Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Diablo Immortal also builds on its narrative by periodically adding expansions, which add additional playable areas introduced through new story content. Much of the game’s financial success can be attributed to how it has intertwined its likable characters with its monetization mechanics.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Sony holds its exclusive State of Play event every year where they announce new products, intellectual properties and exclusive content for previously released games. It was a 20-minute-long video release that featured a few new trailers and some advertisements for some exclusive Sony content. State of Sony so Far. Pacific Drive.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Hypercasual Q1 regional split Comparing the total downloads in Q1 2023 with those in Q4 2022, we see a decrease of 5%. However, an even more significant downtrend can be noticed when comparing Q1 2022 to Q1 2023. Another mechanic to get all of the mentioned above that two games out of five use is the Fortune Wheel.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Succinctly, the Play Pendulum theory suggests that the video game industry alternates between two primary types of innovation: content innovation and distribution innovation. With this framework in mind, we can explore how different eras of the industry have oscillated between content and distribution innovation.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. Whoever emerges victorious wins a random assortment of boosters.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

With the technology and tools we’re developing alongside our partners, we want to foster a community for our namesake game that is able to create their own content and benefit from it, and immerse themselves in content that others have made and shared.” ” Core to Avalon will be player-created content.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

On December 12th, 2022, Brawl Stars removed its loot boxes, replacing it with a ‘direct purchase’ system for acquiring content. This calculation excludes December 2022, which boosted revenue due to the winter holidays). This move shocked many within the industry and generated polarized opinions among experts.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In previous years I’ve opened the review with a collage of dev images of varying themes and content, but approaching the end of this year we have one major theme that stands out, and that I’ll be writing more about below, so let’s hear it for the interface mockups! The first three years there are Alpha, followed by Beta.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 25, 2022

So, to avoid security breaches, select a blockchain that has a proven track record of keeping a security history of peer-review and mining-free consensus mechanism, such as proof of stake. List of Best blockchains for NFT 2022. As a consensus mechanism, it is a carbon-neutral blockchain that uses delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS).

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

First here’s our yearly dev collage showing off in visual form some of the progress and work since our last review, version 2022! Cumulative hours of Cogmind-related work, 2013~2022. This year’s major release was of course Beta 11 “Mechanical Renaissance,” in the works for 17 (!) Development Time.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

The idea for Dead Meat came in 2022, when Keane and Ackland were discussing what the ultimate First Person Talker might look like. Press B to express Doubt’, for example, is a classic case of mismatch between gameplay scenario and mechanical input. Using natural language and free-text input would clearly be a significant improvement.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

Successful 4X games developers are constantly bringing new gameplay mechanics to stand out in the market as seen in the examples below. 2022 Predictions for 4X games We’ll see even more external IPs in the 4X genre. The launch of Valorant Mobile in 2022 is likely to invigorate it considerably. . #3 Product innovation is crucial.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

For example, if shadows are an important game mechanic (think of Splinter Cell ), then a higher cost for extra-nice ray-traced shadows makes sense, but spending extra performance on RT translucency probably doesn’t make as much sense. Note that you can access this content on demand.) Could you provide any insights into this problem?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy was launched in the global markets in August 2022, luring players to the game with its “Genshin with an MMO experience” headlines. Although, in these types of games, whenever there is a new content update, there is also a revenue spike, which can be shown in the case of Tower of Fantasy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

A game that really fell during 2022 losing nearly half of its revenues in the process. 5 Simulation Games (revenue -18%, downloads +16%) Roblox , which brought well over a billion Dollars in 2021, declined by 27% in 2022 while not losing downloads. Globally, time spent grew 25% from 2021 to 2022. Until next week. ?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

New content releases would drive intermittent spikes in revenue, that would push revenue up to between $500k and $750k. The highest they have been since the start of 2022, at roughly 150% greater than 2023’s baseline install rate. The Brawl pass is also a key component to quest content depth and goal setting in the game.

