Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Let’s take a look at a few different situations: A producer can’t tell you which metric a given feature is targeted at or explain why a given metric needs to be changed to meet a KPI. They limit themselves to mechanical testing and don’t raise a red flag if a feature “doesn’t play right” or breaks the gameplay flow of adjacent features.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 4, 2019

This one is written by Om Tandon (Director of User Experience, DIGIT Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). Product differentiation is driven by UX, art styles, production quality and minor meta systems such as quests and saga maps. To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The mobile game industry is challenging at the same time it is the most rewarding industry that has abundant opportunities for the developers. Many of the game development companies have made incredible games, however, there are few games that haven’t made it in the market. . iPad Game Development.

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iXie gaming

DECEMBER 9, 2023

What’s more, automated testing tools help developers keep up with the dynamic gaming landscape. Also, they ensure a seamless user experience (UX) regardless of the device used by the player. This tool helps quality assurance (QA) teams find and localize game errors and bugs. It is mostly used for testing Unity games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This analysis is written by Abhimanyu Kumar with special contributions from UX Reviewer ’s Om Tandon and Brett Nowak , CEO of Liquid & Grit. Source: Competitive Insights into Social Casino Games, Newzoo Report. Else, just more re-themed slots games incoming. Also supported by insights from Lloyd Melnick.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This analysis is written by UX Reviewer’s Om Tandon and product guy and blog writer Alexandre Macmillan To make sure you don’t miss all the following prediction posts, please do subscribe to the Deconstructor of Fun newsletter. Clashing has been lucrative in Arcade Sports as several companies copied Golf Clash meta switching the core game.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 25, 2021

This analysis is written by Mladen Dulanovic , Game Lead from Nordeus, and Om Tandon , UX Director at UX Reviewer. Our 2021 predictions have been sponsored by Facebook Gaming. Facebook Gaming helps developers and publishers to build, grow, and monetize their games. Access all of our previous predictions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Cookie Run is has some imporessive traction in the Western markets, which may potentially turn this game into a proper worldwide hit. The card-battling RPG genre was one of the first in mobile games that enjoyed success at scale and popularity around the world.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 19, 2024

Written by Jesper Gustavsson , Director of Product at SYBO Games and a games industry veteran with 10 years of experience in building and operating mobile games as a product manager. In 2012, Microfun transitioned into the mobile gaming industry with the release of “Super Model” (an RPG fashion game).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

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: The State of Arcade Games While the Arcade genre only accounts for 7.5% In fact, Arcade games alone make up for ~45% of 2019’s total download volume across all mobile gaming genres.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Software used by professional game designers: Unreal Engine/Unity Blueprint/C# Microsoft or Google Office software for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Art software (e.g., Game design jobs in the industry Game designers are required for all types of video games—from console to online to mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

This seems very low frequency for a mobile game, particularly a new one that should be trying to maintain player engagement with new content. Nevertheless, in my opinion the biggest change when it comes to Mini upgrade systems is related to UX. Clash Mini features a rudimentary implementation of Clans.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 23, 2020

Strategy games are by far the most top grossing genre on mobile beating the second largest genre, Puzzle Games, by nearly $1Bn. In our taxonomy we breakdown Strategy genre into 7 sub-genres based on games’ features and core gameplay. In this analysis we will focus on 4X and Strategy RPG. 4X in 2019.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. 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. A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. Access all previous predictions here.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. And they will soon launch their new mobile shooter called Catalyst's Black. You're now.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

Prior to Knock Knock, Andrew was Head of Business Operations at TinyCo where he built, launched, and operated games like Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, MARVEL Avengers Academy, and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Beyond study and instrumentation, there is instinct.” - Annorax* Creating a new F2P mobile game is riskier than it’s ever been.

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 12, 2024

For the less emotional ones, card games are charming for the critical thinking they require, promising brain work, use of strategic thinking and as a study of human behavior (or poker faces, to be precise). You can play card games from where you are, when you want and with whomever you wish to.

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