Cosmic Lounge nets €4 million to use AI tech to create mobile puzzle games
Game Developer
APRIL 25, 2023
The studio was quietly formed in 2022 by a group of former King, Seriously, and Next Games developers.
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Chrome Valley Customs - Can a Male Audience and a Puzzle Game Be a Match?
Deconstructor of Fun
AUGUST 15, 2023
And if the game you’re working on is a match-3 puzzle, there is a widely accepted assumption that your target audience primarily consists of women aged between 25 and 45. A very casual summary of the casual puzzle player demographics. Puzzle RPG is the first thing that comes to mind for puzzle games that target a male audience.
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The top 22 mobile games of 2022
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 not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. If done well.
Wrapping up 2023 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Solo dev Feryaz Beer’s debut Super Fantasy Kingdom “A weird mashup of genres” Jordan Mochi has been working on his debut game Conscript for 6 years under the name of Catchweight Studio. His first game, mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. I feel like I was put on Earth to make this game”, he says.
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Hypercasual games market keeps shrinking, still 3.38 billion downloads last 3 months
PreMortem.Games
JULY 12, 2024
The AppMagic Hypercasual games recap for the second quarter of 2024 unveils some interesting information about this specific part of the mobile games market. Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle The first game on the list is a title by Zego Studio: Wood Nuts: Screw Puzzle. Now, let’s turn to the newbies at the top.
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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events
Game Refinery
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.
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Feral Cat Den is pushing the audio-visual boundaries of games with Nirvana Noir
PreMortem.Games
JULY 1, 2024
Now, with the follow-up, Nirvana Noir , the New York-based indie studio Feral Cat Den is crafting audio-visual poetry in motion. Previous to making their own indie games, the studio’s background was in advertising and product design. This gave the studio a bit of an outsider perspective.
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Best Practice and Strategies for Targeted IAP Offers in Mobile Games
Game Refinery
JUNE 21, 2023
User acquisition has become increasingly challenging for mobile marketers ever since Apple introduced its App Tracking Transpency (ATT) policy in April 2021. With that in mind, mobile marketers should focus on identifying better ways to push monetization opportunities to their existing audiences.
Can Playrix' Puzzle Breakers Crack Zynga's Empires & Puzzles?
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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Mobile Games and Cross-Platform Development Projects
Starloop Studios
APRIL 18, 2023
With the mobile gaming industry’s continued growth year after year, mobile devices are becoming a platform of choice for numerous developers and publishers. Mobile games have evolved immensely from their roots are rudimentary puzzle games into viable and complex titles in their own right.
Button City by Subliminal Gaming wins the 2024 Diverse Voices, New Stories Challenge
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 28, 2024
The challenge is an initiative to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented game developers in the mobile gaming industry. Four mobile games from indie studios in the U.S., Europe and Africa received awards for ‘innovative stories, highly engaging gameplay, and real-world impact’.
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2020 Predictions #1: Prepare to Crown the New King of Puzzle Games
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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12 Ways to Take Battle Passes to the Next Level in Mobile Games
Game Refinery
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The ever-changing nature of the mobile market means that new monetization mechanics are constantly emerging and evolving. Battle passes have crept into almost every mobile game genre imaginable, with our platform showing that 66% of mobile games in the top 20% have incorporated the feature.
Mobile Games Aren’t Your Enemy if You Play Right
Big Games
AUGUST 19, 2021
In general, non-gamers do not have a good opinion about playing mobile games. And discussing the benefits of playing mobile games is a bit of a controversial topic. Though people might find it outrageous to get to know the benefits of playing mobile games, there are authorized and genuine studies and research on this topic.
Art Production for Mobile Games: Tips & Tricks
iXie gaming
APRIL 3, 2023
Mobile gaming has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry, with millions of users spending time playing games on their smartphones and tablets. As the mobile gaming market continues to expand, mobile game developers must find ways to make their games stand out in a crowded marketplace. So, let’s dive in!
How to Balance Time, Resources, and Costs in Mobile Game Development?
Big Games
JANUARY 7, 2024
Embarking on the ambitious journey of mobile game development is akin to setting sail on uncharted waters. The path is fraught with multifaceted challenges for any game development company or mobile game development services provider. How to Start Mobile Game Development? Define your goals meticulously.
