Game Refinery

MARCH 16, 2023

Valentine’s Day skins in the shop) + UI changes Of course, giving your UI a refresh isn’t going to do much when it comes to bringing in revenue, which is why most developers give their cosmetic items, such as skins, a seasonal makeover too. The more changes you make to the game, the more monetization mechanics you’ve got to play with.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Games, at their core, might just be a series of mechanics and rules, but themes keep us from feeling like we’re playing out the logical conclusion of mathematical functions. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Five Levels of Communication through Game Development.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Is it well-defined?

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 12, 2024

a remarkable +100% QoQ; read a full case study on Supercent’s games); Car Race 3D: Car Racing (+22% QoQ); Race Master 3D – Car Racing (+4% QoQ); Going Balls (+0.1% QoQ); Bridge Race (–4% QoQ); Magic Tiles 3 (–12% QoQ); and Build A Queen (–20% QoQ). Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.

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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. Players race, jump and dash through three rounds of obstacle courses (maps). Tournament options in Stumble Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Despite being the smallest category by revenue share on mobile, 2020 was a very good year for Sports & Racing as it breached the billion-dollar mark , with combined revenue of $1.2B Access all of our previous predictions.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 7, 2020

Toys for which you had to build a track yourself and then simply put them on it, and race with your friends just by pressing a button! You can play campaign mode with your friends or/and with AI, build custom tracks and then race on them in the party mode! Development. But what Little Racer is really about? . You got it!

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Based on a long tradition in mobile gaming, the companies get inspiration and borrow mechanics from each other to the point when the original creator becomes hard to trace. While borrowing mechanics, they sometimes occasionally borrow something more: an expression of those mechanics. You get that, Commander?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

“We consulted two anthropologists while building our technology and culture trees to reflect the prehistoric cultural and technological progress of the human race”, he says. While the gameplay mechanics reflect the search for historical accuracy, the team of Gorilla Softworks didn’t try to go for realism in the visual presentation.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ambitious multiverse and Web3 project Avalon’s first trailer dropped yesterday, as well as details of the experienced development team’s plans for the game. 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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DameDev.tv

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For gamers and game developers alike, this is the season to dive into the world of horror games, immersing ourselves in atmospheres filled with suspense, mystery, and pure fright. This unique mechanic turns a typically harmless object into your only line of defence against vengeful spirits. The Last of Us 9.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Top 10 Games By Downloads The top 10 downloaded games of Q1 2023 shows a couple of old-timers that don’t want to give up their positions: Going Balls , Bridge Race , Car Games 3D: Car Racing , Tall Man Run and Race Master 3D – Car Racing. You can read about these games in more detail here.

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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. Everyone knows about them, but not all developers pay real attention to them. We had a case with an event based on merge mechanics. Try different combos, too.

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Brand Game Development

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. My husband is a bit more into game mechanics and the nitty gritty (can’t you tell I’m pleased I married a game developer? Need help on your board game?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. Yet, for indie dev Almar, it offered an escape from the corporate rat race he felt trapped in. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk. ” Why did you become a solo developer?

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like. This method may not be appropriate for every developer, every team, or every game, but it is one I like.

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Game Refinery

MAY 26, 2022

What really differentiates The Ants from the rest, however, is not just the theme but the game’s mechanics, which give it an entirely different feel from the usual 4X we’re used to. This is likely due to the game’s varied upgrading system but also due to the way the daily gameplay focus shifts from one mechanic to another.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This article in our prediction series will cover the Sports & Racing category. It is made up of four sub-genres - Realistic Sports ( such as MADDEN, FIFA, 8 Ball Poll ), Arcade Sports ( such as Golf Clash, Fishing Clash ), Realistic Racing ( such as CSR ), Arcade Racing ( such as Mario Kart ).

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The Liquid Fire

MARCH 30, 2023

In the SRD you will find a bunch of the game mechanics released to the public in an open game license. That includes races, classes, equipment, monsters, magic, abilities and more. Goal The primary goal for this project is to create a reusable “core” of game mechanics based on these documents.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

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. I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. But still, it’s super fun.

