PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2025

Luke Muscat is no stranger to success in the mobile gaming world. I didnt feel like I was learning that much with each new game, he says. To find his first solo project, he developed a new brainstorming approach: he built a prototype in roughly 100 hours and let people play it. Why did you become a solo developer?

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 14, 2024

A new report by mobile game company Sandsoft says that 81% of mobile developers are working on a new title, while 83% have raised capital to develop, launch, or market a game. The majority of developers (47%) are testing a prototype, while 9% are at the soft launch stage. Read more

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

Attendees can also check out Ada, a prototype in-game NPC powered by the MetaHuman Animator in Unreal Engine and Amazon Bedrock. Another demonstration will allow lounge visitors to play video games streamed from Amazon Luna while learning about the studios and services involved in the development process.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

It contains the game’s proposed design like the concept of the game, genre, core game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, illustrations/sketches, story and characters, levels and monetization strategies. This decides whether the game is worth pursuing or not. GDD is updated regularly.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Everything looks tiny when compared with one of the biggest mobile games in history. It follows a worrying trendline of Supercell’s subsequent games having ever weaker monetization at launch. Brawl Stars, Supercell's crown jewl in 2024 had to climb outta of a hole in 2018. The soft launch was not going well at all.

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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. If you’re an indie studio hoping to launch a hit game, you might want to think about partnering up with Voodoo, because they excel at what they do. Despite this extensive prototyping, only about 0.4%—approximately

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