Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This final prediction of 2021 is written by Eric Benjamin Seufert. Access all of our previous predictions. Access all of our previous predictions. 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?

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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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Game Daily

MAY 12, 2023

As you can see, it’s a hot topic. GameDaily: Finally, I know it’s always dangerous to predict the future, but it seems likely to me that we will see major lawsuits and legal cases over the next few years that will go a long way to clarifying these issues. How do you expect that to play out?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2020

We value some topics covered in the proposal. If you have done research on the topic, now is the time to show it. We know that predicting time in the software world is super hard. You need to make sure your project is wanted, otherwise you might waste an application. Once that's done, start a new document to write your proposal.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. What follows is an overview of the performance of puzzle games over the last year, a retrospective of last year’s predictions for 2020 and some new predictions for the coming year of 2021. The Solitaire sub-genre grew as we predicted last year.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

I had been running a studio for half a decade before I learned the term emotional intelligence, and even now -a decade later- researching, studying, and getting guidance on the topic teaches me new, more effective, and more honest ways of looking at myself, my leadership, and my creative practice.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Many articles and papers have been written on the topic, and a variety of different depth buffer formats and setups are found across different games, engines, and devices. Upchurch and Desbrun predicted a 25% reduction in absolute numerical error, but it doesn’t seem to translate into a reduced rate of comparison errors.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. As you’ve noticed from the previous prediction post , we actively refer to the categories, genres and sub-genres. This article in our prediction series will cover the Casino category.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

They seemed so on point I incorrectly predicted a positive long-term outcome. While my prediction turned out to not be true, the fact that the revenue decline has been only 14% is noteworthy. And thanks to the great Phillip Black for kicking off this topic on DoF.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

all predictions can be found here. To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun infrequent, but powerful newsletter. Before you jump in, let us sum up how we arrived to the predictions. Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this article, we will examine the changes from the last updates, analyze the results so far, and we will make our prediction on whether they will be enough to turn things around for Mini. This meant that it was almost impossible to predict what the opponent would do next, since all the units and their placements could change.

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The Bottom Feeder

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Whenever I write about a topic that upsets me, I calm myself by illustrating it with charming, reassuring stock photos. Even the toughest of mercenaries can be tilted by the entirely predictable response of a handful of crabby people. I used Google Image Search. If you get uncomfortable, stare at the photos.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2019

Perfecting prediction mechanism. I have tried to summarise my entire research surrounding the topic of creating a GDNative addon that extends an API which is called to from within the editor, in this devlog. Exposed controllable variables to user. UI is close to fully done. What's left. Adding velocity matching.

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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. Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

This prediction is written by Michail Katkoff and Buğrahan Göker. Access all previous predictions here. Last Year’s 4X Predictions. 2022 Predictions for 4X games We’ll see even more external IPs in the 4X genre. This is an easy prediction to make as nearly half of the top-10 titles all had IP integrations in 2021.

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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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Game Biz

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. There are a lot of changes in the market, so all of the predictions for 2022 were probably overestimated by at least 20%.

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 13, 2022

Instead, it’s clear that the game was always about birds, and that the designer and artists took their time to research the topic and consider how aspects of the setting could be turned into mechanics (it’s a pleasure see how owls, buzzards, turkeys, and so on are each turned into a single rule).

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

The objective of this analysis is to provide a prediction on Supercell’s future and, where possible, make suggestions on their path forward. 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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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 18, 2023

My prediction is that GTA VI will have a direct sequel to the Online mode of the previous game, and that it will be available at launch or very close to it, that the game will have a greater huge focus on it than previous installments, and that GTA V and its Online mode will be completely sunset after GTA VI launches.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In the next few chapters, we’ll visit these topics one by one. During this relatively long period (we could split this period into another 2~3 phases to be more specific, but we are not covering this topic here), the experience of paying players will be better. Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success.

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

Others have very low rates like Access (10%), being a huge map with wide corridors and large machines, designed for lots of open space and more predictable content. Of course this change comes with significant balance repercussions, which we’ll cover when we get to discussing that topic further below. RIF Installers.

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Sky Betting and Gaming Technology

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

They usually feature short presentations on a single track, as well as guided conversations on a variety of topics. One prediction that struck a chord with me was prevalence of the next stage in the CI/CD pipeline, which is Continuous Verification. What is Chaos Engineering?

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Sky Betting and Gaming Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Web performance has a massive influence on the quality of a users experience and as such has always been a big topic in web development. Takeaway 1 - Web performance is as challenging today as it ever was. Despite these changes, one thing still holds true - “80-90% of end-user response time is at the frontend.”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

Prediction: Clash Mini global launch isn’t imminent Before jumping into those questions, it’s worth clarifying that I believe Clash Mini is still many months away from an actual global launch. Kind of the contrary. So in this piece, we will answer two questions: What has changed in Clash Mini since the beginning of the soft launch?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

We predict that it will normalize at a higher baseline than its competitors. A predictable amount increases by one per turn, removing any randomness from the mana curve of the match. The new currency partially solves the topic of sharding. Source: Data.ai The mana system is the same as Hearthstone.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The Playrix Approach of Performance Marketing This topic is explained in some of the articles posted in Deconstructor of Fun but at its simplest, there are 2 metrics that we look into to understand how high we can scale a game, CPI (Cost per Install) vs ROAS (Return on Ad Spend). And revenue followed suit…. source: Foxintelligence.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

I’m quite pleased with the results of the balancing efforts, with so many improvements all over the place, although there were a few topics of discussion surrounding utility mechanics that involved some compelling ideas but were ultimately inconclusive. Well… something was eventually done about it: Beta 11 removed them :P.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

According to Sky Mavis’ last update on the topic, DAUs are slightly north of 2M. Both new and existing players started generating more SLP than usual, which led to a spike in supply and (predictably) a decline in SLP price as a result. Between August and September 2021, SLP supply started skyrocketing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

We predict a long soft launch filled with radical changes. On top of allowing easier comebacks and being easier to win, this mode generates very interesting mind games with the opponent , as the player that can predict the team evolution and placement of the other will have the edge. Rumble mode is way more challenging.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This week, we get into one of the hottest topics, whether the App Store’s NFT guidelines will hurt or help blockchain games. Apple’s latest updates to the App Store Review Guidelines shed some light on this positioning while creating even more questions about the topic. In Today’s Email ? percent Subscription-based gaming to reach $24.1

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As an investor, I completely not disregard the data driven ones because I think that as investments, they sometimes make far easier and better investments, a lot more predictable. You know, I love, I love the creative led businesses. And I also think. Gigi Levy Weiss Exactly. But it's not great for the next stage.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Predictions for 2023: What comes next? Prediction #1: Local optimals will be found If a team wants to develop a mobile, PC or a console game, it is very easy to find an infinite number of resources on how to develop, market, and sell those games. Of course, it’s hard to predict the topic or theme of those local optimals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

For more thorough market analysis, please read 2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile ). Multi boards are a divisive topic as they can be a nightmare if you are a player that plans their moves ahead. For example, rivers combined with drop obstacles can make a level a lot more difficult.

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Grumpy Gamer

OCTOBER 18, 2004

Since we're dealing with known technology, this should be very predictable. Staffing is the main expense, and is always a hotly debated topic. We're also going to do a very rigorous pre-production, this will be essential in getting the game done on time and on budget. At least not to start. Development costs and plan.

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Designer Notes

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Race for the Galaxy , for example, is often accused of being multiplayer solitaire – although the other humans add noise to the system, and mastery comes from predicting that noise. The issue of “infinite city spam” seems to be a constant topic in Civ discussions. Was this an issue on the Civs you worked on?

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