Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

For quick answers, refer to our PDF featuring the essential data points from this article: GDEV x InvestGame – Feature #5 For a comprehensive analysis, let’s delve into the detailed investigation below. This timeframe allowed us to select the most accurate data using our proprietary deals database. What’s up with the exits?

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Filmustage

JANUARY 16, 2025

Here's what keeps them up at night: Getting those base shapes just right Carving up models like digital origami masters Making sure every surface points the perfect way Keeping those poly counts lean and mean Where the Magic Happens Remember that feeling when all the puzzle pieces finally clicked? That's compositing for you!

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2024

40% QoQ) and Wood Screw Puzzle (–23% QoQ). The concept is the following: players start with a small hole (or as one, if you wish) and grow by devouring objects smaller than their current size, as well as other players’ holes. However, the number of newcomers is on a downtrend from quarter to quarter.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

none of Dishonored's morality system and I think this is good, the "stealth puzzle = humane cage free assassination" philosophy has aged poorly imo 69% less stealth. NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. Kind of sad.

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Retro Game Coders

APRIL 30, 2022

Firstly , as this is a programming tutorial, it allows us to introduce some extremely useful programming concepts: Arrays and pre-defined data Object definition and tracking Parsing strings for textual input Subroutines and modular coding. Data Structures. Data Structures. Then we can set the individual array entries, eg.:

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Let’s begin by understanding the concept of levels in a video game. In a game, new motives, challenges, and concepts are added to the game world, while ensuring they increase the degree of difficulty at every level. What drives a video game, and what factors control its engagement? require a unique approach.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The answer to this puzzle lies in understanding the following facts: Logic sets information into Physics, but it does not need to retrieve data from it. Neither need to retrieve data. Physics pushes data to Rendering. To make this easier, we came up with the concept of Servers.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

relied on data to figure out what they wanted this game to be. That’s the core concept from Voodoo. We love the concept. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales by Next Games. Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t initially created for the Netflix Platform. They had the spinner idea in mind. Net Fishing!

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean markets were excluded from the overall numbers as these markets are highly concentrated and nearly impossible for Western publishers to compete in and the genre data from those markets would significantly skew overall numbers.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

Then again, the success of Eggy Party and Stumble Guys has provided solid proof of concept and shown there is an appetite for this genre amongst mobile players. The New 4X Strategy Hit, The Ants, Stands Out With Its Unique Theme and Heavy Emphasis on Social Elements 10 Years of Puzzle & Dragons – Evolution of a Mature Game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. Demographic data of top Casino titles indicate the following: Poker / Cards have a higher male user base and a relatively younger average age of players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. All revenue numbers show net revenues. Finally, please take the numbers presented with a giant grain of salt.

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DameDev.tv

JULY 12, 2023

A graph is a data structure composed of interconnected nodes. Graph theory consists of one of the most, if not the most, useful concepts in computer science. It implements several of the aforementioned algorithms and concepts. Like any tree , the AST is a graph , but note that not every graph can be considered a tree.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Do you have a concept in mind?” Will you make another puzzle game?”. Some of the puzzle games I’ve worked on. Puzzles are one of the biggest market categories and it continues to grow each year. Example : Imagine I have a solid concept for a “Match-3 with a social metagame”. These are valid questions.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? E-sports team, group of gamers, pro gamers team concept. This means you need to spend more on gathering all the data, making your game suitable for different platforms, and buying the necessary hardware or licenses. And what genre will you pick?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. Mediation platforms have access to a large scale of marketability data across many publishers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie. Given our data, it seems likely that Casual Casino will not be a mainstay for major Casino publishers, and revenue growth will be pursued through other avenues. Also supported by insights from Lloyd Melnick. Let’s dive in!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2020

This article is the last and, the most important piece of the “scaling” puzzle focusing on the nothing less than the game that is being promoted and the teams that are promoting it. They were also one of the first companies to run puzzle ads at scale, that are now used by pretty much every larger advertiser in the space.

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

All the content in the game was just data in fields. On the flip side, adding data was really easy. Highly narrative, intricate puzzles, and immersive storytelling. Not that I coined them, of course; the concepts were very much in the air. Dikus were entirely hardcoded.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charles Lee (Art Lead) , veteran art director and concept artist with past experience at Blizzard , Sony Pictures Animation , and who until very recently worked in the Visual Development of Netflix hit Arcane (damn!). I won’t forgive you for that, Supercell!) INVESTING / M&A Animoca Brands acquires Pixelynx The Mirror raises $2.3M

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Grid Sage Games

JULY 17, 2022

I could save the data to revisit it later, after adjustments are made. While some players enjoy puzzling out creative ways to get ahead, at the extreme end it eventually devolves into optimal tedium which is overall harmful to the experience. Some concepts: More enemies could show up? Sample Garrison content list from Beta 11.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Beatstars’ mixes both concepts, and expands the amount of inputs to those native on a touchscreen. The hard lock on waiting feels much more punishing in this game than say in a puzzle game when you run out of lives-. A softer subscription-like model would allow to: Focus the game on its more fun concepts: Discovering new music.

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Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

If we can describe what makes certain problems interesting in this particular way then we may learn something about “interestingness” in general, about the difference between data and meaning. A key concept in addressing this question is the idea of the skill chain , as articulated in Characteristics of Games , by Elias et al.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 29, 2021

This conviction is not until yet backed by KPIs (data from Sensor Tower). Nevertheless, Everdale is not a placement puzzle like a typical city-building game. The only time-limited event that we’ve seen so far in the game ( Sheep Escape ) felt more like a proof of concept than something that could actually engage players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. Laura Taranto has 12 years experience in casual games and is a product advisor and puzzle game aficionado.

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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. In other words, everything you need for game growth.

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