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How Drama and Fake Ads Convert To Real Profits

Deconstructor of Fun

Introduction I remember as a young product manager, working on major releases at Disney and Rovio how excited I was for the cutscenes. After release I was responsible for analyzing churn and sharing the results with the team: the cutscenes were driving users out of the game. The team poured their hearts into the work.

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Understanding the Great Video Game Recession. Or Not.

The Bottom Feeder

Alas, I feel compelled to write about it. It's a hard thing to write about. But I have a whole lot of my own personal skin in this game, and I've been writing and speaking on this exact topic for a long time. I've Been Writing About This For a Long Time Who the hell am I anyway? It's painful. Lost livelihoods. Lost homes.

Indy 114
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review

Keith Burgun

The side quests and smaller interactions in the game are good, those cutscenes are great. These kinds of games are really “stuff reliant” – new characters, abilities, mechanics, loot, story events, monsters, etc need to be fed into the system at a good pace to continue being fun. actually a remake?

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The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

Balancing relies heavily on gear, maps are crowded with question marks, Boss fights feature repetitive mechanisms. Battle: Simplified skill point system and amazing visual effects The core of the skill system relates to balancing and mechanisms. In the later game, raid mechanisms become quite rich. Skill UI of the Witch class).

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AppLovin's Modern Community and The Power of Game Narrative

Deconstructor of Fun

When Ahmetcan isn’t busy crafting analysis or designing killer features for consulting clients, you’ll find him exploring Berlin's vibrant tech scene or writing for Deconstructor of Fun in one of the hipster cafes of the city. AppLovin is covering all bases in the metagame, using every existing restoration/makeover mechanic available.

Puzzle 52
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The three most important qualities in an RPG

Keith Burgun

It’s the fault of developers for not exploring new kinds of stories, new kinds of worlds, new kinds of mechanics and so on. You can and likely should use some, or even most of these (although in my opinion, we definitely need to ditch the “sprawling vista” – I’ll write an article on that someday).

Fantasy 52
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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? You should concentrate on building up your writing portfolio and getting regular game writing work. A narrative designer writes too, but our primary job is getting the whole game to tell the same story. Creative writing.