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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

Only 15% of casual puzzle games in the US top grossing 200 have implemented it, despite it proving reasonably effective at boosting performance in several level-based puzzle games. With that in mind, are mobile game studios missing out on an important opportunity here to boost engagement?

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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

OpenGameArt: Another excellent resource for free game assets, OpenGameArt focuses on 2D graphics and audio. Find character sprites, environment tiles, UI elements, sound effects, and music tracks, all contributed by artists and musicians within the game development community.

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How to Measure Your Game Performance with Analytics 

iXie gaming

It helps you know the number of users who spend at least a session on your game per day. For instance, unlike a banking app where high monthly usage can be the aim, mobile games often require high daily usage to be successful. It is the number of players who launched your game at least once in a given month.

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Maintenance release: Godot 2.1.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

TileMap editor: Bucket tool - allow deleting and replacing of tiles. TileMap editor: Display fixes and enhancements on the tile palette. TileMap editor: Display current tile coordinates under the pointer. Show object StringName instead of object ID in the debugger. Various buildsystem improvements for Android, Windows, etc.

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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months

PreMortem.Games

Time-sensitive touch Next in our selection is Piano Star: Tap Music Tiles with 25.7M Released back in 2022, the game takes its inspiration from the widely popular Piano Tiles series by Umoni Games. The game offers its players a difficulty range of Hard, Expert, and Crazy. Tiles Hop: EDM Rush!,

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How To Overcame Post-Launch Slump - The Case of Merge Garden

Deconstructor of Fun

You decided how much time you'd spend swapping tiles or tending to your flowerbeds. The Narrative Twist The game's previous characters were strictly utilitarian : they introduced players to the world and reacted as players explored the garden. T his kind of approach would be fairly outdated in the modern mobile game market.

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Marvel Snap - The Definitive Deconstruction

Deconstructor of Fun

I personally have over 15 decks built at any given time to play based on the live-ops and events in the game. Location Tiles As a reminder, winning a game in Marvel Snap requires capturing two out of the three location tiles. This means that the tile will show up 40% more often in games.

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