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. Fly High Regardless of genre, most anime-based titles are monetized through gacha mechanics.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In terms of both technical achievements and content expansion, 2024 was a huge year for Cogmind… but first, the traditional opening collage, a quick visual summary of the year: Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (larger size here ). Including art!

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Depending on the type of IP you want to license, collaborations also provide an opportunity to freshen up your narrative elements and gameplay mechanics. How well does the franchise – if it’s a film or TV show, for example – lend itself to your gameplay mechanics? Does it match your target demographic?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

The AppMagic Hypercasual games recap for the second quarter of 2024 unveils some interesting information about this specific part of the mobile games market. General Market Trends Compared to Q1 2024, the market has shifted down by 11%, amassing 3.38B installs. (a Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Unity is used for use cases beyond games, and these new use cases may not run on traditional game platforms, so being able to build for a wide variety of platforms is critical. Benefits of Unity Build on AWS An application build pipeline needs to run uninterrupted, and flexibly increase or decrease capacity for different development phases.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The Numbers Dont Lie Endless runner games have captivated mobile gamers worldwide, seamlessly blending simple mechanics with engaging gameplay. million occurring in September 2024 alone ( App Radar ). Kids: Bright colors and simple mechanics? But why do people go bonkers for them? Casual Gamers: Love the no-pressure vibe.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This city-building sim takes players back to the Song Dynasty, where they must navigate the challenges of settling a town, cultivating the land and expanding the city. When the team first decided to make a sim management style game, they quickly settled on a city building sim. “We But it took some tweaking to get the right balance.

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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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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2024

Technology Trends in XR - 2024 Extended Reality is breaking new ground and this blog talks about extended reality technology trends like the Metaverse, Digital Twin Technology and Holoportation. Let's check out technology trends in XR - 2024. in the Metaverse.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai Casual Games went Hybrid: These are tailored for a broad audience with straightforward mechanics, usually aim to sustain player engagement to boost revenue via ad monetization. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape.

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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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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. After that, if you want to ship something, you need to build discipline.” After reaching larger milestones, I send playtest builds to friends to get feedback and polish things up. “There have been a few 6-month breaks there.”

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s find out how KAYAC approaches development of Hypercasual games in 2024; what their expectations from the market are; which best practices for game development they can point out; and what tips for adapting games for the Western region they have to offer. As such, we intend to pursue both moving forward!”

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

We wanted to have a mechanic to highlight that being a stray cat is not all fun and games. For the next game, we will be more prepared and build on our experiences.” Copycat is out on 19 September 2024 on Steam. This duality reflects another narrative technique the team employs – moral choices. “We

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

External validation rarely comes your way, especially while seeking attention on social media – which is absolutely required to build a community and get to be known by players. I usually start with a location or concept from which I build a ‘mind map’. What’s your creative process? “My

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

This post was originally published on [ 22-06-2021 ] and has been updated on [ 30-09-2024 ] to reflect new information and insights. Hybrid apps save money by building one app that too for all required platforms. This is a win-win for both players as well as game app developers , because good game apps are forever in demand.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun and a games industry veteran with 15 years of experience in building, operating, and scaling games and game companies. Can targeting of payers be done effectively in 2024? He’s also something of a protein smoothie sommelier. The only real precedent for that is GDPR.

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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. Opinions shared are personal and do not reflect those of the employers.

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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. That’s because these new tiered purchase options include an old fan favorite, luck mechanics!

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Keith Burgun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

My 2024 updated Final Fantasy tier list. But it is sure NOT to engage with that idea too deeply or bring out any political nuance or details that might interact with what people seriously care about in 2024. In my opinion, Final Fantasy 16 is really bad. Just a good old-fashioned bad videogame. This review won’t contain spoilers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Written by Michail Katkoff , founder of Deconstructor of Fun and a games industry veteran with 15 years of experience in building, operating, and scaling games and game companies. The collection and account progression mechanisms, as well as their utility in an action sequence, are very different and lacking when compared to Brawl Stars.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Can you feel the excitement building? This practice allowed them to fully immerse themselves in various games, gaining firsthand experience of monetization models, community dynamics, and gameplay mechanics. While this open dialogue is crucial for building trust, it can also extend the timeline of the M&A process.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

One of the things I’ve been focusing on a bit more in recent years is a revival of the greater game:non-game work ratio that Cogmind enjoyed in its early years when I was less interested in promoting it and more interesting in just building cool stuff. Shown another way: Net total item count in Cogmind, 2015-2023 and beyond.

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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

APRIL 22, 2024

At the same time, we consider gameplay to be paramount and strive to refine it so that all mechanics and assets are constantly reused. It’s crucial for us that the system we’re building is self-contained without unnecessary elements, and I think we’re achieving that.” It’s crucial for us to find cool ideas.

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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

JUNE 3, 2024

If you've been curious about how world-leading game publishers are operating in 2024, you're in for a treat. These selected teams were capable of integrating elements from casual games, blending simple gameplay mechanics with deeper, more engaging features that promote better retention and monetization. Make sure to reach out !

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Tokenomics #20 - Why MystenLabs Raised $300m to Build a Better Layer1 for Web3 Gaming Lastly ? The rules regarding IAP methods are now the following: Apps may not use their own mechanisms to unlock content or functionality, such as license keys, augmented reality markers, QR codes, cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency wallets, etc.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 19, 2024

If you want a compelling game that builds a passionate fanbase, interesting storytelling is the most cost-effective way to do it. In 2024, a game with a ton of reading can do well, but it won't be a megahit. Then the precious, limited time and words could be used for plot mechanics and exposition. However, let's be honest.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The shooting mechanics look sound along with a many interesting characters and locations being introduced in this title. The game is to release some time in 2024, but looks like it’s going to be well worth the wait. This outpost incidentally also doubles down as the Disney Land outpost. Pacific Drive.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 12, 2020

Below is the graph of historical (2015–2019) and projected (2020–2024) free cash flow of both Zynga and Supercell by linear extrapolation (not necessarily our belief of what will happen) for the two companies. Clash of Clans drew heavily from Backyard Monsters on social but improved the mechanics for mobile.

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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. The collaboration extends to game mechanics and gameplay loops, where player feedback plays a crucial role in shaping the final product. It’s an interesting watch. We love making games, but those games are made for the players.

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