Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. I concluded from this experience: that narrative in mobile free-to-play games was often an immense waste of resources.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

2023 turned out to be no less challenging for the mobile market than the year before. Methodology The report mainly focuses on the performance of the mobile games market in Tier-1 West countries, which include the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France and Germany. The rate was based on the comparison study of the titles’ data.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Market Growth Defies Stagnation While some predict a slowdown in mobile gaming, the numbers tell a different story. Contrary to these expectations, mobile gaming is still expanding, driven by a mix of fresh ideas and a steady influx of new players. Here’s a snapshot of the notable shifts in the industry right now.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

An unfairness that we in the mobile game industry have experienced a tightly controlled distribution landscape for our entire industry's lifetime. The implication of government actions will bear consequences on mobile games and apps that are being distributed in the future. DMA could be the thing that rescues the mobile games industry.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? The game mechanics are simple: players trade fidget toys and aim to get the best trade. Satisfying to Watch.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 23, 2025

Why Proactive QA Is Non-Negotiable Unitys flexibility in supporting mobile, PC, console, and XR makes early QA essential. According to Udonis , 62% of users will uninstall a mobile game if they experience crashes, freezes, or errorshighlighting how critical performance stability is to player retention.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Currently, our system is designed to address highly repetitive and mechanical content production problems, such as matching lip movements. Throughout the exploration of these projects, collecting key data and efficient iteration based on artist feedback are crucial.” Earth: Revival will be released in 2023 on PC and mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The puzzle genre is a powerhouse in mobile gaming, generating over $7 billion annually in in-app purchases (IAP). Titles like Match Factory , Triple Match 3D , and Tile Busters have successfully carved out space by introducing fresh mechanics to the puzzle category. Succeed in the market. Download our free Hybridcasual Playbook.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 21, 2023

In addition to the series of articles about hypercasual games and the social media trends that inspire them, AppMagic talked to AZUR Games and FreePlay, both developer and publisher in the mobile- and hypercasual games market. How do you track mobile market trends? This data can be easily tracked using Google Trends.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever. Mobile game analytics solution has emerged as an indispensable ally in this pursuit.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 6, 2024

It’s likely you’ve seen these playable ads on social media or mobile news feeds - they often resemble mini-games or animations that users can play around with or view. When integrated with traditional marketing foundations like storytelling and retargeting, they hold even more data-rich potential for brand interaction and recall.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Don’t make it like a mobile game. Often, developers coming from the mobile gaming industry will assume that they can replicate their success by rebuilding their games on Roblox. They just make a game with a few mechanics, but without thinking about the social element. You’ll need live data. And so it just doesn’t work.”.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Unity , which is one of the popular game engines, is widely used for mobile applications that run on smartphones. 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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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Electronic Arts (EA) engages players around the globe in immersive games across PC, console, and mobile. The algorithm only compared files with the same name as the updated version, missing cases where data had moved between files. This resulted in inflated patch sizes, as any new or changed data had to be downloaded.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Much has changed in mobile gaming since then—and not all of them for the better—but one thing’s for sure: Scopely has more than delivered. This commitment to their vision has undeniably paid dividends, reinforcing their position as a leader in mobile gaming. Scopely takes a long-term approach, as seen with MONOPOLY GO!

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Core Mechanics of an Endless Runner Game Game mechanics make a video game engaging and challenging for players. The core mechanics involved in an Endless Runner Game include - Player Actions The player interacts in an endless runner game by jumping, sliding, or shifting sideways to avoid obstacles.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But Shooters on PC/Console are like Match games on Mobile -- one of the biggest genres, with players always hungry for another game… right? Games that tweak existing mechanics are not enough to break into this entrenched space. The player base dropped from 80 million monthly active users in 2021 to 50 million by mid-2024.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Academy Award for Best Picture is essentially the same product whether viewed in the theaters or on a mobile device, but the Game of the Year award is evaluated quite differently for mobile games than it is for PC and console titles. Additionally, the lines between “mobile devices” and consoles are increasingly blurring.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 29, 2024

Events with different mechanics sometimes complement each other, but at other times they divert players' attention, resulting in reduced activity and monetization. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. They just liked the mechanics and continued playing until the event had ended. Try different combos, too.

