Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Empires and Puzzles regularly takes the top spot in Puzzle RPG category in the West (when Dokkan is having a post event hangover).

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. That’s how I worked on the level design and puzzles in Raccoo Venture, for example. Finally, maintain a healthy balance between work and rest.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

Casino, Puzzle (Casual), and Strategy games are flourishing, with blockbuster titles like Monopoly Go and Royal Match driving incredible success. Some of the leading platforms include: Midjourney: For high-quality visual content. Balancing these positives and negatives will be crucial as the ecosystem continues to evolve.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Advertising 52

PreMortem.Games

MAY 23, 2023

Addressing Demographics and Analytics While data on audience demographics such as age, gender, and country is not directly provided by Steam, Steam Data Suite users can gather insights based on sales, platform, and pricing data. Additionally, he suggests using platforms like Reddit and TikTok to advertise smaller games effectively.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Overall downloads have declined on both iOS and Android platforms , with Play Store downloads seeing a more significant drop. Puzzle remained strong by focusing on retaining its current user base through events and live operations. Across top social media platforms, YouTube leads in the US, earning 49% of total gaming spend.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. While quenching his curiosity Olamide stumbled upon Encarta Kids, an enchanting encyclopedia brought to life through games, puzzles, and quizzes.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 6, 2025

The core element here that drives everything in a metroidvania is the intersection between the abilities the player gets and the level design.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature. Battle pass feature popularity trend in US iOS mobile games 2018-2023 (source: GameRefinery Platform).

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Even so, different types of video game-level designs, such as shooter-level design, platformer-level design, puzzle-level design, multiplayer-level design, etc. Create the right balance of challenge and reward throughout the game. require a unique approach.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game. They must be familiar with game engine capabilities and the technical limitations of the assigned platforms. Game designers work on concepts, systems, player progression, balancing and level design.

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Filmustage

JULY 31, 2023

Image source: IMDb.com Moreover, engaging audiences in documentaries is a tricky balance. Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" (2004) perfectly encapsulated this balance. Image source: IMDb.com Funding and distribution are the final pieces of the documentary puzzle. Edward Snowden and Ewen MacAskill in Citizenfour (2014).

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Also, they provide crucial feedback on game balance, user interface (UI), and gameplay. Familiarity with Nintendo Platforms Nintendo testing can be challenging. Therefore, you must be familiar with different Nintendo gaming platforms, like upcoming consoles and Nintendo Switch, to be successful. A comprehensive test strategy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

Especially with their two most recent titles Lily’s Garden and Penny & Flo , Tactile has been a stronghold for story-driven puzzle games with the collapse mechanic. Each level presents players with a puzzle to solve, and failing to notice items or power-ups can gradually increase that cognitive load and lead to frustration.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 17, 2025

Ever watched a tightrope walker adjust their balance mid-stride? Here's the kicker: productions that nail their scheduling puzzle finish shooting 25% faster than those playing scheduling hopscotch. Plan B Magic: Your Production's Safety Net Ever watched a tightrope walker carry a balance pole?

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. Game Genres Ideal for puzzle games, visual novels, and platformers that require simplicity and style. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 15, 2025

From breaking down scripts (like solving a movie puzzle) to getting your team talking (without using smoke signals), every piece matters. Balance those artistic dreams with down-to-earth planning. The platform's sophisticated strip board system enables seamless customization through intuitive drag-and-drop functionality.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yet, the real game-changer came when they borrowed a fraction of these strategies and applied them to an entirely new puzzle game. Drawing from their experiences at Peak Games, where they excelled in multiplayer games like cards and board games, they also honed their skills in creating accessible puzzle games, such as blast or match 3.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”. Diversify revenue model Cilingir urged game-makers with games skewed heavily toward either ad or IAP-based monetisation to balance their revenue mix.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Managing cast and crew expenses resembles a complex puzzle where pieces keep changing. Producers must balance cost savings against professional expertise when choosing between union and non-union talent. Production managers must keep accurate records of each department's spending while balancing these elements.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

You can watch or listen to the full conversation on your preferred podcast platform below! It’s a breath of fresh air to endless calendar puzzles where you’re trying to set up a meeting with people. These same call-me-anytime rules apply to everyone in the company.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

