Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The Snap is an interesting mechanic which is likely to be replicated by competitors: It can be used to bluff , it’s a useful way for competitive newcomers to significantly accelerate their progression, and creates big stakes in high-ranked matches. This is incorrect. This is an interesting decision, which is likely harming ARPPU.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We've been talking a lot about technology lately, and the topic of evolution has appeared several times on our blog. We have long since moved into an era where content is created and delivered every second, so we need to accelerate to keep up with the growing needs of the film industry.

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Game Dev Unchained

AUGUST 24, 2023

” He goes on to highlight a pertinent topic – Return To Office (RTO). The conversation broached topics from the dedication and productivity of workers to investment trends and emerging challenges in the gaming industry. The remote working trend, further accelerated by the pandemic, presents another layer of complexity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

Something that recent events have revealed it’s still an unresolved topic. These “problems” triggered and accelerated speculation, ultimately providing a higher, yet unsustainable, return of investment to players. That makes me quite pessimistic about the immediate future. Even if it takes a lot of tears first.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2018

Here are some of the main highlights of this release, listed by topic/category. Add hardware cursor acceleration support for all platforms. With 11 months of work and over 450 commits to the 2.1 branch since 2.1.4, there's a lot to cover! Check the detailed changelog for the exhaustive listing. Platform support.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

to accelerate the baking tasks. Therefore, performance optimization has become an enduring and ever-relevant topic. The shouldFastBake in the Inspector panel is used to decide which method to use. if (this.shouldFastBack) { this._bakingDirections _bakingDirections = sphereDirections(this.sphereBakeCount); } else { this._bakingDirections

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 6, 2018

This approach of dealing with skeletons works on all relevant hardware, but it is quite CPU intensive, so in future, a runtime check will be made to check if vertex shader texture lookup is supported, in that case a faster, hardware accelerated version will be used. stabilize 3D rendering (unshaded workflow). Seeing the code.

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Deconstructor of Fun

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? It’s important to recognize what exactly ATT is: iOS14 launched back in September, but Apple delayed the rollout of ATT until “early 2021.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

The second factor that accelerates the game is the lesser number of rounds per match: In other autochess games, a single match involves multiple battles against each of the players. With this, Supercell aims at a higher conversion in the premium tier, since the pass is now not only an accelerator but the core progression system of the game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

Obviously, this is a very aggressive move (even more considering the frustrating balance of the loot boxes), and thus it’s been a controversial topic among players. In fact, the Toy Machine is the only way to acquire a few loot box exclusive minis (SP units). Loot Boxes are arranged in several types, with some being time limited.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

When discussing the decline of the business, Ilkka mentions three topics: Firstly, it’s the end of the lockdown-induced hyper-growth. . #4 Supercell missed the boat on performance marketing “We are not heavily dependent on UA, which was negatively impacted by ATT.”

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The team technically began development in 2017, but work started accelerating with the formation of Sky Mavis in 2018. million in order to accelerate development. This acceleration of traction paired with the infrastructural foundation laid over the past couple years culminated in some mega-fundraising. Sky Mavis raised a $7.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

Compiling Godot takes increasingly more time, so I guess a new setup is one more way to accelerate Godot development. I'm sure others have written about the same topic, but this article is written from my own experience, in hopes of it being useful. Motivation. and nowadays I enjoy developing Godot more than anything else.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

In particular, it’s truly impressive to see its acceleration in 2014, driven largely by the introduction of clan wars. While Township’s installs have significantly accelerated in the last year, Hay Day’s downloads have been flat/slightly declining. Netmarble’s Star Wars, Nexon’s Titanfall, and EA’s Command & Conquer).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

IDFA IDFA deprecation was the hottest topic in mobile gaming and RPGs took a big hit too. 6 - N3TWORK, LEGENDARY’s publisher is going to be acquired for talent Correct, N3twork’s tech platform has been acquired by Forte at the end of the year to accelerate the development of blockchain games. monthly run rate. #6

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And the rate of change in games is just accelerating. And you know, the way it works, it seems to be accelerating even more. And, you know, I think that one of the topics that people speak the least about is the fact that what kills many companies are founder relationships and founder relationships are tough. to Gigi's point on.

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