Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 14, 2020

Alrighty then, lets kick off the predictions with the Puzzle genre! Puzzle Games Continued to Grow. Puzzle genre is the second largest, after strategy games, on mobile in terms of in-app purchases. Last year Puzzle games generated a whopping $4.5Bn in IAP revenues while growing 18% year-on-year.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 3, 2019

The reason for this acquisition was the success of Small Giant’s hit game, Empires & Puzzles. Since mid 2017, Empires & Puzzles has raked in $260M in net revenues with only 34M installs. Empires and Puzzles regularly takes the top spot in Puzzle RPG category in the West (when Dokkan is having a post event hangover).

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

This is why game art studios have emerged over the past decade. Instead of working on the next big blockbuster title alone, game art studios help companies create their titles with minimal financial investment. This article will explain about Game Art Studios and what it means for the future of gaming! What is a Game Art Studio?

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The game also features over 500,000 tactical puzzles alongside various interactive lessons and videos to help players improve their skills. Fans could also access several Clash of Clans and Clash Royale-themed puzzle minigames on the Chess.com website. Paid membership also removes in-game ads for a more seamless experience.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Tower of Fantasy is a new MMORPG developed by Hotta Studio and published by Perfect World and Level Infinite. Similar to the mechanics of Genshin Impact, the player explores the vast open-world by climbing on the walls, swimming in the rivers, gliding in the skies, wiping out enemies, and solving different kinds of puzzles.

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Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But here's what I'm playing and what I'm talking about: Immortality Wayward Strand Cult of the Lamb Betrayal at Club Low Atuel Immortality by Half Mermaid The third "FMV game" helmed by auteur Sam Barlow and his studio, about collecting short video fragments to assemble complex psychological stories. Pro-tip: play with a gamepad.)

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Rush Wars was the PvE version of Clash Royale in the Boom Beach setting Clash Quest was Legend of Solgard in the Clash setting Hay Day Pop was a puzzle and decorate game with Hay Day IP Everdale is a Hay Day Derby feature as a game Clash Mini is the most innovative one. It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By increasing the number of tiers in their battle passes, mobile studios can increase the options awarded to their players, with one such example being State of Survival’s Operation Festival: Battle Plan event. They help each other progress through the game, participate in co-op events, and fight other guilds for world map control.

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Big Games

AUGUST 19, 2021

Adventure: The games of this type have reflex testing and puzzle gameplay. Strategy: Games in this genre challenge the mind with strategic dilemmas, tactical puzzles, and shootouts. The urge to complete the task, fight the obstacles and rescue the victims gives mere satisfaction to the players. Everything has its own limits.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review. Programming.

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Game Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

Mirrored Souls (pictured above) from The Bricks Studio is described as a “single-player-co-op puzzle-platformer” in which players control two characters at the same time on a mirrored screen in an attempt to reunite them. Holy Hunt from Artificial is an 8-bit retro top-down shooter.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Suppose you are designing artwork for a puzzle game, a minimalist art style with simple shapes and clean lines will suffice as they assist players in concentrating on the gameplay. Also Read: The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry 8.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 6, 2023

It looks like these are not enough to stop Tactile , the Danish studio behind smash hit Lily’s Garden , from working on a new title since they launched their latest game Makeover Match in March 2023. The story also features a villain whom the crew fights against, along with occasional appearances by other side characters.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

In the first quarter of 2020 Supercell soft-launched their second title with a puzzle core - Hay Day Pop. On paper, Hay Day Pop seems like a smart move from Supercell: it’s a puzzle game for a simulation audience with a familiar character that got a face-lift. FarmVille extended its IP to puzzle back in 2015.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 2, 2022

Mobile games market predictions in 2022 Michail Katkoff, Savage Game Studios, and Deconstructor of Fun. Friends at mobilegamer.biz summarised every talk and session and divided them up so you can watch each one by hitting play on the embedded video. Each different game audience needs a different economy.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2020

Further, recent strategic moves have been made by Voodoo to open “beyond hypercasual” studios. While the diminishing market share and opening of non-hypercasual studios can be seen as Voodoo’s fall from grace, it can also be viewed as Voodoo’s strategic retreat from the hypercasual market.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

By embracing and encouraging gamers’ motivation to collect and to cultivate, the card battling genre has become a proven formula for mobile companies and studios to maximize their revenue. On the other hand, the game also designs a “Combo Drop“ with 20 puzzle pieces (You roll a new cookie out and you get 1 to 3 pieces of the whole cookie.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

For the first version of the game, we decided to have only a single-player version, where the players would fight against the AI. I also like the test as it is done in the comfort of the tester (usually at home) instead of bringing testers to your studio or some research center, where their behaviour alters.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This analysis is written by Taras Koshelev (Lead Game Designer at My.Games Venture Capital) who focused on game mechanics and loops and Michail Katkoff (Founder of Savage Game Studios) who covered the market and marketability. Playrix released Puzzle Breakers into soft-launch in late 2019. Puzzle RPGs on Mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. For example, entering Fighting games is nearly suicidal effort. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Just look at Hero Wars from a Playrix associated studio.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

A studio working on an RPG has to focus on depth over core gameplay, have incredibly robust live operation capabilities, and nearly impeccable production processes that keep the content fresh for the players. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. Which makes sense.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Army Commander by Lion Studios. But Army Commander by Lion Studios seemed to nail this on the head. Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. But for this game, they layered in choice – fight enemies to make your character stronger, and avoid ones that are too tough.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dark Crypt by @DaisyGames3 is a puzzle game with a horror setting, well on topic for the spooky season! Manipulate gravity in Spinstar, @PixyDevs 's precision puzzle platformer with great pixel art and music! Hashi: Light by amiksemo is a minimalist and casual puzzle game with a ton of puzzles to solve. Dark Crypt.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. To put the Strategy genre in proportion, it generates a whole Billion more than all Puzzle games combined. Though several puzzle genres do boast significant ad revenue streams, which bridge the gap in net revenue between the genres. Access all previous predictions here.

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Players can join Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer as they embark on epic quests, solving intricate puzzles, facing dynamic combat challenges, and exploring breathtaking environments. Developed by Bethesda Game Studios, it was initially met with mixed reviews during its early access phase but later garnered attention and commercial success.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Already at age 28, Iñárritu became the head of his own studio, managing film production, low budget projects, short films, commercials, and TV shows. Octavio is in love with Susana, so he decides to earn money by participating in dog fights. What's more, it has a complex screenplay structure so as that is a jigsaw puzzle.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 27, 2019

This deconstruct is written by Eva Grillova (Game Designer at Smirk Game Studios) and Abhimanyu Kumar (Mobile Games Consultant). the second piece of the puzzle. The East-to-West Audience This brings us to the third piece of the puzzle — the kind of audience Habby is going for with Archero. Source: BoomBit website.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Music is an important piece of the Kristala puzzle. We'll be sharing them all week.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

This is where 99.99% of indie developers and studios make their main and most fatal mistake. Common answers are: Everyone, e.g.: this is a nice puzzle, tower defense, casual, etc. a fighting game), is animation. Starting over, is the game commercially viable? Wait, shouldn't a prototype come first? Well not really. Publishing.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JUNE 10, 2019

Many of the new games that are gaining ground are coming from developers like Lilith , Firecraft Studios (Matchington Mansion), FunPlus (King of Avalon, Guns of Glory) and IGG (Lords Mobile). Similar to Heroes Charge, Puzzles and Dragons, Empires and Puzzles, Idle Heroes, Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, Legendary, and Marvel Strike Force.

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