Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 5, 2022

After soaring to new heights during the lockdowns, mobile gaming got hit by platform privacy changes and an overall decrease in engagement as the world opened up again. Though as the market has matured and experienced considerable privacy restrictions, VCs have had to be much more analytical in their investments. In data.ai

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This week, we dive into how to adapt creatives to a changing privacy landscape. With privacy becoming more important to mobile players and the prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) in-app advertising inventories, the quality of your creatives has never been more critical to the success of your games. Subscribe here!

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Game Refinery

MAY 31, 2023

When Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy in April 2021, it forced companies to seek permission from app users before tracking their data and activity across other apps and websites for advertising purposes. This indicates a general trend of app developers complying with Apple’s new privacy policy guidelines.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Marketplace Guidelines and Policies Apple has strict review guidelines for submitting a gaming application in the App Store. Testing should ensure that your game adheres to Apple’s privacy guidelines. Therefore, you must comprehensively test your iOS gaming app to ensure it meets the required guidelines.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 21, 2021

It was also important for us to respect everyone's privacy and data by keeping it under control, enabling and including everyone to join us without having to sign up to a potentially privacy-invasive service. All this in regards to our Privacy Policy , which has been updated to include the new platform.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Develop policies and procedures : develop policies and procedures that guide data management practices, including data privacy, security, and retention policies. These policies should be communicated clearly to all stakeholders. This helps ensure that data is accurate, consistent, and reliable.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2018

If needed, add a privacy policy. The reason why Google removed Godot games from their store is that they were using placeholder permissions looking like normal permissions, without having a privacy policy telling users how potentially collected data is being used.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the recent podcast, Mishka has a chat with the CEO of SciPlay, Josh Wilson , tackling the intriguing question of how the company achieved substantial growth in the social casino market amidst an industry decline and post privacy changes. This is where we make sure that we've even done the investments needed.

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Game Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Privacy changes in the last few years have also required teams to pivot their marketing to further respect customer preferences. Nihat : Privacy changes are here to stay and we realized early on that embracing these changes and experimenting was the only way we would uncover what worked for us.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Allow online gaming within the Xbox account Due to the privacy policy of Xbox and Microsoft, online gaming is disabled for some users. Open the Privacy settings. You will have to enable it to connect to another player’s world. Head to Xbox.com and Sign in to your account. Xbox account is linked to your Microsoft account.

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Game Daily

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s been a full year since the consumer advocacy group Truth in Advertising (TINA) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commision about Roblox’s lax policy towards in-game advertising to children. ” A recent report in The Sun, the UK’s most popular daily newspaper, asked, Is Roblox safe for kids?

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iXie gaming

APRIL 4, 2024

Physical copies don’t require online accounts or DRM checks, providing a sense of independence and privacy. Getting a refund on a digital copy isn’t as simple either as digital storefronts often have strict refund policies, leading to potential customer dissatisfaction and disputes. What does this mean for the industry?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 7, 2018

This is another relatively small release but many people were bitten by the Google Play privacy policy issue. If you use any of the following permissions: CALENDAR, CAMERA, CONTACTS, LOCATION, MICROPHONE, PHONE, SENSORS, SMS, STORAGE you must add a privacy policy to your Google Play account.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 7, 2023

This type of demand shock is analogous to government policy changes. (ex: Cyrex , $25 → $17) Curiously, the Cyrex price drop was not as sharp as the Asiimov, with a gradual decline over the following weeks. This suggests that players are quick to buy new gun skins for active use, but slow to sell off unused inventory.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Roblox has since been supported by the company with various updates to the tools, in-game economy, and privacy policies making it one of the longest-running services in games. The company then decided to change the name to Roblox, which felt more appropriate, before the full launch in 2006.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Exposing a player’s data can raise significant issues related to privacy. Regulatory bodies are constantly creating new policies to ensure personal data is protected against unauthorized exposure or access. But is the player’s data secure, considering the amount of data collected about their profile?

