Game Refinery

JANUARY 5, 2023

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. At the time of writing, there are five special emotes in the game: Punch, Slide, Hug, and Banana. iOS downloads for Stumble Guys.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Written by Ahmetcan Demirel , the maestro of product management and a podcast host ( Game Dev Diary ) from Germany! With a knack for puzzle, arcade, and simulation games. It is no secret that puzzle games dominate a significant share of the mobile gaming market.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2024

With a knack for puzzle, arcade, and simulation games. When Ahmetcan isn’t busy crafting analysis or designing killer features for consulting clients, you’ll find him exploring Berlin's vibrant tech scene or writing for Deconstructor of Fun in one of the hipster cafes of the city. I know, shocking).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 24, 2023

But this write-up is not about Playrix's ability to out-execute rivals. Instead, we’ll be talking about how Playrix outperformed most of the games industry in their ability to work from home efficiently and at scale. It’s a breath of fresh air to endless calendar puzzles where you’re trying to set up a meeting with people.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Depending on these, you can make a budget-friendly game or the next GTA. Keep reading this blog to understand how mobile game development costs differ from AAA games. Will it be a 2D puzzle or an AAA game like Grand Theft Auto V? Believe us, it’s worth every minute of your time. And what genre will you pick?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 4, 2020

Most mobile gaming companies bet on incremental innovation as their gateway to success. They make marginal improvements to an existing game, hoping to convince enough players to switch to their game. This game packs some of the best balanced, nerve- wracking, strategic gameplay on a mobile device.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. Kudos to Neil Long of Mobilegamer.biz for joining the event and writing the notes. Kress said that the current’s market’s woes were “all Apple’s fault”. “We

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The responses represent a diverse set of developers – they work for small studios with less than 20 people (58%), medium studios of up to 150 people (26%), and large studios of over 150 people (16%) that develop games across 22 genres including action (33%), role playing (30%), and puzzle (22%). AWS for Games Solutions.

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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. Interactive Facilities for Some Cookies.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

GoPractice is a tool I would have loved to have at the beginning of my product management career and it’s a tool that I love having now, a decade into making and operating free-to-play games. GoPractice is also highly recommended by some of the top mobile games companies, which is how I originally got connected with Oleg.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Expect more acquisitions, new game releases and revenue diversification efforts (also outside mobile games) from Playtika, as it prepares to bulk up before an imminent 2020 IPO. This can be seen in the image below, where Simulation, Merge Puzzle and MOBA titles from Big Fish and Plarium are currently in soft-launch.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Even with the boost brought by Mario Kart, Racing only accounted for approximately 1% of the mobile market revenue ( compared to RPG which accounts for 30%+, or strategy/puzzle that account for 15% ). 2020 Predictions: a macro-level view on the Racing genre Mobile revenues are clearly skewed towards some key genres.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As of the moment of writing Beatstar, it’s the 33rd most downloaded game in the US on iPhone. Music games haven’t traditionally been very well monetizing on mobile. The hard lock on waiting feels much more punishing in this game than say in a puzzle game when you run out of lives-.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

.” - Jane McGonigal, author, game designer, and researcher A game designer is responsible for devising the rules and dynamics of a game, ensuring it is immersive, entertaining, challenging, and fun. 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

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Follow Nebo on everything mobile growth > @eniac W hen AppTrackingTransparency was introduced, many predicted the doom and gloom situation and the death of mobile gaming. What inspired me to write about them is their approach to User Acquisition (UA) and how UA and creative findings impact their product roadmap.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 18, 2018

How you divide your time between making games and living "real life" ? When I write, music is helpful. Dividing my life between making games and real life is a struggle. Do you ever think about that segment of games? It's all about licensed games, quick disposable mobile games, or these odd social website type games.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 17, 2018

How you divide your time between making games and living “real life” ? When I write, music is helpful. Dividing my life between making games and real life is a struggle. Do you ever think about that segment of games? Do you cut off the whole series of the puzzles (meaning wasting time/art/effort)?

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 22, 2021

The round also saw contributions from two top tier funds; Balderton Capital and Makers Fund Dream Games (who are hiring…) is now responsible for setting a record for the single largest Series A round ever raised by a Turkish company. Thus a full breakdown of the newly released game is warranted. It made $5.1 With $3.7B

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With the backing of the beloved Warcraft IP and Blizzard's reputation, Warcraft Rumble has the potential to break new ground in the mobile gaming landscape and carve out its own niche among players seeking a fresh take on the genre. Warcraft Rumble is a mobile action-strategy game, similar to Clash Royale, set in the Warcraft universe.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supercell CEO’s annual blog post is a personal, inspirational, and sincere communication method from the top brass of a major mobile games company. Not spending any time analyzing what the players want or what the competitive landscape looks like means that the team is making games that they feel are fun.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

These efforts were hampered by what it identified as increased market competition, particularly in the puzzle genre. Niklas also owns a personal stake, with each of these shareholders owning a combined current market value (at the time of writing) of approximately €229 million, and accounting for over 30% of shares.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With the backing of the beloved Warcraft IP and Blizzard's reputation, Warcraft Rumble has the potential to break new ground in the mobile gaming landscape and carve out its own niche among players seeking a fresh take on the genre. Warcraft Rumble is a mobile action-strategy game, similar to Clash Royale, set in the Warcraft universe.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 17, 2022

But quite frankly, the game felt underwhelming both from product position and gameplay experience. The second Clash game was Clash Mini, which entered soft launch around three months from writing this article. Otherwise, the resets will become a reason or an excuse to leave the game.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2017

The motivation for this article is that many devs asked me to write it for a long time. Despite being the lead developer of Godot, I have almost 20 years of experience developing and shipping games, and a decade of experience as technical consultant. Elaborated below: 1) Who will play the game? Do not bother with design.

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