Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Catizen — one of the top Telegram success stories — earned $25 million in revenue as of September 2024 with over 1 million paying users. It’s a simple but very slickly designed “business sim” where you build your own ‘crypto exchange’, with a hamster as CEO. The game Hamster Kombat hit 300 million users.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 20, 2025

Some titles, such as Umamusume: Pretty Derby, have taken things one step further by taking a multimedia approach, with mobile games, anime, and manga series all coexisting and building an ever-expanding universe. Unlike most anime, Evangelion is unique in that its entirely original as opposed to being an adaptation of an existing manga.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. Now we’re in 2024 -- and since 2020, we haven’t seen any new IP get a foothold into this market. The player base dropped from 80 million monthly active users in 2021 to 50 million by mid-2024.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

iXie, through this article, explores the top 5 mobile game monetization strategies to consider in 2024 for the best results. What’s more, it delivers ongoing value to players and builds a robust community. In-Game Purchases Another strategy that can help you monetize your mobile game in 2024 is in-game purchases.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai Mobile Marketing Trends Mobile marketing has become increasingly sophisticated, with a growing emphasis on building lasting user relationships and leveraging user-generated content. Apps vs. Games The balance between apps and games in the mobile market is shifting.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Take hybridization in gaming: while hybrid casual games were the buzz back in 2019, it’s only now—in 2023 and 2024—that they’re fully coming into their own. Manish breaks it down: with hybridization, studios can start monetizing right out of the gate, capturing ad revenue early on and building toward IAP conversions down the line.

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AWS Games

MAY 7, 2024

For Singularity 6 (S6) , creators of the hit game “Palia,” which released across platforms in 2023 and 2024—their developers needed to craft an immersive and captivating gaming experience while managing the vast resources and infrastructure required to keep the game’s services running smoothly.

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AWS Games

JULY 23, 2024

Set to launch by the end of 2024, it runs on servers powered by AWS and is currently in an alpha test phase on Android in Southeast Asia. I can’t wait to see what OVERDARE users build with the technology,” shared Alex Breg, Kinetix Marketing and Business Associate.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Written by Jesper Gustavsson , Director of Product at SYBO Games and a games industry veteran with 10 years of experience in building and operating mobile games as a product manager. The event is balanced to provide easy progression upfront, but it significantly slows down as you approach the end.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Film synopses must pack a complete story arc into one piece, while TV synopses must balance their pilot's hook with future episode potential. TV synopses need to balance the pilot story and series potential , while film synopses must tell a complete story arc in fewer words. Horror script synopses build tension naturally.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 13, 2025

Let's examine key BTL production budget categories: Technical Crew Expenses Production Staff: Department heads ($5,000-15,000/week) Crew members ($2,000-8,000/week) Specialists (VFX supervisors can command $10,000+/week) "Dune: Part Two" (2024) employed over 1,000 crew members during peak production.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Still, Nowell strives to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Human touch Operating under the name RodentGames , Jason Larabie has taught himself the necessary skills to create his upcoming game Artificers Tower , a happy mix of base building, management sim and boss battles. I dont want to work on my game 7 days a week.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2024

This perspective is vital, especially as the industry grapples with the phenomenon of 'rightsizing,' which we recently discussed in our post on The Three Game Industry Trends to Watch in 2024. Intensive Relationship Building : Building relationships with top-tier candidates often takes years.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Understanding players and marketability have also become more important, leading to larger companies increasingly building content fortresses – in which they acquire a user and move them between games in their portfolio. This has led to a resurgence in the value of IP in the market, as it is now harder to get new users.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

billion by 2024. Where a gamer is placed on the scale is all about balance. Three-Step Process of Building New Habits Developing habits and addictions involves these three steps: 1. While we are on this topic, you may wonder, “How popular is gaming as a hobby? What percent of people play video games?” In 2023, there are over 3.09

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Logic Simplified

MAY 22, 2024

User-centered design took a human approach to building websites, applications and products, and not just a technological one. It is a kind of “conscious” design that gains the users’ trust, builds brand image, is socially inclusive, acknowledges diversity and values privacy. Data collection and privacy concerns are a balancing act.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, the game's recent success is evident in its January 2024 performance, marking a historic high in revenue and unprecedented engagement metrics. Culminating with the highest revenue month the game has seen in years in January 2024. This massive uplift in revenue also comes with a resurgence of player engagement.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The game has already been turning heads with a nomination for Best Saudi Indie Game and a win in the Graphics Galore category at the Devcom 2024 Indie Awards. “You’ll see elements like buildings, walls, and characters that reflect this unique style, plus a humorous twist, such as a sea turtle with camel features!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2024

He recalls transforming his father’s old building into a nightclub. Bowden reflects on a tour of Studio Bolland they gave to the Cape Town Mayoral office before AGW in 2023, noting, “I realized that Studio Bolland is doing so much other work that is not game development just so that they can build their games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

My estimation is that - if it happens at all - it would happen somewhere in 2024 the earliest. If that was the intention, perhaps it could make sense to launch globally early on , and use the learnings to continue building a deeper meta, liveops capacity and additional content while waiting for the approval to release in China.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 19, 2025

It has quickly become a top-performing game for the publisher, accounting for over 70% of their revenue in 2024. Metrics for all countries for 2024, data from Sensor Tower ARPDAU for US only for comparison, data from Sensor Tower Game Overview Magicabin is a cozy simulation game centered around restoring an old castle in the woods.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 23, 2025

Below the video is the article based on the interview we published earlier (January 2024) on this site. Compelling gameplay loop Balancing the creation of assets, the Mojsovski brothers share that the assets are a mix of marketplace acquisitions and in-house development. It’s an interesting watch. “I say its 50/50.

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The Bottom Feeder

APRIL 3, 2025

Ne Zha wants to be good, and Ao Bing sometimes serves evil, but they are always in balance, and at one point in Ne Zha 2 someone complains about how the Taoists are causing trouble again, and there's a demon army, and. In 2024, it has to be about how being passionate and working hard is mental illness. I'm not 100% sure.

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