Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 17, 2022

Something that recent events have revealed it’s still an unresolved topic. But thinking long term, it also highlights that even if you do all the game economic homework, and you craft the in-game economy so that it doesn’t break by itself, sustainability still remains a problem due to the underlying ecosystem. The reason?

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Pioneers of Pagonia is a fantasy city building and economy management game from Envision Entertainment. We created an Excel sheet with about 400 topics that were mentioned in the feedback by the players. The development team is led by The Settlers original creator Volker Wertich. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.)

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As a result, there are two paths to get heroes depending on whether you want to engage in the token economy: Buy a premium hero in the mobile client as an IAP. However, I do not feel like this game has cracked the nut when it comes to architecting a long-term, sustainable token economy. Buy a premium hero on the web marketplace.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Despite its complex characters and topics pushing against the confines of video game culture, there are still many compromises for the video game format. The voyeurism complicity hand wringing doesn't quite work when the other 90% of the product depends on it. Actors often hold up objects awkwardly so you can click on them.

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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. The world’s economies are close to collapse, and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

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Raph Koster

OCTOBER 21, 2021

(Those who are more politically inclined among you may choose to veer off tangent here, and ponder the ironies in humanity taking the first truly infinite economic resource we have, something actually capable of creating an economy of abundance, and hemming it in with scarcity.). And that’s a whole family of topics for another day.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

How do the game, economy, and tokenomics fundamentally work? According to Sky Mavis’ last update on the topic, DAUs are slightly north of 2M. When asked what their favorite thing is about Axie Infinity, nearly half of the respondents voted for “The Economy,” with a mere 15% putting gameplay first. Source: Messari.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2023

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. Simplest of all, niche economies with small playerbases naturally have smaller skill gaps. This is largely a reaction to notoriously boom-and-bust web3 game economies.

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Game Biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The year 2022 was a tumultuous one for the world economy, with a number of factors contributing to a volatile market. Mobile Game Monetization in 2022: Navigating the eCPM Decline In the last six months, we’ve shared two posts on the eCPM trend due to the interest our clients and other developers have shown in the topic.

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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. Each different game audience needs a different economy.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

. “There’s a lot of negativity around those kinds of topics, and a lot of emotion around words like NFT and Blockchain and Web3.” The company is also looking into ways in which players can create in-game items that are later incorporated into the game and its wider economy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Very deep economy : If Clans’ gameplay and social experience fuel a never-ending desire to progress, its economy provides a quasi-never-ending progression curve. Prediction for Clash Royale Unless Clash Royale addresses its economy, it will continue to gradually decline in the future (e.g., 10-15% in 2020).

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

Metaverse Confusion The concept of the metaverse has become a prevalent topic of discussion within tech circles, primarily after Facebook rebranded to Meta Platforms Inc., Much of the metaverse discussions are centered around creating virtual economies that replicate real-world systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In my personal experience, non-private instances are often unplayable due to griefing cheaters, and the economy is broken by hackers spawning endless money, which happens quite often. After finishing this piece, I happened to find a PC Gamer article about the same topic , which to my satisfaction shares many of my opinions.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 23, 2022

Remember to check out the part one about storytelling elements and a sense of progress, as well as part two on player retention , to deepen your knowledge about the topic of onboarding. In this last part, we will dive into new player monetization. Introducing monetization mechanics through free samples.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

Each of these major updates added multiple changes, in particular the latest one last November was quite big, overhauling many elements of the economy and game visuals. During this year in soft launch, Clash Mini has had a more-or-less active update schedule, with a major update being released every ~2-3 months.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

No doubt this is a deeply discussed topic for a genre that still shows great returns. While existing games still won’t mess with the traditional “lobby with a bunch of multiline slots with a single currency economy” design, we will see a number of new hybrid/mashup apps that are chasing Coin Master, Pirate Kings, and Board Kings.

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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. But as Brandon noted, “What is up in San Francisco? Are you guys still alive over there?”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

Finally, it’s worth noting that the removal of the Trophy Road means that Leagues and Trophy accumulation doesn't grant any kind of reward at the moment , and remains one of the important topics to solve in terms of gameplay systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Dream decided to add these levels as a coin source (see below for economy map), and it is a generous one compared to the standard post-level coin drop. Multi boards are a divisive topic as they can be a nightmare if you are a player that plans their moves ahead. I’ve only seen this in Line games (specifically POKOPANG).

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

However, when a game’s economy is built based on a crypto currency, the fluctuations of that crypto currency’s value have a big effect on how people perceive the game. Since every game uses at least one crypto currency to sell their NFTs and other types of tokens, the whole economy is affected by the trajectory of that crypto currency.

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