Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Among the most topical video game industry trends, NFT or play-to-earn approach is the next evolution of game industry secured by blockchain and providing in-game transactions. To make it even more profitable, game developers increase their monetization by in-app purchases and ads. NFT Games and Blockchain Keep Being Trendy.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

A quick search online can help you find hundreds of GDevelop tutorials on any topic or mechanic you want to learn about. On the forum, you will find various discussions on GDevelop topics, and you can create your own thread to pose questions to the community. However, you can’t monetize your Construct games unless you have a license.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

2: Their secret sauce is closing the monetization and marketing loop to help developers supercharge growth. #3: Advertisers will need to come up with sophisticated models for identifying monetize-able users early in their tenure in a game so as to push those users into lookalike lists that can be used for targeting more users like them.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In terms of monetization, Chess is free to download and generates most of its revenue through paid subscription plans. Chess is monetized through paid subscription plans The developer of the game, Chess.com, has six other Chess-themed games available on iOS and Android.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

These points are informed by my research into the topic and conversations I’ve had with platform operators and gaming and ad tech executives: When will ATT be made mandatory? The decline in CPM leads to general decline in both user acquisition costs and ad monetization revenue. Which game genres are more at risk?

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Big Games

AUGUST 19, 2021

And discussing the benefits of playing mobile games is a bit of a controversial topic. Though people might find it outrageous to get to know the benefits of playing mobile games, there are authorized and genuine studies and research on this topic. In general, non-gamers do not have a good opinion about playing mobile games.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A consequence of offering different products and services is having to adapt your operating model and address topics that until then might have been faced only by their internal IT teams such as SLAs, disaster recovery, data governance, compliance and availability.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Enjoy the few hand-picked topics transcribed below or just enjoy the full episode from whatever platform you get your podcasts from. By going into more diverse geos, you’re able to look further beyond just regular in-app purchase monetization and think about a more holistic monetization strategy.

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Game Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Nihat : Measurement has been a very important topic for us internally, especially post ATT with limitations and delays in signals making it more challenging to optimize campaigns successfully. iOS has always been a big part of our businesses with strong monetization so we adopted the SKAdNetwork framework.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

So it seems that, while Thetan Arena has been able to reach a much bigger audience through the P2E unique selling point, when it comes to IAP it hasn’t been able to monetize them better. The monetization of those areas happens outside of the mobile game client.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

As Fink elaborates, “We have some people sometimes we’re just too bad in some topics so we get help from outside… but apart from this, that’s pretty much it. Interestingly, when the game first blew up, the developers didn’t monetize it immediately.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It's an excellent way to dive deeper into the discussion and gain a comprehensive understanding of the topic. This systematic record-keeping ensured that they always had a clear understanding of who on the team had spoken with whom, the timing of these conversations, and the topics discussed. Enjoy the podcast!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

But succeeding with a +1 game requires a specific skill set such as performance marketing expertise, high-velocity LiveOps, and strong monetization. When discussing the decline of the business, Ilkka mentions three topics: Firstly, it’s the end of the lockdown-induced hyper-growth.

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Game Biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In this blog post, we will analyze how the eCPM compares in 2022 and 2021 and explore the impact that these events have had on the ad monetization industry. Their interest comes as no surprise, as eCPM is one factor developers looking to monetize their users with ads and purchases cannot control. Ad monetization managers know this.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll provide you with the most comprehensive information on the Unity vs Unreal engine topic. Community Unity vs. Unreal Engine communities is another topic for hot discussions. A large asset store and various plugins are available, which opens up different game monetization infrastructures. What is Unity?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 26, 2017

Now, now, that's enough self-gratification for a day, let's go back to our other topic: the Patreon rewards. As a non-profit project supported by a US-based charity ( Software Freedom Conservancy ), there are restrictions on the kind of services or products that we can monetize. Upgrade and clarification of the Patreon rewards.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A strong correlation between both KPIs can be seen in the graph below: Nevertheless, I think that the negative revenue trend provides insights into the reasons that prompted the Brawl Stars devs to make such significant changes to the game’s progression and monetization model: One key reason behind these changes was to try to revitalize Brawl Stars.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

