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

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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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. Every feature in your game should be presented to every single team member on the project, without exception. QA doesn’t try hard enough to replicate real player behavior.

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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. Coin Master truly innovated on a core Casino mechanic by making random chance just one block in the core loop, not the only block. Else, just more re-themed slots games incoming.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

They oversee both the foundation and execution of the game mechanics and overall user experience. Some game designers focus on combat balance, using spreadsheets and simulations to provide challenges without impossibility. Others are writers and/or world directors who focus on player experience.

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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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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. . #3 A true masterpiece of an ad rivaling launch trailers from AAA games. This genre rarely sees new games.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 2, 2023

Most of the changes have been related to progression and side mechanics (new upgrade systems, clans…), with just one being clearly impactful on gameplay (Gizmos). Ultimately, it seems that the strategy has been around completing the game with side mechanics and not touching the core. But have the updates been ambitious enough?

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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. What was Cookie Run: Kingdom ’s secret to success?

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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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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.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Those games are trying to acquire users through free mints, taking a page out of the F2P playbook. However, if blockchain games want to be relevant in a scale that matters, they need to take the front page out of that book: existing in mobile devices.

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