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Gameplay Mechanics Although both of these titles have many similarities, some key differences have made them unique from each other. This characteristic has created many more contrasts, particularly in the shooting, movement, and overall game mechanics. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic. Fortnite is ahead.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s again taking a super simple addictive core game but actually pairing it with a simplified progression mechanic and some amount of live operations. And the progression mechanic result in in-app purchases. If you look at the top 30 new downloaded games in 2022, what you’ll find out is that none of them was a hypercasual game.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Gran Turisimo 7 , released in 2022, marked the 25th anniversary of the series’ beginning, and included implementation of Universal Scene Description (USD). Although it is a library designed for video production, USD’s mechanism for supporting large and complex pipelines could be used for in-game production.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Since its release in 2022, Gossip Harbor has enjoyed remarkably stable and close to linear growth, which is especially impressive in a post ATT-world. The game and mechanics themselves skew much more casual than the core titles in this comparison, but arguably the game is also slightly more casual than Travel Town and Merge Mansion.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The usage of spells, tactics, and magic items : Mechanics reminiscent of classic puzzle game boosters, but with more limited uses. Puzzle RPGs where the real meat is on the RPG and hero collection mechanics. And the meta component outside the main puzzle gameplay is more limited. The full post can be found here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics. Another MMORPG-related bias was the expectation of continuous content updates, visually different challenges/upgrades and a metagame focused on progression and cosmetic rarity.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 23, 2023

Fastforward to September of 2022 and the game, Marvel Snap, is finally out globally after a considerable amount of time in soft launch. The Beginning Let me walk you through the beginning of the game to illustrate just how well done it is, while also explaining the game’s simple mechanics. What’s the best way to describe Marvel Snap?

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

A secret is a bit of content – a part of a level, an item, a character, or any other thing in the game, which is (for lack of a better term) “missable” I hate to use the term missable, because that has a negative connotation, but it also points to an important part of what secrets are. What are secrets in videogames?

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series. Now the real world date has caught up with the science fiction, as it always does.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2024

What’s more, game developers can utilize tools like A/B testing, player telemetry, and heatmaps, enabling them to tailor content, identify areas of improvement, and adjust difficulty levels. These staggering statistics are a nightmare for developers who need to implement more robust security mechanisms to protect player data.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. VFX covers the blend of computer-generated imagery with filmed content and creates completely digital worlds.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The game won over millions of gamers with the adorable Cookie characters and a perfect mashup of RPG and Build & Harvest mechanics. In terms of content, the plot of Cookie Run: Kingdom advances very quickly while maintaining a grip on the details of the characters. What was Cookie Run: Kingdom ’s secret to success?

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 20, 2023

Beta 11 was particularly special due to its sheer scope and secondary aim at rebalancing a number of fundamental mechanics, so unlike the usual shorter coverage of stats that I do over on the forums, let’s take a more comprehensive look at some relevant stats from Beta 11… ( Beta 9 stats were the last I covered here on the blog.)

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Designer Notes

APRIL 2, 2023

I gave an Old World postmortem at GDC 2022, which is available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Christmas 2022 was made very special for some as Moon Active announced the acquisition of the casual puzzle game Zen Match for as much as $150M. They showed the potential of this new mechanic 2 years ago when merge was all the rage. But we can safely say that Moon Active saw a potential in Zen Match.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Content Although the Deferred Rendering technique was officially proposed at GDC in 2004, nearly 20 years have passed, and there are still many people who don’t know the details, especially those who are new to 3D programming. GBuffer Content To complete lighting processing, some basic information is essential, such as. width, height).setPassInput(this.lastPass.slotName(camera,

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Sky Mavis team knows all this, which is why there are several new developments in the pipeline: a F2P version with (potentially) greater distribution, land, user-generated content, and more. On the other hand, Axie Infinity mashes familiar turn-based gameplay with a Hearthstone-like card battler mechanic.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Coin Master truly innovated on a core Casino mechanic by making random chance just one block in the core loop, not the only block. 2019 Prediction #2: Existing top apps will incrementally improve live ops and content, and experiment with new meta concepts, additional currencies, and deeper/more complex social structures. Euro Bites.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Previs animator - Previs artists create and block out 3D digital content that helps visualize what a scene, set, or certain actions will look like before it’s filmed, created, or finalized. CG Spectrum's 2022 Houdini FX student showcase. They oversee both the foundation and execution of the game mechanics and overall user experience.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. You may have already seen some of this content on social media, in blog posts, or in alpha release notes. Previous versions of the engine provided users with a powerful, but obscured mechanism for preparing imported 3D assets.

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