The onboarding period is the delicate phase where the player’s relationship to the monetization mechanics of the game is often decided – for better or worse. In this last part, we will dive into new player monetization. Introducing monetization mechanics through free samples. New Player Offers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In the next few chapters, we’ll visit these topics one by one. This paves the way for high player engagement and monetization, which naturally led to its success in monetization. The game has also become a fine example in terms of strategies, monetization, and publishing. Accumulative Damage Mechanism.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Business Potential: Monetization is weak, because of the low spending depth (small collection and deck size, no gacha) and very limited pressure and ways to spend. To maintain its current performance and grow, Snap needs a higher revenue per download, which likely requires reinforcing monetization.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow and monetize their games. Unrelated to the pandemic, Apple proposed a change to IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers), which was also a hot topic across mobile gaming. This offsets the missed monetization on e.g. extra moves, given the lack of a loss condition.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Tower Pop’s investors include Play Ventures, which has a portfolio of dozens of emerging Web3 gaming companies, as well as Agnitio Capital , which tends to back gaming companies with an emphasis on back-end infrastructure and monetization. “We’re not doing any play-to-earn,” adds Niklas.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

While finding the blue ocean is the enduring hot topic for game developers, staying relevant as that ocean turns red is a rare and more valuable skill to possess. Another important factor to keep in mind is that the most downloaded Tile Match game, Triple Tile, does not monetize through in-app purchases.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The conversation covers a gamut of topics, ranging from macroeconomics and behavioral economics to generative AI, Unity's strategic shifts, the dynamics of the console market, and much more. Quoting Mishka, Chris is hailed as "a true game executive starting from the beginning of your career."

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Overall, changes seem to be oriented to: 1) increase engagement by adding gameplay depth ; 2) improve monetization by putting more focus loot boxes for the acquisition of new units; and 3) aim to make players diversify their units through modes where they play with the entire collection, and more incentives to acquire and upgrade all units.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Introduction Have you ever been sitting in a meeting – or listening to a podcast, perhaps – where the merits of a game were being discussed and the topic of “Game of the Year” was raised? In our anecdotal experience, the game has been a polarizing topic among industry insiders.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Gaming expert speakers talked about the hottest topics in the gaming industry from 2022 predictions to rising game categories, from blockchain & NFT gaming to launch strategies. Google and DoF brought together the most influential gaming investors, companies, and talents in Istanbul!

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Recently a player asked me a question regarding my game balance philosophy, and while I can often respond to queries by pointing to some previous article, despite all my writing and no doubt occasionally touching on related topics, I had yet to explicitly do any sort of summary of the philosophy behind my gamedev work.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

Other than how cool they look, there’s nothing particularly innovative Monetization (new Battle Pass, Emotes, Free Trial etc). Clash Mini has integrated multiple changes and additions focused on improving its capacity for monetization. So the problem is monetization or retention here?

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Strong iPad monetization indicates that this is a game played at home by a more mature audience. Monetization Importance of Time Management Time management is an essential part of the gameplay. Conceptualizing the monetization in Township 1. All revenue is net. Data from the best in business, Sensor Tower. source: Sensor Tower.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

In this article, we are going to explore this topic: Does Lost Ark help MMORPG in the western market enter a new age？ Gameplay: A satisfactory and standard production As a title made within the classical Korean MMORPG framework, the core UX is similar to that of other Korean MMORPG, including character design, storyline, career system, raids, etc.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

Mid-core games tend to focus on deeper meta-games that offer good long-term monetization. The genres that rely on long-tail monetization kept growing despite an often significant drop in downloads. 4X games are notorious for having a relatively small number of players that monetize significantly above the average.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

The game integrates progression and monetization mechanics that are missing in other autochess titles (power progression, unit collection…), but they have significantly less spending depth than in other SC games. The Autochess Genre Supercell enters a poorly monetizing core genre with a mass-market IP and a casual twist.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

You can trade Air Jordans on StockX , Monet paintings on Masterworks , or rare Pokemon cards at TCG Player. A cold calculating trader would only care about the outcome, but human beings seem to love watching the outcome unfold - a puzzling topic for economists. Even non-game markets are increasingly “fun”. are growing phenomena.

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MAY 4, 2020

Nevertheless, since every single game released after Clash of Clans had a lower RPI, it is important for Supercell to carefully consider the impact of new launches on existing titles - and in particular the risk of existing players migrating to those lower monetizing titles. This will lead to a bigger team.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

We discuss the writer’s experience playing and interacting with the Clash Quest community over the past year and a half, what they enjoyed about the game, and why they think the game was not able to meet its retention and monetization targets. That sort of approach would have perhaps been good at increasing monetization.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Ad creative is also the topic of Prediction 2. The straightforwardness of ad monetization will further help to monetize these niche puzzle games. The straightforwardness of ad monetization will further help to monetize these niche puzzle games. Only one new entrant made a big splash: Lily’s Garden by Tactile Games.

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