Game Refinery

AUGUST 22, 2024

With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. You should start thinking of your LiveOps strategy from the moment you start developing your game.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

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. “I’m

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Game Designing

AUGUST 23, 2023

In this video, we’ll show you the games which were built using Unity engine: CupHead – cartoon-style action game. Monument Valley 2 – 3d mobile game. Rick and Morty VR – Virtual Reality game. Pupperazzi – pokemon like game. Unity Supports split-screen games, multiplayer, co-ops, etc.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

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. 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”.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the latest episode of the DoF Podcast, Mishka reconnects with Rina Onur Sirinoglu, CEO of Spyke Games, to talk about her exciting new mobile gaming venture, which recently secured a $55 million seed round. Rina co-founded Peak Games, which has become a game-changer in the Turkish gaming scene.

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Game Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

How does the tower defense (TD) genre – generally associated with casual, mobile gaming – fit into the Web3 world? On consoles and PC, early TD games like Pixeljunk Monsters, Plants vs Zombies, and Orcs Must Die met with commercial success. Let’s take a look.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The game was launched in 2011 as a freemium social game first as Google+ (!) Township has been on mobile platforms since 2013 and generated around a Billion Dollars in life-time revenues. As a result of growth of app stores in early 2010s they switched their focus and decided to jump onto the free to play mobile games in 2011.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

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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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Realistic sports with an IP has proven to be successful way to conquer and control market share in mobile sports. However, t he arcade category caters to a more casual userbase - more interested in gameplay than offering an opportunity to engage with franchises and sports/car brands on mobile. That genre also attracts more installs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

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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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Green , who is currently Co-Founder and COO of Knock Knock. Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Subscribe to deconstructor of fun newsletter.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

Therefore, to correct this terrible misuse of the term, we will look at what “roguelike” or “roguelite” or even “Rogue” actually mean, as well as diving into some concrete examples of how roguelike elements and mechanics have been used in mobile games in China lately. source: Wikipedia).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

App Store’s NFT Guidelines: Imminent peril or entry ticket for blockchain games? One of the biggest problems of blockchain games is reaching a mass audience. Most of the games on blockchain run either on browser or PC. It’s tempting to treat these updates as a way of Apple saying “Death to blockchain games!”.

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