Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Similar to popular games, the success of viral content is often down to it being relatable and fulfilling certain needs.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It’s the IDEA that makes games successful: The whole presence of the game revolves around that idea that makes the foundation of a mobile game development process. A lot of brainstorming and analysis goes into developing the concept that sets it apart from the crowd. It creates anticipation and buzz for a compelling game launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. Out of the 28 companies that raised funding: — 17 making PC&сonsole games, of which six are also developing for mobile platforms. — million downloads collectively.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The concept of a mobile game is worth thousands or even millions of dollars, which may not be enough. Some games, like Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile, generate billions of dollars annually. But not all mobile games are profitable, with some developers making little from their mobile games. billion in revenue.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 30, 2023

Immersive storytelling Kiro’o Games intends to launch the mobile game version of Caloo Hunters while continuing to expand the Kori-Odan Saga with new comic books over the next 10 years. It led him to realise that Kiro’o Games was not just about entertainment anymore. It was also an inspiring force.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 5, 2019

Welcome to the first episode of our Mobile Publisher Series. In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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Big Games

AUGUST 27, 2021

One of the main reasons for the increased growth in mobile game development is because of the concept of instant games. However, the mobile game development process needs an immense amount of efficiency and dedication, and is a very challenging sector. And this industry shows unlimited growth possibilities to its audiences.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

From strategy development, content creation, coding to testing, the development process reflects on the successful delivery of the game. Game concepts: In this phase, some of the questions asked are - What will be the genre of the game? Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

She highlighted the shift from scheduled TV programs where TV was on between 4 pm and 10 pm when she was a child to on-demand content today. She observed an evolution in her children’s preferences from traditional Disney shows to influencer and gameplay content. Now there are hundreds of millions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

This adds parity with Ogg Vorbis audio tracks, and will be a welcome addition for users who want to load user-generated content at runtime (including non-game audio applications). This release brings the same performance benefits to the other backends by implementing batching when using the Forward+ and Mobile backends ( GH-92797 ).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Executive Summary What: MARVEL SNAP is a mobile CCG by Second Dinner, a new studio founded by veterans from Hearthstone. Key strength: Its biggest strength is the gameplay perfectly adapted for mobile. So when it comes to mobile, it’s another of these genres that do not work as well in the West. Source: Data.ai

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 11, 2024

Of course we are developing the additional content promised on the Kickstarter campaign!” Founder Abraham Cózar Riera released his first game Deiland for mobile devices. When we told Ernest Sala about Mika’s game idea, it didn’t take him long to create a series of concepts that defined the style of the world and characters.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

The use of game engines to generate interactive content is a common choice for people these days. Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones. This would be a good opportunity to deploy the sample if you’d like to read along and see the concepts in action.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Knowing the age, gender, location, income level, and other characteristics of potential players allows them to make sure that their games are targeted to specific groups and that the game content resonates with their audience. of mobile gamers, while people older than 45 years make up nearly a third.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.” Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. The mobile app landscape is vast, boasting over 230 billion apps worldwide.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: But what is exposed with these types of ads is just how fundamental the user acquisition function is for mobile games. 3: They have an awesome Medium blog and podcast called LevelUp.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Post-COVID investment flows in Social and mobile gaming emerged as one of the best performing sectors during coronavirus, and the ensuing influx of investment will likely impact companies large and small. Event- and content-specific currencies is a trend we’re across all the genres. billion IPO. Instead, the effect will be gradual.

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Game Daily

MAY 19, 2023

Transforming creative Mobile gaming advertisers build a high volume of new ads and new iterations, feeding these into marketing platforms seeking increased ROAS or reduced cost of acquisition. Investing only in ads that reach and appeal to the same narrow audiences but are undifferentiated in mobile gaming.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 3, 2023

So rather than coming up with an entirely new concept for his second title, he stuck to his guns and layered in more elements – like in-game combat and the use of limited resources – to get people more engaged. For example, the Oculus Quest is technically a mobile device, and so has limited power. Understand the tech’s limitations.

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Game Dev Unchained

JUNE 27, 2023

. “It’s also, I think, in some ways a little scary that one device from one single company can theoretically replace every single device and can now sit right between the consumer and all the other content out there,” he mused. The discussion also addressed the challenges of producing quality content for VR.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Nearly all of the world’s major game publishers have grown primarily obsessed with an esoteric concept called the Metaverse. The Metaverse is not just a new trend in the gaming industry but a whole new way of experiencing and engaging with digital content. You’ve likely encountered it at some point because it’s inescapable.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

To understand if my suspicion has merit, I recently distributed a survey on the Deconstructor of Fun slack, the Mobile Dev Memo slack, and on LinkedIn (the complete survey with results can be found at the end of this post). Survey questions and aggregate responses: Question 1: How many years have you worked with mobile apps?

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2d Game Art Guru

JANUARY 14, 2023

Effortlessly your mobile phone app creates artistic portraits using your selfies. They are the owners of their works and should have the sole right to decide how, where, and by whom their content is used. AI generated images – craze and craziness. It’s amazing what AI image generators can achieve these days.

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Game Design Aspect

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Now she builds strategy for and sources leading-edge content for Oculus, lectures on the intersection of art and code for UCSC in Games and Playable Media, wrangles a monthly column on science-fiction in videogames over at Amazing Stories and writes about how all these app-driven superpowers are going to change the human race.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 15, 2024

However, stories of success like Hutch , the studio responsible for hits on mobile such as Top Drives and F1 Clash featuring official partnerships with Formula One and Forza , demonstrate that it's achievable. By prioritizing authentic relationships and showcasing creative concepts with sincerity, developers can navigate this complex terrain.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences. Sketch a rough concept, set some parameters, and Dimensions will generate 3D models, textures, and animations. It can even help define core loops and progression systems.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 26, 2021

Written by Ethan Levy , who is always looking for worthy, free-to-play mobile games for the N3TWORK Scale Platform. Netflix games will start on mobile. 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. Clearly, it's very mature.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Improving the Native web to suit native mobile apps. To create a semantic web that makes the content readable by both humans and machines. Apart from the fact that this framework is free to use, it’s also compatible with web and mobile browsers. Some of its core concepts include classes, components, and events.

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Moonmana

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Moonmana captures the broad expertise, latest trends, and personalized approach to create high-quality games worldwide, from concept to production, when developing projects. They will walk clients through the entire process, from the initial game concept to the final release and live operations. About the Author. 6 minutes read.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Showcase Link： [link] The following is the main content： Hello everyone, I’m Shengzi, a programmer from a large internet company in China. Therefore, dividing the vast universe into scale models and rendering it in layers helps Cocosmos present content logically and facilitates resource management. Since version 3.0

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 12, 2020

More recently, as Supercell’s revenue and profitability have declined over the past few years, more questions have been raised about Supercell’s approach and even their value as a mobile games company. Do either of these companies have the potential to be the most valuable mobile gaming company in the world?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

While it’s proven that the MOBA core has not resonated in the Western markets on mobile , both League of Legends and DOTA2 are highly popular with the PC audience in the West. After initial Nintendo Switch launch, the game bursted onto mobile with 30M installs in the first week. So what happened to Pokemon Unite?

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Unity game engine is a powerful and versatile tool for developing games and applications for diverse platforms, including consoles, mobile devices, and personal computers. The guide includes a video overview and a summary of essential ECS concepts. It covers crucial concepts like entity, component, and system. What Is Unity?

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