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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. At the time of writing, there are five special emotes in the game: Punch, Slide, Hug, and Banana. iOS downloads for Stumble Guys.

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Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. Kudos to Neil Long of Mobilegamer.biz for joining the event and writing the notes. Kress said that the current’s market’s woes were “all Apple’s fault”. “We

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2020 Predictions #10: Playbook to reach the Top of Sports Games

Deconstructor of Fun

We believe that the growth of individual titles will not necessarily lead to competition, in-spite of user base overlap, as there is enough room for them to co-exist and grow. Here’s the good nows: there is significant room for sports games that can offer an engaging and competitive gameplay tied to a real sports. 1 position in 2020.

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Solo dev Simon Taylor saw his game Smash Dungeon fail “The journey comes to an end”

PreMortem.Games

“I first became a solo developer in 2004 making games for mobile phones using J2ME. I saw the rise in mobile games which reminded me of the 8 bit era. Ever since owning my first computer, a Commodore VIC20, I had always had an interest in games programming and this just felt like the right time.

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Why Rovio is Such a Juicy Catch

Deconstructor of Fun

Playtika noted that Rovio’s IP, namely the Angry Birds franchise, plus the scale of its user base would combine well with its monetization and live ops expertise. Its flagship game remains Angry Birds 2, thanks to a successful rebirth in 2016 ( see Deconstructor of Fun’s breakdown here ) and live ops ever since.

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Having been the market leaders for years, these two are the main candidates for the title of the best game engine. So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development.

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How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. And they will soon launch their new mobile shooter called Catalyst's Black.

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