[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Are Driving Player Engagement With Race Events
Game Refinery
JUNE 15, 2023
The rise of hybridization in mobile games has resulted in game developers experimenting with new gameplay mechanics and features from other genres to drive engagement, something that’s often done via limited-time events. Considering implementing race events into your own mobile game?
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What are AAA Games and Mobile Games?
iXie gaming
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
With the rise of the gaming industry, two distinct categories of games have emerged: AAA games and mobile games. As a result, mobile gaming is pushed aside in favor of AAA titles, which have their own position in the market. The most prominent studios in the industry often produce these games, which are eagerly awaited every year.
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Solo dev Diego Ras of Raccoo Venture “Everything starts with paper and pencil”
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
That was when in 2013 I joined as a partner in a studio that produced small advergames and games for exhibitions among other services. However, the studio still focused on the advertising area and my interests were increasingly focused on the games. There it will go through another polishing stage until reaching an acceptable product.
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2021 Predictions #3 Top Mobile RPGs Will Go Cross Platform
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 19, 2021
Role-Playing Games on Mobile The RPG market is a high risk, high reward genre walled by a robust entry barrier. 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.
14 low-budget, highly successful story games
Game Analytics
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Available on mobile, console and PC. Available on mobile devices, Apple watch and PC. Available on mobile devices only. Horror in the darkness by Karmic Shift Studios. Available on mobile. Horror in the Darkness is a text-based horror puzzle-esque game. Available on mobile, console, PC and Switch.
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The Imminent Ragnarok of M&A in Mobile Gaming Space
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 23, 2020
This post is written by Eric Seufert , a strategy consultant and the owner of Mobile Dev Memo In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of events, including a great battle, foretold to lead to the death of a number of great figures and gods, natural disasters and the submersion of the world in water.
Splitting Point: how Field Trip Z got 45M players on Roblox this year
Game Analytics
DECEMBER 20, 2022
We recently spoke with Janzen Madsen, founder at Splitting Point Studios , to get his perspective on how to develop a hit on Roblox. Don’t make it like a mobile game. Often, developers coming from the mobile gaming industry will assume that they can replicate their success by rebuilding their games on Roblox.
Empires & Puzzles - From a Failing Company to a $700M Acquisition in a Year
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. There was also this no-name developer Supercell that launched their first mobile games just few miles away back in 2012. Wooga GmbH.
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Supercell’s Strategic Initiatives that Will Transform the Company
Deconstructor of Fun
APRIL 12, 2023
In February, Ilkka Paananen, the beloved CEO of Supercell, and arguably one of the faces on the Mount Rushmore of Mobile Games Executives, published his yearly blog post. All in all, Ilkka’s yearly blog is an inspirational and quite sincere vision of the top brass of a major mobile games company. It’s Team Fight Tactics for casuals.
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Game Art Studio: The Future of Game Development?
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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Pixel Federation goes all-in on AWS with help from Labyrinth Labs
AWS Games
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ Sometimes companies are reluctant to move to the cloud because it’s hard to compare costs directly.
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Squad Busters One Month Later: Down, But Not Out
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 8, 2024
The unreliability of pre-registration numbers, the overestimation of brand equity, and the waning influence of first-party featuring are soon becoming recurring themes in mobile gaming; Squad Busters' launch throws these challenges into the spotlight. This decision remains puzzling, as there was no pressure to launch Squad Busters.
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Polte Games sets Sixth Extinction free “Does your game exist if no one is playing it?”
PreMortem.Games
JULY 5, 2023
Two years after its initial release, Sixth Extinction is now free to play on mobile and Steam. I had the idea of packaging information on the mass extinction crisis in a game where you solve puzzles and problems. Professional Voice Actor He spent the next two years working on the narrative-driven puzzle game.
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Untold Stories of ex-Activision Blizzard King’s Founders
Deconstructor of Fun
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
In the second edition of The Alumni Effect, we’re focusing on another industry powerhouse: Activision Blizzard, which also includes the mobile gaming giant King. The average check size for Early-stage VC-backed gaming studios has fluctuated notably between 2020 and 2024. Ex-ATVI studios saw a similar rise, reaching $10.7m
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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.
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Struggling with UA and player retention in a post-IDFA world? Minigames are the answer
Game Refinery
APRIL 6, 2023
With increased competition from IDFA regulation changes and new games consistently entering the market, two of the biggest challenges facing publishers and mobile game studios are acquiring new players (UA) and keeping those players in your game (player retention).
