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How to Build Better Mechanics for Rewarded In-Game Ads

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Non-paying players generate more costs for the developers, and growing the user base requires constant investment to attract new users through UA practices. With this in mind, developers have taken a step ahead in monetizing the F2P player base with progressive gachas. By watching ads, the boost is triggered for a fixed time.

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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement

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That’s even more true now than it was back in April 2023. In this blog, we look at some of the new and interesting ways developers have implemented minigames into some of the most popular mobile titles on the market, from Royal Match’s Wordle-inspired potion puzzle to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s recreation of Dave the Diver.

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BitCake Studio built online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

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BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. “We didn’t know each other, we just all got a call from a bigger studio that told us we could use some of their spare space to develop video games. . Now we’re much bigger and have lived way past them.”

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

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In the past, hybridization was mainly seen in 4X strategy games that merged with puzzle and idle RPG mechanics , but in recent months this phenomenon has spread to titles of all shapes and sizes across the market – not just the hybrid-casual genre. Mechanically, the mode is relatively similar to Blizzard’s Hearthstone.

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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Are Driving Player Engagement With Race Events

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The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Some developers have added extra mechanics to their race events to keep things fresh and rewarding.

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The Mobile Games Moving Away From Gacha

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Mobile games and gacha mechanics have been closely aligned for a significant time. Regardless of the genre, most gamers playing titles on a mobile device will inevitably encounter gacha mechanics in some shape or form, whether that’s a box gacha, sugoroku gacha, timed gacha, or one of many others.

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Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

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Developed by Alexander Khoroshavin (Alex Goodwin) and a small team, the game centers around an elderly healer named Kazimir, who journeys through a whale-worshiping fantasy land to heal his ‘soul wound’. The control mechanics are integral to the gameplay, allowing players to operate Kazimir and his staff both together and independently.