2022 predictions: Casual games will become more audience-led because of ATT Hypercasual will continue to see more hybrid IAP/ad monetisation and will become even more ‘Android first’ Midcore games will go increasingly cross-platform (particularly on PC). Each different game audience needs a different economy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This post is written by Nebojsa “Nebo” Radovic , who’s an experienced mobile marketing professional who currently heading the user acquisition for N3TWORK’s Scale Platform. Becoming the first mover is not something you can replicate on the existing platforms in 2020. That’s how confident they (and we) are in their platform.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

High sales on other platforms have contributed to massive post-launch success around the world. Through a series of cookery puzzles and dialog choices, players are immersed in Tamil culture, and the family’s emotive saga. It’s a short narrative game about a Tamil family who immigrate to Canada.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Playrix is one of the powerhouses in the puzzle genre thanks to Gardenscapes and Homescapes’ current success. Township has been on mobile platforms since 2013 and generated around a Billion Dollars in life-time revenues. Core Loop and Gameplay Township is a typical farming game with a production puzzle core. product management.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the Supercell blog post stated a year ago, “ We are establishing this new team to pursue a specific goal: assemble and enable the best talent in North America to create what’s next across any platform, not just mobile. This is a well-balanced team in terms of disciplines, covering software, design, and art.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2022

The fact that Battle Passes have been successful on audiences so alien to each other like MOBAs and Match-3 Puzzle fans shows how versatile its design can be. Passes can generate different player experiences, follow a different balance, and emphasize different components depending on the genre and audience.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 21, 2021

This analysis will give you a full overview of the Strategy games genre, which is the second-largest genre in the Western markets after puzzle. This makes the genre second largest on mobile in (outside key Asian markets) after Puzzle games. Riot’s card battler is very well executed cross-platform game. Legends of Runeterra.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

In comparison, Cookie Run: Kingdom is more similar to My Little Pony in terms of art style than the earlier Cookie Run platformer games, demonstrating Devsister evolved their art style to better fit the current preference of the global market. Only a few balancing issues in some systems or features could be detected. or event rewards.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

This game packs some of the best balanced, nerve- wracking, strategic gameplay on a mobile device. Even better, the team has showcased a holistic focus on the game: Masterfully balanced the gameplay with regular nerfs/buffs, refreshing the meta Designed for both elder and new players, often forgotten by mature games Took risks (e.g.,

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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. Platformers - No Change to Status Quo… Yet Platformers is a classic genre that continues to rake in stable, hefty download numbers year after year.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Software used by professional 3D animators: Maya 3D Studio Max After Effects MotionBuilder Mudbox Premier Cinema 4D LightWave Real-time engine (such as Unreal or Unity) 3D animation jobs in the industry 3D animators can work on live-action projects (VFX), fully animated projects, virtual production, and video games (all platforms).

Film 52

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Life lessons He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was extremely rewarding. Still, Nowell strives to maintain a healthy work-life balance. He started his career in advertising, but the world of video games always held his real interest.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Small Giant did it with Puzzle and Empires. This makes RPGs the third-largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.0Bn) and Puzzle ($5.1Bn) games. Furthermore, the high production values allow RAID to capture an audience across platforms arguably better than a game that already looks poor on a small screen.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

Especially since the game seeks to dominate the puzzle genre, which is the largest and arguably the most competitive genre in mobile games. They boast industry’s largest in-app video ad network, a robust mobile ad mediation platform, and a data-driven user acquisition platform. It made $5.1 With $3.7B

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Real Programming

APRIL 22, 2025

We teach kids to approach coding like solving a puzzle. Homework on the Canvas Platform Weve put time and energy into developing meaningful homework that extends the work done in class. With the right balance of structure, creativity, and support, kids start to code for themselves. And with practice, it all comes together.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. So, technically Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t released in 2022. Which is a difficult balance to strike. It actually came out a year prior as a F2P title by Next Games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This blog post is brought to you by ironSource - a growth platform that turns amazing studios into amazing businesses. So we suggest that you head on to ironsrc.com and check the platform for yourself! ? But games are a powerful platform that can convey emotions, learning and meaning. Will you make another puzzle game?”.

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