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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

Merge Puzzle: Gossip Harbor One of the most common places to encounter storytelling elements on mobile is within the puzzle genre, and while this might sound unconventional, it’s all relatively seamless in practice. Goddess of Victory: NIKKE features high-quality anime cutscenes.

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How Drama and Fake Ads Convert To Real Profits

Deconstructor of Fun

Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. Introduction I remember as a young product manager, working on major releases at Disney and Rovio how excited I was for the cutscenes.

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On the topic of cutscenes, do you think we will get to the point where fully pre-rendered cutscenes will be phased out entirely? Are there any other advantages to having a cutscene be pre-rendered rather than in engine besides the cutscene being “prettier” than the base graphics?

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I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.

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UEFN & HaZ Dulull- A New Dawn for Creators

Game Dev Unchained

” He later took his experiences and created HaZimation , a production company involved in a wide range of storytelling formats, including animated films, episodic series, and video games. They began in London, built their team, and shifted focus to animated films when the pandemic struck.

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The Future of 3D Art in Interactive Entertainment

iXie gaming

This means that developers and artists can now make dynamic and immersive environments that players can enjoy in real-time, whether through virtual reality (VR) headsets or traditional mobile or computer devices. Character Animation Secondly, game artists and developers heavily use 3D art for character animation.

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AppLovin's Modern Community and The Power of Game Narrative

Deconstructor of Fun

Making a successful Match-3 is one of the most challenging tasks a mobile game developer can tackle. Adding 3D characters and animations to the story livens it up, but mainly complicates the production of an existing story. Space Ape, for example, didn’t try to improve the visuals just for aesthetics with Chrome Valley Customs.

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The Magic Behind Magicabin’s ARPDAU

Deconstructor of Fun

Magicabin is a relatively new adventure game, released in 2022 by Ivy Mobile. Players spend it on: Buildings Flower beds Animals Resources Once all areas and buildings are unlocked, soft currency loses most of its value. Animals Players can buy magic animals at the market with soft currency.

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