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Game Biz

JANUARY 24, 2023

Specific Privacy Requirements of an Ad Network for Mobile Games When working with any mobile game ad network, it’s important to make sure you are aware of their specific privacy requirements. Make sure you are familiar with the network’s policies and that your game complies with them.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 21, 2018

If you don't have a privacy policy for your game it will be rejected from the App store. When exporting to iOS you get an error about missing or corrupt templates if the App Store Team Id or Required Icons are not set even if the templates are installed. APKs exported using the editor have placeholder permissions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

To be noted, game downloads continued to grow (+8% YoY) despite Apple’s privacy changes that have reshaped mobile marketing. The number of games surpassing $10M, $100M, and $1B spending dropped by -1%, -4%, -33% YoY respectively. Apps on the other hand avoided the hit.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 13, 2018

If you don't have a privacy policy for your game it will be rejected from the App store. There are some issues with the asset library browser when moving the window while images are loading, this sometimes leads to a crash on Windows. APKs exported using the editor have placeholder permissions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

It is tempting for mobile games marketing teams to think of 2021 as being dominated by Apple’s impending new privacy policy for iOS, App Tracking Transparency (ATT). ATT is the privacy framework that prevents developers from using various pieces of user data for the purposes of targeting ads to those users.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2020

Video games have received a tremendous boost from the current shelter-in-place and isolation policies brought upon us by coronavirus. We respect your privacy. This analysis is a part of Deconstructor of Fun’s Digest newsletter. You can sign up to the newsletter at the bottom of this text. First Name. Email Address.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The temperature is gradually increasing due to all the privacy changes. They grew when the lockdowns were over and even when the privacy shakedown started. The stats above paint a picture of a matured industry that is having a hard time finding growth after gradually tighter privacy-infused restrictions on marketing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 29, 2022

When we soft-launched it was during the time of massive uncertainty stemming from Apple’s privacy changes. We regularly review and update our policies and recommendations for the Play Store. We soft-launched our game, Switchcraft, on Android and iOS at the same time.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

They’re also one of the very few mobile gaming companies that have bounced back to the previous heights after Apple’s privacy changes. In our conversation with Maxim, he painted a picture of Playrix as a non-hierarchical company that puts culture over policies and focuses above all performance management. Source: Data.ai

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”. He again placed the blame on Apple’s push into privacy, calling it “hamfisted” and a “mess”. Kress said that the current’s market’s woes were “all Apple’s fault”. “We

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 27, 2022

We followed the Microsoft-Activision saga, watched Apple’s privacy changes rollout and read about blockchain gaming madness that saw self-proclaimed Web 3 companies pick up massive investments at nosebleed valuations. Another mention goes to mobile gaming that got devastated by Apple’s privacy changes. 2022 has been the opposite.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 28, 2021

If Apple really cared about iOS privacy they would give the user to ability to block any app from reaching the internet. Rather than create a complex and unenforceable privacy policy Apple should just let users block the app from using the internet. If Apple really cared about my privacy they would do this.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 19, 2022

We respect your privacy. At today’s prices and SLP reward policies, a 1200 MMR scholar can expect to earn 13 cents a day, but our model suggests that a 1200 MMR scholar from last November with no change to their underlying skill would likely achieve a mere 950 MMR today, putting their daily earning potential at less than 3 cents.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 30, 2020

Apple does a great job of that in terms of customer privacy and where they explicitly tell you. I think it’s really, really important to have not just publicly stated policies, but binding agreements governing data privacy. We are not in the data business. We don’t want your data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Email Address Sign Up We respect your privacy. Picture Quiz released in July 2023, the first game by Half Moon Studios Unlocking Efficiency Through Human-AI Collaboration One of the key hiring stances at Half Moon Studio is their "multiple hats policy." What is this, another blog post about gen AI? You might be asking yourself.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 1, 2023

” In a recent article by The Verge, OpenAI, the company behind DALL-E, announced a new policy that requires artists to grant permission for their work to be used as training data for AI models. As AI continues to develop, it is crucial for the industry to adapt and create policies that respect the work of artists and developers.

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