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How to Turn Your Smartphone into a Gaming Console: The Best Gaming Apps
Big Games
JANUARY 31, 2024
Switch to a high-speed Wi-Fi network, or consider using your mobile data if you have a reliable and fast cellular connection. With regular updates and a thriving community, Fortnite continues to be one of the best mobile gaming apps, delivering an adrenaline-packed experience on the go.
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Royal Kingdom: Will it Usurp the Throne or Just be a Royal Relative?
Deconstructor of Fun
MAY 9, 2023
They launched a new game from a new studio entering the most competitive genre on mobile in the midst of Apple’s privacy apocalypse and has generated a billion dollars in revenue in two years. Made famous by Playrix’s Gardenscapes and Homescapes , many new casual puzzle games have incorporated it as a way to expand play beyond levels.
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2020 Predictions #3: How to Get That RPG Loot
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 20, 2020
This makes RPGs the third largest genre on mobile after Strategy ($5.4Bn) and Puzzle ($4.5Bn) games. Idle RPGs (not to be confused with Idle games) and Puzzle RPGs were the biggest growing sub-genres in 2019. Nevertheless, Puzzle RPGs look to be at their peak while Idle RPG revenues have already declined.
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2022 Predictions #2 How to win after Fortnite's and Why Going Cross-Platform is Mandatory for Mid-Core Games
Deconstructor of Fun
JANUARY 31, 2022
An essential data platform for all mobile gaming studios. Well, one of the biggest trends in mid-core games is growing your business on mobile and beyond. The biggest sub-genre on mobile in terms of revenue is 4X Games, which also had a good year. This prediction is written by Michail Katkoff and Buğrahan Göker.
Starting a New Studio? Dream Team is All You Need!
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
This blog post is brought to you by ironSource - a growth platform that turns amazing studios into amazing businesses. Starting a New Studio - Where to Start? I joined Voodoo in Berlin with the goal to open a new studio that would develop new types of games (i.e. Will you make another puzzle game?”. What games to make?
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Mastering Remote Work Culture: A Conversation with Playrix
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 24, 2023
Youtube Listen on Spotify Playrix is the third largest mobile game maker in the world You likely know Playrix from its hit titles Homescapes, Gardenscapes, Fishdom, and Township. In fact, the company is the third largest mobile publisher in the world with only Tencent and Activision/Blizzard/King (soon Microsoft) ahead of them.
Time Blast: Will it revive the Rest of the Genre?
Deconstructor of Fun
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
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. It is no secret that puzzle games dominate a significant share of the mobile gaming market.
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Matchington Mansion - You Won't Believe the Truth
Deconstructor of Fun
JUNE 20, 2019
Thirdly it is because of the war for players that ensued between Playrix and Firecraft Studios as both ramped up their marketing engines. And finally, it’s because Matchington Mansion is a game from an unknown developer that has no previous shipped titles and has only three people who have worked or are working at Firecraft Studios.
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Best Online Game Development Solutions for Your Smartphones
Big Games
AUGUST 17, 2021
Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry. This tool offers users with documentation and tutorials.
2021 Predictions #8 Three Growth Opportunities Unlocked by IDFA Depreciation
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
Eric is the author of the book Freemium Economics and the founder of Mobile Dev Memo , the ultimate growth blog and podcast. It is tempting for mobile games marketing teams to think of 2021 as being dominated by Apple’s impending new privacy policy for iOS, App Tracking Transparency (ATT). Access all of our previous predictions.
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How to Leverage Trends and Motivations to Build Better Casual and Hyper-Casual Games
Game Refinery
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Competition is fierce in the mobile game market, but even more so for developers of casual and hyper-casual games. So, what can mobile game developers do to increase the chances of their games performing well? Put simply: the mobile game market is currently seeing a lot of hybridization. Social and LiveOps.
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10 Tips on How to Make an iOS Game for Beginners
Big Games
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Mobile gaming has experienced an unprecedented surge in recent years, with iOS emerging as a prominent platform for game development. For aspiring game creators, venturing into iOS mobile game development services can be thrilling and rewarding. The mobile app landscape is vast, boasting over 230 billion apps worldwide.
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