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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 Noticeably, Tencent’s PUBG Mobile and Garena’s Free Fire were both down 37%.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This time, we’ll look at the top games that use storytelling as a core mechanic and show you that you don’t need sparkling design and intense gameplay to create a hit. Available on mobile, console and PC. Available on mobile devices, Apple watch and PC. Available on mobile devices only. Available on mobile.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Data Protection An important factor to consider when looking for a game development company is data protection. Look for one that cares about your data security and intellectual property. Prototype: The prototype is a raw test that checks the functionality of the game, environments, gameplay, mechanics, user experience, etc.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

The AppMagic Hypercasual games recap for the second quarter of 2024 unveils some interesting information about this specific part of the mobile games market. Solutions can range from logical and mathematical to visual and motoric, with some challenges requiring the user to rotate their phone—a captivating game mechanic.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Now approaching its 10th anniversary, Norsfell has grown from a small startup developing mobile games into a studio with nearly 40 team members who helped launch the award-winning multi-platform game, “ Tribes of Midgard.” Independent game development studio, Norsfell , was founded in 2013 to forge new genres that bring people together.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Vietnamese developer WolfFun breathed new life into its top-down MOBA Heroes Strike by relaunching it with blockchain-based play-to-earn mechanics. JB: The mobile games industry is extremely competitive because of its low entry barrier, huge customer size, and short development cycles.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Exiting the data center: A League of Legends and VALORANT story: Riot Games details how it moved two of the largest games from on-premises to the cloud without interruption. Games provides a deep dive into the backend architecture required to scale the updated version of “Mortal Kombat 1” for millions of players worldwide.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2021

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). Data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. All revenue numbers show net revenues. Finally, please take the numbers presented with a giant grain of salt.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

The mobile market continues to evolve rapidly, driven by shifting user behaviors, technological advancements, and emerging economic trends. This blog post delves into those insights to provide a comprehensive overview of the mobile landscape. 2023 was a challenging year for the mobile gaming market.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 27, 2019

Both of the authors are true fans of Command & Conquer franchise and both of the authors understand all to well how hard it is to ship a hit mobile game. No matter how you look at it, Command and Conquer Rivals is a good mobile game and the team behind it should be proud of the game they shipped.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon has found investment backing from the likes of Bitkraft, Delphi Ventures, and Mechanism Capital raising $13 million in a round announced earlier this year. .” Metaverse environments Based in Orlando, Florida, but mainly built on a remote working model.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Additionally, the modern backend can implement rendering methods , such as forward clustered, mobile, and more in the future (such as deferred clustered, cinematic, etc.). and is intended to run on very old PC hardware as well as most older (still working) mobile phones. Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0,

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I left gamedev entirely for five years, because I was burned out from working on yet another F2P mobile casino game or whatever soulless product would feed my family.” Using that list, I move to a broad research phase, in which I check lots of sources for gathering data. Once I consider I have enough data, I move on to analysis.

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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. Video games have evolved significantly over the years, branching out onto different platforms such as mobile devices, PC, and Consoles.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With their short cycles and simple gameplay, crafting a hyper-casual title means you can learn important skills across game design and monetisation, which you’ll need for success in the mobile games industry. A list of 14 of the best hyper-casual mechanics to use for your game. What exactly goes into creating a hit in this genre?

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Each tenant can choose to either operate in isolation from the other tenant by having their own infrastructure and maintaining their data, configurations, user base, and customizations or they could run in shared multi-tenant infrastructure. An inbuilt consent flow further aids this so the user can control what data is shared.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It’s the IDEA that makes games successful: The whole presence of the game revolves around that idea that makes the foundation of a mobile game development process. Artists and designers work hand-in-hand to make the mobile game visually pleasing. Developers work closely with the engineers to decide the game mechanics.

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