Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

When integrated with traditional marketing foundations like storytelling and retargeting, they hold even more data-rich potential for brand interaction and recall. Playable ads usually start with a short video ad, followed by an interactive game or activity that showcases the features and benefits of the advertised product or service.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

year-over-year from 2021 to 2022 (TikTok Internal Data, 2022) – makes it the perfect place to find inspiration for casual and hyper-casual mobile games. The game mechanics are simple: players trade fidget toys and aim to get the best trade. Satisfying to Watch. Self-Expression. Meta layers. The adoption of meta elements has increased.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

and above versions, the engine’s built-in pipeline is built based on the CRP pipeline, making the engine’s built-in pipeline and the user’s custom pipeline have the same rendering mechanism and process, with stronger compatibility and stability. The following are the test result data: IV. Mini-game Platform Enhancements 1.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Focus group testing stands as a critical phase in the development of video games, serving as a valuable tool to gather insights, refine gameplay mechanics, and optimize user experiences. Let’s take a look at the importance of focus group testing and understand the benefits it offers to game developers and the gaming community.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

To keep players engaged, the game features a leaderboard that motivates players to achieve better results by solving more complex puzzles. While the game employs a typical monetization approach, combining ads (forced ads, banners, and reward ads) with various in-app purchase offers, it also features a dual currency system for players.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 31, 2023

They used data to determine the issue and isolated and eliminated the gameplay element causing the users to quit. Big data, as we know it today, has evolved from its humble beginnings of database management. Additionally, we have also been using game data analytics to assess the effectiveness of game updates by conducting A/B testing.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 6, 2023

Publishers and studios are constantly looking for new ways to improve these, whether it’s with more powerful ad creative to boost UA or by adding new gameplay mechanics and features to improve player retention. Minigames have continued to grow in popularity since the IDFA changes, especially amongst casual and midcore games.

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This new batch of items in particular is composed of quite a few belonging to the mechanics-heavy very interesting category, so in that regard this spike is quite meaningful. It had already been partially gutted (the imported stat data) by an impossible MediaWiki upgrade path, so I was going to replace it with something else eventually.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

Both feature large open worlds and show the same exact environmental indicators (e.g., Similarities all around Beyond its look and feel, the gameplay mechanics found in Palworld also closely match those from other well-known games. The survival mechanics and in-game tasks draw on Rust. temperature, weather).

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Additional features have been added to deploy more production-oriented services, such as Unity’s cache server. Practically speaking, a mechanism for managing Unity licenses may be necessary. This means that data is not sharable between build jobs. For this reason, a retry mechanism is essential.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

We adopted USD to streamline our content pipelines and have something that performs well with large amounts of data and can be easily extended. Our schemas are generated from a proprietary data definition language that we use to specify all our content data classes. Any recommended small steps to follow for starters?

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

By leveraging the power of data, mobile game developers can acquire profound insights into player preferences, engagement, and behavioral patterns. Basically, it involves leveraging player data to identify and address issues, driving better immersion and retention. However, achieving such game mechanics is easier said than done.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

By leveraging the power of data, mobile game developers can acquire profound insights into player preferences, engagement, and behavioral patterns. Basically, it involves leveraging player data to identify and address issues, driving better immersion and retention. However, achieving such game mechanics is easier said than done.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The drone centering and following feature added back in Beta 10 has been quite useful for this purpose. I blurted out that we need a drone PIP (picture-in-picture) feature to make it easier to operate while scouting drones are active, and of course ever since I mentioned that it stuck in my head, just asking to be explored as a feature.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2024

Headquartered in Paris and overseeing over 100 studios worldwide, Voodoo operates like a well-oiled, data-driven machine. Gabriel emphasized the importance of data-driven development, which allows Voodoo to refine their games continuously based on player feedback and performance metrics.

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Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

When a game with a unique style and appearance becomes a hit, it doesn’t take long for new games to emerge, hoping to emulate that success by using the same gameplay mechanics, visual style and features. You’d be forgiven for mistaking Stumble Guys for Fall Guys. In total, Stumble Guys raked in over 219 million downloads.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 14, 2024

was globally released on April 11, 2023, and is by far the biggest casual game launch in five years, featuring engaging gameplay that combines classic MONOPOLY elements with innovative mechanics. By focusing on player engagement and fresh mechanics, they created a free-to-play experience that truly resonates. MONOPOLY GO!

