Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In this latest episode of the podcast, Mishka Katkoff sat down with Cameron Stewart, Group Vice President, US Game Development, at SciPlay, to uncover the keys to their continued success in the social casino space. The companys evolution isnt just about adding new featuresits about ensuring their games resonate deeply with players.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 3, 2023

Games are increasingly cross-platform and online, and game developers need to develop secure and scalable backend features to support these online elements of their games. Customers share with us that setting up a game backend service requires a fair amount of undifferentiated heavy lifting.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 22, 2023

Image: pikisuperstar on Freepik Newzoo’s Global Gamer Study 2023 is a true treasure trove of interesting facts about the people out there that hopefully end up with your game in their hands. Did you know that more than half of all people with an internet connection play games? Or that 87% of players spend money on in-game items?

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. As a badass product leader, Adam cuts through the noise with no-nonsense insights into what makes games tick and why some crash and burn.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2023

Written by Tiffany Keller , who is a Director of Product and investor with a decade of experience in mobile games across Scopely, Activision Blizzard, Miniclip, and Zynga. Mobile knockout games are springing up everywhere - such as Stumble Guys or Netease’s Eggy Party , which launched with a UGC creator mode last May.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 2, 2025

Frederic Plourde is the XR Lead at Collabora where he drives AR/VR strategy, business development, and open-source innovation, leading a team of talented engineers working on XR customer projects and Monado, the cross-platform open-source OpenXR runtime. Can you tell us more about how this works?

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AWS Games

MARCH 27, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 26, 2024

Layoffs continue to haunt everyone as game makers collectively focus on efficiency and profitability in an effort to stay alive long enough to make it to 2025. Content stays king. Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6 Mobile gaming continues to dominate this category, accounting for $109.6

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Ive been making video games for most of my life, but The Museum of All Things is the biggest game Ive made so far. Its also my first real 3D game. I have prototypes of the game going back a few years, but I started really working on this iteration in November 2024. Ill probably be participating in game jams too!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

The cover illustration is from WEBFISHING , a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter. Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature.

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Game Development for Beginners

MAY 19, 2023

Unity 3D is a powerful and widely used cross-platform game engine for game development. Game development Before delving.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The world of video games has undergone a remarkable transformation over the years, evolving from simple pixelated screens to immersive, open-world environments with complex narratives and stunning graphics. This transformation has necessitated a parallel evolution in game testing , pushing QA teams to adapt and innovate continually.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. However, with time, it started supporting multiple platforms.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In order to solve this, the any third party developer needs to build a system that can take data from any supported service and translate it in real time so all players on other platforms understand what's happening in the game. Every sale within that walled garden typically earns the platform owner a 30% cut.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 26, 2023

AWS re:Invent 2023 is fast approaching, and AWS for Games is gearing up to welcome attendees from around the globe at the annual conference for developers in Las Vegas November 27 – December 1. Programming includes sessions led by Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers such as Riot Games, Epic Games, and Nintendo Systems.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Hyper-casual games are simple, easy-to-play games that have become increasingly popular in recent years. With the rise of smartphones and mobile gaming, hyper-casual games have exploded in popularity due to their accessibility and addictiveness. Let’s dive in!

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Accessibility is taking center stage, making the gaming world a welcoming space for everyone. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer?

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Cocos

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Now you can use the Cocos Creator Engine to continue creating your games. It has an easy-to-use content production workflow and a powerful developer tool suite, and supports major mainstream. Cocos Creator has more capabilities and advantages compared to Cocos2d-x.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games industry is going big and bigger. What are the fresh trends in the gaming industry? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward. Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Mobile games are currently at the peak of their popularity. They continue to attract diverse audiences all over the globe, and game developers, for their part, continue offering unique and thrilling titles to suit any taste. . Game development companies catch the wave and try to please picky gamers with compelling mobile games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In the fast-paced world of gaming startups, securing venture capital can make or break a company's trajectory. They’re platform-agnostic and keen on diversification, especially in a landscape where mobile gaming, once the crown’s jewel, is becoming increasingly crowded. But what exactly are VCs looking for?

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This week, we take a look at Phil Spencer’s announcements about Xbox Game Pass, and Eric breaks down some of the company’s claims. Game Pass as an overall part of our content and services revenue is probably 15 percent,” says Spencer. “I billion on content for a subscription service that was not growing. Subscribe here!

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AWS Games

MARCH 14, 2023

By Rob Schoeppe, General Manager, Global Game Tech Solutions & Business Development at AWS With the 2023 Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) just one week away, the AWS for Games team has been talking with our customers, partners, and internal team about the trends they think will have the largest impact on the industry over the years to come.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The last thing you need is to release a faulty or error-prone video game to players. Players will not like it and may create a negative impression of your video game due to the poor gameplay experience. Remember, we live in an interconnected world where your video game can go viral overnight, attracting significant traffic.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Chris boasts an impressive gaming career that spans iconic companies like Skydance, Survios, DreamWorks, and includes a substantial 13-year stint at Activision. Quoting Mishka, Chris is hailed as "a true game executive starting from the beginning of your career."

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Xsolla has been growing its services beyond the traditional operations of a video game commerce company over the past decade. Since its founding in 2005, Xsolla quickly zeroed in on the need for digital payment services in games, and particularly the burgeoning online multiplayer market left out of traditional provider services at the time.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

AR/VR games introduce a new dimension to gaming by integrating the physical and virtual worlds. Several tools and technologies set AR/VR games apart from conventional games. And VR plugins play a crucial role in simplifying and enhancing the process of creating VR games.

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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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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The mobile game industry is the most demanding industry for the past few years. Though there are millions and millions of mobile game apps available on the Play/App Store, the game companies and developers are interested in building more and more games. The secret of Success Behind the Game. Make the Game Freemium.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 16, 2024

Further, developing on XSX also mostly works out of the box with DirectX, which means it is easy to also get the game running on PC. It's relatively easy to build a game out of a generic system and task our engine programmers with getting that generic system working on each of our target platforms. Sometimes they don't.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2023

State of the Mobile Games Market The Western mobile games market , which we broadly analyze by removing the Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean markets from the numbers, saw overall installs climb by 14% to 47.5B And unlike Racing, Shooter games also generally saw a decline in downloads as well.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The gaming industry is ever evolving, with new trends emerging constantly. Game developers are under constant pressure to reach a wider audience and expand their market coverage. One of the strategies adopted to reach a broader audience is porting games. But what is game porting? Why is it important for your video game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2024

Guest post by Julian Runge , Assistant Professor at Northeastern University and Principal Scientist at Game Data Pros I went out and asked game and app developers how they price their starter packs, and to find out why they do so. In a cross-platform free-to-play future that becomes all the more important! Response: 7.9

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

Written by Adam Telfer , our razor-sharp Canadian co-host who doesn’t just play games—Adam both builds and dissects them. As a badass product leader, Adam cuts through the noise with no-nonsense insights into what makes games tick and why some crash and burn. Survive till 2025" seems to be the gaming industry's new mantra.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 31, 2020

Last week Tencent and Pokemon unveiled Pokemon Unite , a jointly-developed cross-platform MOBA for smartphones and Nintendo Switch. Tencent has various internal game development studios, but two stand out in particular as the most successful to date: TiMi and Quantum/Lightspeed.

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