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 19, 2018

First came Game Development 101 and then came Designing & Developing Your Game. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. For the sake of this guide, I’m going to assume you are a board game developer with intentions to self-publish. Need help on your board game?

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, brings the beloved Uncharted series to Android devices.

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Game Refinery

MAY 30, 2024

Stumble Guys uses IP in live events to introduce new gameplay mechanics Stumble Guys x Nerf Over on the casual Market, Stumble Guys fumbled home with the other Best Collaboration Event Award. By incorporating narrative into a LiveOps strategy, developers can keep players coming back time and again as they unveil each new chapter of the story.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Rivals are supposed to win the slot-cars-like race set in a variety of worlds. To recreate the feeling of slot car racing the camera is set above the track, but using perspective view caused problems with visibility. Aspects mentioned before had a huge impact on the game’s design and development and I’d like to explain why below.

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DameDev.tv

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Or how to keep the development within a realistic scope? Whether that’s a platformer with running and jumping, a racing game with accelerating and braking or a FPS with moving and shooting. 1:14:04 - 1:15:04) During your time developing a game it’s normal to come to a stage where you start to dislike your game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. Tap the button and you’re off to the races! You may also come across a game via a sponsored/influenced post on X or Discord.

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AWS Games

JUNE 6, 2023

As the developer behind popular video game franchise “Super Mega Baseball,” the studio has taken each installment to new heights, growing its own capabilities and talent base in tandem. Centralized development on AWS has also made it easier for the team to deploy the game across platforms and facilitate cross-platform play.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 24, 2024

Casual Games went Hybrid: These are tailored for a broad audience with straightforward mechanics, usually aim to sustain player engagement to boost revenue via ad monetization. However, Hypercasual and Hybridcasual developers have successfully utilized Google Ads on YouTube to reach their target audience effectively.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 15, 2024

The gameplay heavily relies on RNG-based mechanics and incentivizes long sessions, resembling an RPG-themed slot machine. However, there are notable areas for improvement such as refining gacha mechanics, optimizing ad placements, and enhancing social features to foster long-term retention and revenue growth.

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Game Analytics

JANUARY 24, 2023

Through their data, Happy Volcano realized that people were far more likely to drop off if they didn’t play through some of the single-player races before hopping over to multiplayer. “It As a player, it’s frustrating to join a multiplayer race and get absolutely thrashed immediately. You just end up leaving.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 9, 2021

this Saturday June 12, 2021, we are headlining the Georgia Game Developers Association CIMFest and I also will be moderating IGDA GDSIG's skipped (due to the cancellation of GDC last year) roundtable, Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities. There was just so much more to talk about emotional touchstones in emergent narrative! Touchstones!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 1, 2024

Dream Games, the developer of the massive Match-3 success, Royal Match , is still attempting to answer this (difficult) question. While presently, with Township , and retroactively Homescapes , we see the first explorations into non-Match-3 engines, this pivot only occurred after focusing almost entirely on one game mechanic.

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Interesting Choices

AUGUST 5, 2011

This is the fifth part of a series about working on Magic: the Gathering during my five years at Wizards of the Coast: Part One (Joining WotC, playing in the FFL, developing Champions of Kamigawa). Part Two (Developing Betrayers of Kamigawa and the Jitte mistake). Race and Class. Suddenly everything was so much easier.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 24, 2024

The increasing audience from different locations presents numerous opportunities for developers, as they can reach more potential players than ever, increasing the chances of their game’s success. However, developers must implement measures to navigate the challenges associated with game localization. The outcome?

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 13, 2021

Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Written by Michail Katkoff , games executive and founder of Deconstructor of Fun, and Niek Tuerlings , Senior Game Designer and author of popular game development blog Ludocious.com. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

Game developers look for ways to improve online multiplayer experience while balancing availability and cost effectiveness. We apply the method with SuperTuxKart , an open-source, C++ based kart racing game and provide a configuration example. Build containerized game servers with AWS Developer tools.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 15, 2023

This is a much-dreaded question game developers ask themselves at every stage of game development. You have to compete against the giants such as King, Playrix, and Dream who are not just about developing one game, but creating their own IP across multiple games. Who is your target audience?

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