreMortem.Games

” “As evident from everyone’s fixation on social media for years, content that humans instinctively find interesting continues to emerge infinitely. However, there will never be a shortage of content that goes viral on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

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2021 Predictions #8 Three Growth Opportunities Unlocked by IDFA Depreciation

Deconstructor of Fun

Eric is a media strategist, quantitative marketer, and author who has spent his career working for transformative consumer technology and media companies. Eric is the author of the book Freemium Economics and the founder of Mobile Dev Memo , the ultimate growth blog and podcast. Access all of our previous predictions.

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Struggling with UA and player retention in a post-IDFA world? Minigames are the answer

Game Refinery

With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).

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2022 Predictions #1 The King is back, Merge overheats and Hypercasuals falter

Deconstructor of Fun

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. The Macro-Level View As we know, 2020 was a year of unprecedented growth for mobile games.

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