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Game Errors

JUNE 6, 2023

Gameplay Mechanics Although both of these titles have many similarities, some key differences have made them unique from each other. This characteristic has created many more contrasts, particularly in the shooting, movement, and overall game mechanics. The movement mechanics in Fortnite is very basic.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 10, 2023

Event tracking is the first feature in Mixpanel that lets you boost user engagement. Flurry features a go-to dashboard for metrics. It is free; which means you get a ton of wonderful features for nothing! It features several meaningful metrics that give insight into player behavior. MixPanel . AppsFlyer .

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Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 3, 2022

On reviewing the data I’m happy to see that my game-to-non-game-stuff work ratio has continued in my preferred direction (I shared a graph and more info about this trend back in the 2020 review ), so more working on the game itself and less community-facing marketing-type stuff. Cogmind Beta 11 release art, by Zyalin.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

comes with a new feature to support the parallel compilation of OptixModule objects containing multiple functions. The payload registers are the mechanism NVIDIA OptiX offers for passing arbitrary data along with a ray, from the caller that traces a ray, and back. Temporal denoising is a new feature from NVIDIA OptiX 7.3

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The game features action-combat including magical powers in player-vs-environment and player-versus-player modes. The trailer features a pretty world of warriors, who flit between environments, with ample tools for building and crafting. In-game businesses can be built and sold. The game’s open beta test is set for this month.

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Tom Francis

AUGUST 6, 2023

I’ve used it pretty regularly ever since, and every now and then my need for some extra feature or tweak outweighs my laziness and I make a new version. I don’t have time to note down how long I’ve worked, so I don’t click the break button cos that’ll wipe the data. I’ve just made v5. TomsTimer5.exe

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Think of this as a hyper-casual Beyblade game with a merge mechanic mixed in the middle. What we liked about Spinner Merge is how they came about the idea of bringing in the merge mechanic. relied on data to figure out what they wanted this game to be. The core gameplay follows a ‘build and battle mechanic’.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day. Similarly, Buffs are the kind of changes that are made when certain features or video game mechanics need to be tweaked to make them significant in the game. Adding social elements.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Developers work closely with the engineers to decide the game mechanics. This includes making the sound effects and music, planning the levels, implementing the game mechanics, and producing the game’s assets. Artists and designers work hand-in-hand to make the mobile game visually pleasing.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Machine learning algorithms analyze game data, identify patterns, and intelligently generate test cases to cover a wider range of scenarios. Algorithms learn from existing test data to predict potential issues and prioritize testing efforts. Gauges player reactions to new features or content, helping developers make informed decisions.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Our experienced testers work closely with game designers and developers to examine every part of the game’s concept, mechanics, and user interface. Core Functionality Testing Alpha testing focuses on the core features of the game. Stage 3: Beta Testing During the alpha stage, the main mechanics of the game were improved.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sketch out the basic gameplay mechanics, objectives, and features. Use scripts to create gameplay mechanics, player interactions, and more. Create an appealing thumbnail and description for your game that accurately represents its features and advantages. Now that we have covered the basics, here are a few things to note.

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Gameplay testing is done before launching the game to identify and mitigate issues in the game’s design, controls, graphics, and mechanics, to mention a few. It assesses a particular service or feature of a game by setting multiple data values and variables to the game and running it in the runtime environment.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

It will make it much easier to implement various XR features including the editor features we have on the roadmap. Adds an API to return information about the confidence of the tracking data. There is a lot more flexibility in moving your player around including climbing mechanics, glide mechanics, wind mechanics, etc.

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iXie gaming

MAY 3, 2024

Even worse, you may realize that the crash results in data loss, where your game assets vanish into thin air. This form of testing evaluates the basic functions, including gameplay mechanics, menus, controls, and user interfaces. Testers ensure that all features work as intended. The outcome?

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Cocos

JANUARY 31, 2024

Below are some feature improvements, issue fixes, and documentation updates in version 3.8.2. Features Engine Enhanced support for multiple lights, CSM, and multiple light shadows in the pipeline. Exposed the mechanism for building custom panel plugins to the public, examples have been updated in the build plugin template.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

You must think creatively to develop mechanics that surprise and excite the gamer. Here are some of the essential tips that you need to consider that will help you out: Learn the Basics You must start with a strong foundation in programming fundamentals such as data types, control structures, and variables.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

For example, a shader can use warp shuffle instructions to exchange data between threads in a warp without going through shared memory, which is especially valuable in pixel shaders where there is no shared memory. A mechanism to support them in DirectX has been available for a while but not widely documented. include "nvHLSLExtns.h"

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

This quarter’s top 10 features some newcomers that have been around for a while, with one even as long as 2016. Another mechanic to get all of the mentioned above that two games out of five use is the Fortune Wheel. Not only does it allow removing all the ads, but it also unlocks additional game features.

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