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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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 Cocoon is the first venture of Geometric Interactive , a Danish indie studio founded by Carlsen and his ex-Playdead colleague, Jakob Schmid. years of development.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Seattle, USA-based studio Polyarc showcased the highly immersive nature of VR earlier with their popular puzzle platformer Moss. He explains: “Interestingly enough, when the studio was founded, there were two prototypes that were built. The idea has actually been there since day one.”

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Midnight Girl , from indie studio Italic , oozes French cool. Our last game was a kids puzzle game, our current game is a point-and-click adventure and our next game might be something completely different.” The post Midnight Girl by indie studio Italic is a cool cat – Cat burglar that is appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

This article compares these two platforms in detail and explores their features, benefits, and real-world applications to help you make an informed decision. What makes it special is that it is well-liked among indie designers and large studios. Advantage Easier to develop cross-platform games, increasing reach and revenue.

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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.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2024

Physics-based 2D platformer Bionic Bay is a collaboration between the Finnish one-man-studio Mureena and Taiwanese indie game company Psychoflow Studio. It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Widely regarded as the biggest trendsetter when it comes to entertaining content, the short-form video content platform, TikTok, has become the new home for viral content. You can tap into the community and scan the platform to pick up on trending themes that are familiar to yours so you can scale on creatives and ads.

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Game Refinery

JUNE 21, 2023

An example of an exclusive reward offer bundle in Diablo Immortal The match3 puzzle game, Pet Rescue Saga , also has a good example of a reward-based IAP offer. The match3 puzzle game, Project Makeover, also features these offers as part of its Timed Makeover Challenge.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

My first encounter with Cassie Simpson was during the inaugural Xbox Game Studios Game Camp Africa in 2023. In December 2023, she exhibited some of Chroma Pixel Games’ studio work at Africa Games Week and attended Playtopia Festival. ” She represented the studio on a panel at the Xbox Game Studios Game Camp in 2023.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

Four mobile games from indie studios in the U.S., Best in Gameplay – Puzzle Scout Developed by: Leti Arts (Ghana) A word search game based on great African history, revisiting the historic chain of African countries, civilizations, and tribes with young puzzle scouts. Download the game here.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

He worked 5 years on his nostalgic 3D platformer Raccoo Venture , but according to Brazilian solo developer Diego Ras the journey was ‘extremely rewarding’. That was when in 2013 I joined as a partner in a studio that produced small advergames and games for exhibitions among other services.

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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. Chess revenue and downloads in the US (Source: GameRefinery Platform) Perhaps the most significant development in Chess is its recent crossover with Clash of Clans and Clash Royale.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Guest post by David Fox , founder of Double Coconut — a design and development studio that has delivered hit mobile and web games for partners such as EA Sports, WB Games, Microsoft Casual Games, and more. Unlike many other messaging platforms, a good chunk of Telegram users are game-oriented.

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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. Roblox is an absolutely massive platform, with over 32 million experiences and 52 million active users. Roblox is a social platform. In Wacky Wizards, the player solves puzzles and makes potions.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 12, 2023

Our opinion on why is in line with Ilkka’s words above The lack of successful new game launches by Supercell stems mainly from the fact that all their games after Brawl Stars only offered incremental innovation over products that already existed in mobile , instead of a more disruptive proposal on the platform.

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Real Programming

MARCH 28, 2025

Online coding platforms take one major thing off your plate: the commute. Real Programming Languages: We teach popular, in-demand programming languages like Python and C++the same ones used in game development studios around the world. For busy families, convenience isnt a perkits a lifeline. Thats not just a trendits a wake-up call.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. Roblox, a platform that has exploded in popularity over recent years, offers a contrasting environment to a typical game studio.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Supercell announced over a year ago that they will be opening a studio in North America. Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. In Today’s Email ? Subscribe here!

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2023

What began as a casual endeavor gradually evolved into a fully-fledged studio as the game’s success solidified their path. A Void Hope is an atmospheric puzzle platforming adventure set in a world teetering on the edge of collapse. The studio’s current focus rests on their latest project, A Void Hope.

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Game Dev Unchained

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In my recent episode, Gray shed light on the current state of affairs in game development, from the migration of talent to new studios, to the challenges of leadership in an increasingly decentralized industry. Roblox, a platform that has exploded in popularity over recent years, offers a contrasting environment to a typical game studio.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Midnight Girl , from indie studio Italic , oozes French cool. Our last game was a kids puzzle game, our current game is a point-and-click adventure and our next game might be something completely different.” We meet Monique, a perky little heroine and cat burglar, who teams up for a spectacular heist involving a precious diamond.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 16, 2025

Casino, Puzzle (Casual), and Strategy games are flourishing, with blockbuster titles like Monopoly Go and Royal Match driving incredible success. Some of the leading platforms include: Midjourney: For high-quality visual content. Poolday.ai and Creatify: For video-based ads featuring AI-generated actors.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

As co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Nigerian-based studio Dimension 11 , he provided leadership. He recently successfully released two balls and is currently solely focusing on Dimension 11 studios. I can’t forget because that year was very important not just for myself but also for Dimension 11 as a studio.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2023

Puzzles are also adapted for blindness. Considering I use GameMaker Studio, a generic middleware to make my adventure games and not a specialized one like Adventure Game Studio, I’m free to do any kind of genres I want.” BROK The InvestiGator is out on all platforms. How did you come up with this unique mix? “It’s

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 8, 2024

There has been a lot of talk about the future of Hypercasual games: how the market has been in stagnation, making studios slowly but steadily look for opportunities in the fraternal Hybridcasual. We can take inspiration from content going viral on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and indeed, we have created hit games in 2023 by doing so.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Familiarity with Nintendo Platforms Nintendo testing can be challenging. Therefore, you must be familiar with different Nintendo gaming platforms, like upcoming consoles and Nintendo Switch, to be successful. Also, understand the unique controls and features of the Nintendo platforms to ensure flawless Nintendo testing.

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Game Refinery

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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. Battle pass feature popularity trend in US iOS mobile games 2018-2023 (source: GameRefinery Platform).

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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. The tool is considered to take the graphic to the next level.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yet, the real game-changer came when they borrowed a fraction of these strategies and applied them to an entirely new puzzle game. Drawing from their experiences at Peak Games, where they excelled in multiplayer games like cards and board games, they also honed their skills in creating accessible puzzle games, such as blast or match 3.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2023

Maybe you just bought a studio. The pitched game is for a platform you’re scaling back on (or not supporting altogether). If your company just isn’t supporting that platform anymore, you’re probably not going to green light a new game for it. Your company doesn’t have the budget available.

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. Game Genres Ideal for puzzle games, visual novels, and platformers that require simplicity and style. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose.

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

He decided to start his own indie game development studio, Overwrite Interactive , and create a video game from scratch. Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements. About Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire. Gerel battling enemies.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 1, 2022

New players were added across every region of the world, studios were launched and acquired, and developers continued to build and deliver groundbreaking game experiences to more than 3 billion global gamers. Workstations : Amazon Nimble Studio, Game Production in the Cloud – Workstations, Parsec, Unreal Engine, Six Nines*.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

These points are informed by my research into the topic and conversations I’ve had with platform operators and gaming and ad tech executives: When will ATT be made mandatory? Background on how ATT will change the way that ad platforms can target users can be found in this post and this post. Possibly, for some advertisers.

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