Brand Game Development

AUGUST 26, 2019

Some of this goes back to the process of creating your game, getting it manufactured, and raising funds. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. We also generated leads with paid advertising, reviews, and a Rahdo review. Eat villagers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Genre-Specific Winners: Puzzle Games Prevailed: The genre fell by only 6% YoY in downloads and gained 10% in IAP revenue, thanks to new games like Block Blast and Royal Match, and established hits such as Candy Crush and Gardenscapes. Games are being left at the bottom of users' waterfall for killing time.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Thief Puzzle: to pass a level Another new hit with 27M downloads is Thief Puzzle: to pass a level. The game’s monetization strategy is focused primarily on In-app Ads: it has short levels with a big amount of post-level and try-again Interstitial ad placements that allow Thief Puzzle: to pass a level to generate high LTV.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 23, 2023

Hogervorst suggests: “In theory, if a developer or publisher updates their store page once a month, that should be sufficient time for iterating the page.” Striking the right balance between marketing and game development is crucial, ensuring a unique and marketable product.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

But given the degree to which speculation about IDFA has dominated discussions about mobile games marketing since June, before jumping into the substantive predictions for the year, it makes sense to commence the piece with a set of machine-gun hypotheses around the direct impacts on mobile games advertisers of IDFA deprecation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 19, 2021

Want to chat with real industry veterans about our games’ ATT impact? In “ Apple IDFA Change has Triggered 15-20% Revenue drops in iOS advertisers ”, Gamesbeat’s Dean Takahashi interviewed Brian Bowman, founder of marketing services firm Consumer Acquisition, on his heavily publicized anti-Apple stance. Drop me a message !

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

Netflix games will start on mobile. Next Games has soft-launched Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales, a free-to-play story-driven puzzle adventure RPG. Mobile will be the starting point for Netflix gaming, but we can expect to see games on other platforms as well as they experiment in the medium.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nintendo, a household name in the gaming world, has a long-standing tradition of delivering high-quality, immersive gaming experiences to its fans. Thorough testing is a crucial part of the game development process to achieve this level of excellence. But what does Nintendo game testing entail?

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the differences between AAA games and mobile games, and you shall discover the different factors that characterize them. Meaning of AAA games Game creators don’t mind putting millions of dollars into game development as long as it meets their expectations in sales and ratings.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. Hero Wars, a game that is consistently among the top 100 grossing games is a good example of this.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Just like in the years prior, the blog post travels at lightspeed across the mobile gaming industry, achieving two distinctive outcomes: EXCITEMENT: Ilkka’s annual blog posts excite game developers everywhere. FRUSTRATION: These blog posts can also annoy game executives and senior leaders. Quite the contrary.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

So monetization will be increasingly driven by a combination of ads and IAPs Fireside chat: Tel Aviv, Helsinki, and Istanbul – building blocks of a thriving gaming cluster Affan Butt, Aream & Co; Joakim Achren, Elite Game Developers; Chris Petrovic, FunPlus; Elad Kushnir, angel investor.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

A tip to boost your cross-promotion When showing a creative for cross-promotion we use the game mechanics of the game we're advertising, but the art of the game we are publishing. Best Fiends is a puzzle game. Solitaire Grand Harvest is a solitare game.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. During development Ras experienced some moments of burnout and demotivation.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The rate to get an Epic cookie is high (19.305% - generally other games will set such a rate under 10%) and this is how the majority of players build up their core combat team. On the other hand, the game also designs a “Combo Drop“ with 20 puzzle pieces (You roll a new cookie out and you get 1 to 3 pieces of the whole cookie.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

You’ll also develop a broad understanding of the interpersonal and business management skills required to be successful in the creative industry and fine-tune your understanding and knowledge of vital industry theories, processes, and practices. They require both visual skills and programming knowledge to understand both disciplines.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

On looking deeper, it was found that this was driven by two things - 30-35% of the growth was driven by increased IAP integration in various hypercasual mini-genres, most notably Puzzle. The remaining was driven by two titles - “ Crane Game Toreba ” and “ Clawee ” - which together raked in ~$45M over 2019. . *

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 23, 2020

For background on the deprecation of the IDFA and why the IDFA is so integral to the growth of most mobile games, see this post and this post. And permutations are even more specific and subtle: they are changes within existing genres that increase the appeal of those games or improve their core monetization profiles.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Written by Michail Katkoff , games executive and founder of Deconstructor of Fun, and Niek Tuerlings , Senior Game Designer and author of popular game development blog Ludocious.com. This is in line with the current rise in popularity of games with the equally satisfying Merge mechanic in the puzzle genre.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focused on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A 10-year gaming industry veteran, leading game development teams focussed on free-to-play titles across mobile and PC. Summary Warcraft Rumble, is an action-strategy game akin to Clash Royale but with a focus on single-player tower offense. Where the game shines though is in the upgrading of your Troops.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Mat Baker has been making mobile games for 15 years. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado. Special thanks to Niek Tuerlings for the Merge Game insights. In casual games overall, puzzle games account for just over 50% of all revenue for 2020.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 24, 2022

At the same time, last year's games that crossed $10M in net revenue continued to grow. Casual Games in 2022 In our taxonomy, built together with Sensor Tower, the casual games category is divided into seven genres: Puzzle, Hypercasual, Arcade, Tabletop, Simulation, Lifestyle, and Geolocation.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

A dense randomized mini-chess puzzle where everything matters. Moreover, in the case of sex clubs, the patron himself simultaneously becomes the advertised adventure." My version of the Icon of Sin bears the head of Anthony Comstock and also chants, "To win the game, you must defeat me Anthony Comstock" in reversed demonic speech.

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