Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2020

On March 16th, in the midst of a global pandemic, Supercell dropped a new game: Hay Day Pop (HDP). The minute a supercell game is released, a thousand slack notifications go off. Mobile developers look up their fake AppStore accounts and download with excitement wondering what the new game could be.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. Gone Home anchors its story focus with voice acting, narration, simpler puzzles, and wry realism. There are 9 puzzles. Which means this isn't just a puzzle game.

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Sirlin

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Starting in October, I’ll begin showing this content to our patrons at patreon.com/sirlin. Most of this content is for new tabletop games. If you’re a fan of Puzzle Strike or Yomi, I hope you’ll like these new things too. If you’re a fan of Puzzle Strike or Yomi, I hope you’ll like these new things too.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This game represents me as a developer, he says. I get excited to implement wacky ideas!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

We originally created a taxonomy together with Game Refinery dividing the games market into four different categories: Casual, Mid-Core, Casino and Sports. We pulled the data of top 1000 games from last three years from the one and only App Annie and aligned the data with the categories, genres and sub-genres.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 31, 2023

There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. What are game mechanics?

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

When looking at the Top 10 hypercasual games in the first quarter of 2023, AppMagic noticed some interesting trends. You can read about these games in more detail here. Monetization practices First of all, all the top ten games use the Meta Audience Network as their in-app ads monetization partner. Top 5 Newcomers 1.

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Because, let’s be honest, creating games is hard. This year we featured over 20 brave game creators in our solo developers-series and we like to share some highlights. It took solo game developer Graham Reid great effort to finish his game. “I Her upcoming game, Spilled! ,

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It may have been born out of necessity, but after two successful murder mystery games EQ Studios can now be considered somewhat of a specialist in this particular genre. Although the mystery investigation genre is a strong contender, we are open to other game ideas as well.” Some started from a puzzle standpoint.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Top image: four of KAYAK’s hypercasual games. There has been a lot of talk about the future of Hypercasual games: how the market has been in stagnation, making studios slowly but steadily look for opportunities in the fraternal Hybridcasual. Let’s take a look at their games portfolio and performance. What exactly is KAYAC?

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The Bottom Feeder

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When I'm between writing games, I spend a lot of time playing them. Part of the reason I play the hot new games is, of course, to find ideas to steal. Another part is to try to reawaken my interest in video games. After the exhaustion of shipping a game, I have a period of deep uncaring about the medium. What Is UFO50?

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Top image by Freepik In their latest report , Newzoo looks at how different generations engage with gaming. It will come as no surprise that across all age groups people play games, but there are some significant differences between the older and newer generations. With each passing generation, gaming becomes more popular.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

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. As an example, collaboration events are used by more than 70% of the top 10% of highest-grossing games in the China iOS market.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. When I read books, play video games or work on projects. I produced a lot of content and had some success, but it wasn’t all that sustainable.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He started his career in advertising, but the world of video games always held his real interest. Making games was something that seemed very far from reality”, he says. Yet, with help from the internet and some classes in college, he realized that he too could create games. Why did you become a solo developer? “I’ve

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2024

According to the AppMagic numbers, this quarter, the hypercasual games market shrunk by 12%—down to 2.98B total installs compared to the previous quarter. Top 10 Games By Downloads At long last, moving on to the top 10 Hypercasual games by downloads in this quarter! 40% QoQ) and Wood Screw Puzzle (–23% QoQ). Snake Clash!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

This was the date that the social games giant had acquired a relatively unknown Finnish developer, Small Giant. The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Wooga GmbH.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

His debut game Unknown Number was the first game in what its creator Tom Keane called the ‘First Person Talkers’ genre. Now he’s ready to take talking games to the next level with his new project Dead Meat. It’s an interrogation game where you actually talk to a suspect and try to get a confession.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

In a recent podcast featuring Lexi Sydow , Director of Corporate Marketing and Insights at Sensor Tower, several key insights were shared about the current state and future of mobile gaming, mobile marketing, and the dynamic between apps and games. Sources: Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2024 Data.ai

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 15, 2020

A couple of months ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” ” I got a lot of responses, and one of them was about how much to spend on board game advertising. Need help on your board game? Basics of Board Game Advertising.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. The game started as a demo shown on Reddit, but picked up momentum when Badland art director Juhana Myllys offered to mix and match his distinct artwork with the gameplay.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Set in a beautiful, Slavic-inspired world, Selfloss by Kazakhstan-based indie studio Goodwin Games is an adventure that explores themes of grief, healing, and resilience. Reflecting on the game’s core concept, Khoroshavin shares, “The very first idea was that I want to make a game about an old protagonist that can traverse via boat.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Follow Nebo on everything mobile growth > @eniac W hen AppTrackingTransparency was introduced, many predicted the doom and gloom situation and the death of mobile gaming. The changes shook up the mobile gaming ecosystem and, along with the current macroeconomic situation, had a devastating impact on the valuations of its key players.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Guest post by Alexander Devyaterikov , Producer at Belka Games In today's gaming world, it's not enough to just have a good game. We need to release regular updates: more content, more events, faster, and higher quality. As you can see, the result is pretty good for a 9-year-old game. The schedule is filled.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The match-3 puzzle game initially launched in 2012 and has regularly seen new content updates. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox On the 20-year anniversary of King, the firm has announced that Candy Crash Saga has earned $20 billion in consumer spending. Read more

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

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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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game development is a collaborative process that involves various people with specialized skills. The two most critical roles in this process are game artists and designers. Since most of us are unaware of the process of creating a game, we usually confuse game design and game art as being the same.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 11, 2023

The video game industry is a huge and consistent segment of the market. Video games are the first choice for millennials as well as adults who can’t get their childhood gaming addiction off their heads. Every day, new games are released across all platforms, each focusing on a distinct genre.

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Sirlin

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Join Now Here are things I’d like to do: Add more characters and features to Fantasy Strike Create new tabletop games, and possibly more content for Codex Create digital versions of those tabletop games with good production values. About twice per month, I’m going to share new content / characters / games etc.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But one thing that hasn’t changed is new hit games entering the market. So to end the year on a high, we rounded up our top 22 games to hit the charts this year. Here are the top games we loved playing this year. If you want some inspiration for games to binge over the holiday period, look no further. Net Fishing!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The list of games is reproduced below. Steam organises a recurring event called the Steam Next Fest : Steam Next Fest is a multi-day celebration where fans can try out demos, chat with developers, watch livestreams, and learn about upcoming games on Steam. You have until the 7th of October 2021 @ 17:00 UTC to test the games!

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2022

ALT The more times and ways that players can play and replay the game, the more devtime-efficient they are. Continued dev work would be spent on adding new options for the randomized content generator to create even more interesting possible combinatoric results. Player-facing content creation tools (i.e.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

Guest post by Orkuncan Aydin , COO at Playable Factory — Playable Factory's team leads the way with experience from over 2000 playable ads, working with over 160 top game publishers and brands. Companies will often slip playable ads into other games or apps as a way to attract potential customers in return for sponsoring the ad break.

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Sirlin

APRIL 12, 2020

For the last few years, I’ve thought about my tabletop games Puzzle Strike and Yomi. I have not been thinking about new editions of those games, but rather entirely new games that are inspired by those games. I’ve just started rolling out content for the Yomi-inspired game to my patrons as well.

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