Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

If Clash Mini achieves a hit status comparable to every other Supercell global launch before, the relevance for the company would be hard to overstate: First, it would mean the validation of their ‘new studios’ strategy (let’s remember that Clash Mini would be the first game ever released by the Supercell Shanghai studio).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 28, 2023

Thus we refer here only to games with explicit currencies (gold, crystals, etc) and item economies (like weapons, items, potions). This only applies to game items or assets formally organized in a clear increasing power or utility progression as part of the game’s core design (Diablo / Wow Loot, Animal Crossing rooms & furniture, etc ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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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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 17, 2020

This analysis is written by UX Reviewer’s Om Tandon and product guy and blog writer Alexandre Macmillan To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. Golf Clash has been a genre defining game for sports arcade, ever since its launch in 2017.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

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.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 23, 2020

The recent trend over the past year or so in 4X games has been towards accessibility. The role of accessibility in form of art style and UX has arguably broaden the player base of these games and thus expanded the market share for 4X games. But there’s still one common element for all top five games - Made in China.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5% In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. 5 Marketing excellence.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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. But, you know, I hardly see game studios that are engineering led.

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