Game Analytics

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Roblox is an absolutely massive platform, with over 32 million experiences and 52 million active users. They just make a game with a few mechanics, but without thinking about the social element. Roblox is a social platform. It’s less about the mechanics and more about how the players will be able to interact with one another.

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AWS Games

JUNE 6, 2023

With Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its backend, the Metalhead team accelerate and optimized its development and deployment of “SMB 4,” ultimately launching the game simultaneously on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, with global support for cross-platform play.

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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.” The team collaborated with Epic to ensure a successful launch on all platforms.

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Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

The data and examples shown here are gathered from the GameRefinery service, which you can access here. The examples we’ve included here are only a small handful of the thousands of seasonal event implementation examples on the GameRefinery SaaS platform, so if you’re interested in seeing more examples, check out the platform.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

I’ve been working in the gaming industry for some 28 years, creating for various platforms in numerous roles. We adopted USD to streamline our content pipelines and have something that performs well with large amounts of data and can be easily extended. Vehkala spoke with NVIDIA about embracing USD into its game development pipeline.

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Entertainment Game Developer Game Development Development 91

Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Level design is a part of video game design that focuses specifically on designing game levels (an area or stage a player must complete before moving on to the next one) while keeping in mind the architecture, layout, video game mechanics , and pace to keep the players invested in the game. Define the gameplay mechanics.

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AWS Games

JANUARY 18, 2024

Games24x7 is India’s most valuable multi-game platform. Games24x7 have established themselves as a leading platform for skill-based games. It accounts for more than 60% of their daily revenue in their fantasy cricket platform operations. Games24x7 uses push notifications to reach over 80% of their active user base.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Console platforms set a high bar for certification, encompassing stringent compliance, functional, and performance criteria. The certification phase is where preparation meets platform-specific requirements, each critical to securing that coveted first-time pass. First-time success in console submission is no small feat.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 20, 2020

When you make a board game today, you’re on the same platform as CMON and other very high-profile publishers who can reliably pull more than one million dollars per campaign. Good games have clever themes and mechanics. Good products are made for audiences using hard data to figure out what people like.

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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 Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Avalon is being built with Didimo’s Popul8 character creation platform and Inworld’s AI-powered character engine. 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.

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Racing Content Fantasy Platformer 98

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

AppLovin is seeing high-IP games use ad-based monetization from the hyper-casual world, while casual titles layer in complex mechanics. Revamping Mechanics to Match User Expectations Mechanics like tile placement have surged in popularity as they blend accessibility with high engagement.

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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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Mechanics Puzzle Mobile Mobile 86

Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Although it is a library designed for video production, USD’s mechanism for supporting large and complex pipelines could be used for in-game production. Unlike previous formats, USD compositions can be used to edit data in a non-destructive manner. Unlike asset data, everything is in small ASCII files. Of course we do.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 31, 2024

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. Beyond Pokémon, some of the creature designs are similar to those found in Dragon Quest.

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Open World Mechanics Development Concepts 104

Brand Game Development

APRIL 13, 2018

I never once took Kickstarter data before making this game and its stagnation on Kickstarter shows. I never used market data to validate this game. Kickstarter is a big, beautiful data set. Use that data! I didn’t use that data because I was pursuing a passion project. I have an online platform.

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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. Scaling a multiplayer game into the millions with Mortal Kombat 1 : Warner Bros.

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NPC Games Electronics Mobile 57

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. In this analysis, data from China, Korea, and Japan are excluded as this analysis focuses on Western markets only. This is because we don’t want to reduce the actionability of the data with games that succeed massively in what can be described as closed domestic markets.

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Cross platform Platformer Puzzle Mobile 52

AWS Games

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Most recently, QORPO integrated Amazon GameLift into its infrastructure to enable scalable cross-platform server hosting and matchmaking across titles. Using Amazon Bedrock, developers built an AI agent that analyzes near real-time game data streaming from Amazon Kinesis. Get in touch with an AWS for Games representative.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Bringing Data-Driven Insights to Fans Providing a transparent, global ranking system for LoL Esports teams has been a long-standing challenge and priority for Riot Games. During the tournament, GPR data was integrated directly into the livestream, with casters and analysts using the rankings to enhance their commentary and storytelling.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I’ll start by defining these two types of innovation: Content innovation periods are characterized by a focus on developing new types of games, expanding game portfolios, and pushing the boundaries of gameplay mechanics and storytelling. This period saw the rise of social gaming, mobile gaming, and digital distribution platforms.

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Entertainment Content Console Mobile 104

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

And… that’s what I did professionally for almost 10 years: released many games on different platforms, working for multiple companies. 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. Which are its verbs?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 29, 2024

It starts by designating certain core platform services as a fundamental infrastructure of the internet-type entities. Then the DMA designates gatekeepers that operate these core platform services. Give developers access to more complete data from the platforms. So this would be something like app store distribution.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. 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.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This blog was co-authored by Qamar Ali Shaikh, AVP – Infrastructure & Platform Engineering, Dream11 and Arvind Sharma, Engineering Manager – Developer Platform , Dream11. These similarities suggest an opportunity to build reusable platform components. This is available for different platforms like Android, iOS, and Web.

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Data Platformer Build Mobile 62

Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Minor version updates focus on performance, package size, ease of use, and stability, such as WASM modules, support for mini-game platforms, package compression, build process optimization, script optimization, rendering effect optimization, etc. Especially for the mini-game platform, whether it is a new or old pipeline, compared to the 3.8.0

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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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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 27, 2020

Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the wonderful services of App Annie. Here are the three things you need to know about ironSource: #1: They’re developing the most robust, data-driven growth engine for mobile games. #2: You can find the previous predictions here.

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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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Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

It supports multi-platform publishing on Web, IOS, and Android. After understanding some of the future plans from the game team, I decided to start over and create a guide from the perspective of code-writing and logic mechanisms. The previous article briefly mentioned this entry script named init.ts.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

using data oriented algorithms to process the culling of objects and both secondary command buffers and automatic batching to efficiently submit the draw primitives. It also has more useful built-in data types such as integer vectors. The core engine has been significantly optimized, especially on the memory and data-oriented areas.

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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

Below are 5 platforms marketers can use to ease their analytics journey: 1. Furthermore, the Slack link is nice and enables you to monitor who registers for your platforms and responds to problematic accounts. This is a platform by Google that supports app development and is highly regarded by many gamers. MixPanel .

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The challenges were minimal compared to the intricate games we see today, and as long as the core mechanics worked and the game didn’t break, it was ready for release. Tools are becoming smarter, allowing for predictive analytics that help in identifying areas of a game that are more prone to bugs, based on data from previous projects.

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AWS Games

MARCH 8, 2024

Unity is used for use cases beyond games, and these new use cases may not run on traditional game platforms, so being able to build for a wide variety of platforms is critical. Practically speaking, a mechanism for managing Unity licenses may be necessary. This means that data is not sharable between build jobs.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This cross-pollination of ideas isn't confined to a single genre or platform; it's a universal phenomenon that drives innovation continuously. Whether it's a unique gameplay mechanic from an indie title or a groundbreaking event in one of the biggest franchises, developers consistently look to each other to spark creativity and fuel progress.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

These models can produce game content, including music, textures, characters, mechanics, and even levels. Increases Game Performance Generative AI can automatically change game settings to ensure optimal performance across different platforms and devices. Adaptive Game Mechanics Game mechanics are crucial in modern games.

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