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The Mobile Games Industry In the Year 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

Featuring is a memory from the past. The k-factor, which measures the virality of a game, is at an all-time low. If it wasn't for the hundreds of millions of eyeballs games send to the stores every day via in-game ads and paid user acquisition campaigns, they would be ghost towns. 50% of the downloads were reinstalls.

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3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

Nvidia

In addition, due to the topology creation process, 3D modeling is time consuming and has a high entry barrier for content creation. Changing the resolution of a finished mesh (for a mobile game, for example) requires an even less detailed model to run efficiently, forcing the modeler to recreate it from scratch.

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Drive-Up Your Revenues with Seasonal Events

Game Refinery

From national calendar days to religious holidays, seasonal events are a great way for mobile games to find new and exciting ways to drive player engagement. We’ve updated the blog post with new seasonal event implementation examples and best practices for introducing seasonal events into your mobile game.

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Game-Changing Storytelling: How To Integrate Narrative Elements in Mobile Games

Game Refinery

A narrative can also help with pacing, building and releasing tension alongside key story beats while directing the players’ attention and emotions through them, all the while supporting other features and creating a meaningful foundation for retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs.

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How Mobile Game Developers Are Using In-Game Collaboration Events to Boost Player Retention

Game Refinery

If you’re looking for ways to improve player retention for your mobile game, hosting a collaboration event with a well-known franchise as part of your LiveOps might be the answer you’re looking for. The best in-game collaboration events are often mutually beneficial. Simulation RPG Vikingard collaborates with TV show, Vikings.

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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

Going the extra mile with your game and adding in just a few more features or touches does make a difference. Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. Perhaps the Viking theme is in fashion (thanks to a certain God of War game hitting the stores), but it’s made our list and definitely a game to get lost in.