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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months

PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022. Time-sensitive touch Next in our selection is Piano Star: Tap Music Tiles with 25.7M Released back in 2022, the game takes its inspiration from the widely popular Piano Tiles series by Umoni Games. Tiles Hop: EDM Rush!,

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Tile Racing Pixel Games

Even older hypercasual games break into the Top 10 in Q1 2023

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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Tile Racing Puzzle Games

My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 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. So, why should I go back to make a historical, tile-based 4X game? A Civ-like, so to speak.

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Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics

Endless Runner Games – Core Mechanics and Top Titles

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Subway Surfers was the most popular game for three consecutive years, with 218 million downloads in 2023, 304 million in 2022, and 191 million in 2021. Core Mechanics of an Endless Runner Game Game mechanics make a video game engaging and challenging for players. Level Design ER games have just one level that never ends.

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The Zen Match Case: How a First Mover Fell Behind

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. Designing a Tile Match level When designing puzzle levels, one of the initial goals should be to ensure that players can easily recognize patterns.

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Tile Puzzle Studios Games

My Elephant in the Room, Part 2

Designer Notes

APRIL 1, 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. Now, let’s talk about the tech tree, which has always had a problem with golden paths.

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Tile Build Point and Click Technology

[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

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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Marvel Snap - The Definitive Deconstruction

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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Feature Mechanics Tile Mobile

Finding Genre Success: the Case of Gossip Harbor

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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Balance Mechanics Games Build

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. There is, of course, great news for those waiting on C# support to return to the engine, as it was noticeably missing from alpha builds throughout 2022. You can probably build half a game with tiles alone! It has been a long road to Godot 4.0

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Based 2023’s data, which casual game genres are likely to perform well in 2024?

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

User spending went down by around 3.5%, following the decline trend of 2022. From the entire list, 5 casual genres were selected for further in-depth study: Merge-2 with Meta : the genre was the most promising one in 2022, and in 2023 it showed strong revenue growth. Top image: Merge Mansion.

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Data Mechanics Games Development

2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

This increase, sliced by subgenre, was driven mostly by Tile Blast and Puzzle & Decorate. The earliest would be 2022 and until then they’ll most likely scratch the puzzle itch through investment in studios who specialize in puzzle. As is the whole Istanbul gaming ecosystem. 2021 is the year when this will really change.

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Puzzle Mobile Mobile Games

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A broughlike is a variation on a roguelike named after designer Michael Brough , who has spoken before on his design patterns like square tiles, orthogonal movement, turn parity, glitching, limited info, simple maze designs, minimal resources. L loss or often worse, since cops can exploit the same chain reaction mechanic as the player.

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Hypercasual games market is shrinking, still 3.7 billion downloads last 3 months

Even older hypercasual games break into the Top 10 in Q1 2023

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My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

Endless Runner Games – Core Mechanics and Top Titles

The Zen Match Case: How a First Mover Fell Behind

My Elephant in the Room, Part 2

[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Marvel Snap - The Definitive Deconstruction

Finding Genre Success: the Case of Gossip Harbor

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Based 2023’s data, which casual game genres are likely to perform well in 2024?

2021 Predictions #1 Puzzle Games Becomes the Top Grossing Genre on Mobile

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

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