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Successful game takeaways, match3 puzzle game — Clockmaker from Samfinaco Limited
Visual style: cartoonish Visual genre: fantasy Gameplay: Core: match3 (swapping)
Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful match3 game…
Visual style: cartoonish Visual genre: modern era Gameplay: Core: match3 Meta: Base construction — décor, fashion/make-up
AppStore conversion rate benchmark for each category:
The average Conversion Rate in the US is 32.53% in the Apple App Store, don’t miss out to benchmark your game against these conversion…
Mobile ad monetization checklist: Re-asses your partners regularly
Good ads will retain them, and Bad ads will drive users away
Indian consumer behavior insight, from Martin Schwenk
Martin Schwenk, MD &CEO Mercedes-Benz points out that Indian consumers look for value for money and that’s even in a high-end product.
VR growth in 2018
We’re halfway through 2018, what’s your thought on the VR market share and their exposure with the consumers as of now. Even though most…
game market dissect, hyper-casual vs arcade vs sims
>> Hyper-casual games accounted for 31 percent of downloads among the top 1,000 games (in 2020)
💡Thoughtful dive into simulation genre
>> Download counts, its top 100 games saw 92 percent YoY growth in 2020, reaching 2.9 billion in downloads. 4th most downloaded under all…
✅ Mobile ad monetization checklist: Re-asses your partners regularly
Good ads will retain them, and bad ads will drive users away
Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful strategy game…
by Cartic P, @iCartic
Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful slot game…
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Successful game takeaways, slots game — Cash Frenzy Slots Casino from SpinX Games Limited (for…
Here’s AppStore stats: Demographics >> Audience% Female vs Male: 60% vs 40%
Game Trends: AR games been actively explored by IP’s
💡 Niantic is working on AR Transformers game — Transformers: Heavy Metal (available in NZ) 💡 WB launching a Batman AR game — DC: Batman…
💡 Benchmark metrics for the hyper-casual game, sub-genres
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Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful merge game…
Visual style: cartoonish Gameplay: Core: mine, merge, build, and collect
player motivation musings, merge vs match3 games comparison
Hot trends/stats 🔥🎯 Match-3 games drive almost $1 billion in consumer spend in Q3 2021📌 Dream Games' Royal Match leads match-3 D30 retention at 16.5%💰 Stats: Merge Mansion (Oct15 to Nov 15) = Revenue $646,745, Downloads $44,626, REV / DL $14.493Cartic P, @iCartic
gamedev funding, weekly round-up 💸 for Nov last and Dec 1st week
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 Listed down the gaming studios that got funded last week 💸💡 Nordisk acquires Flashbulb Games💡 Homa Games acquires Ducky Games💡 Zordix acquires Maximum Games💡 Sneaky Panda raises $6M for novel 'luck-puzzler' mobile games💡 Talewind raises $3.4M for casual Roblox experience Breezy Bay💡 Sarajevo startup Gotiva Games raises $250,000 for NFT social puzzle games💡 Mobile blockchain game Guild of Guardians raises $5.3M💡 World Makers lands $3M investment💡 Resolutio…
gamedev musings, game tutorial tips and #FTUE by @iCartic
💡 game tutorial tips vs tutorial text 🤓 #FTUE 1. 101 for the game tutorial is to make players act or react not read, 80% to 90% of players don’t read tutorial text 2. Avoid using too many words, 💡 Benchmark: George Fan, the creator of Plants vs. Zombies, there should never be more than eight words on the players’ screens 3. Please don’t pollute the tutorial Cartic P, @iCartic
gamedev musings, player psychology for hyper-casual games @iCartic
Player psychology for hyper-casual gamesEach sub-genre has its own player psychology of what users expect and want to feel as they play.check the image below with the details 👇🏽Cartic P, @iCartic
gamedev musings, geo-specific legislation @iCartic
Geo-specific legislation (UK) ICYMI, keep an eye out for game the UK's new legislation on In-Game Ads & Microtransactions🤐 labels such as “Best Value!” or “Best Offer!” are banned in IAP ads💲 Games with premium currency only available via real-world dollars, the devs should also include real-world dollar value 💲>> If you run an ad offering to sell you a new weapon for 500 gems would have to include an actual dollar amount too 🙄>> If this ad appears in-game, then the ad must refl…
gamedev musings, trending social features in games @iCartic
🖖 Useful list of Trending social features in games in a different geography🎯 Social/PvP currency (in the US), players can acquire special currency/resources through communal activity - like participating in guild activities or helping other players, or engaging in PvP-modeGrowth metric: grown by ~8% in mobile games on the US market over the past 12 months😎 Spectator mode feature (in China), a mode where you can watch other players play. Spectating can happen either live or on-demand. Growth met…
GameDev musing, Could Google play pass can boost the Indian audience payment conversion 🤔
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 Could Google play pass can boost the Indian audience payment conversion 🤔Link to the Google Play Pass nomination enroll in comments https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmL0YkKrklqZHTcb6sVZLnSXA7Tf5TELppa0mx7tAn1x3AJA/viewformFYI The subscription costs INR 99 ($1.31) per month thereafter, or alternatively, an annual subscription can be purchased for INR 889 ($11.79)Cartic P, @iCartic
GameDev musings, Jan stats: game downloads, game revenue
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 💡Top mobile games revenue worldwide in Jan 2022 PUBG Mobile (Tencent) had 4237k in player spending >> Game of Peace (China version) accounts 64% of revenue, followed by 8% from US and 7% from TurkeyHonor of Kings generated $233.2M >> 96% revenue was from ChinaGenshin Impact (miHoYo), had $208.7MOther games 4. Candy Crush Saga 5. Roblox 6. Coin Master 7. Thre…
GameDev NFT Musings, JPMorgan opens its first bank in the Metaverse
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 JPMorgan opens its first bank in the Metaverse. Opened a lounge in blockchain-based Decentraland.There's a start for everything. Cartic P, iCartic.com
GameDev and Business musings - Issue #20
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗 Blockchain games comparisons with MAU against User base vs valuation vs CCU'scheck the image below 👇🏽 Cartic P, @iCartic
ASO texts used in the store page vs impact on ranking
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Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful slot game, Cash…
Visual style: cartoonish Core: slot game
This will take the esports biz down further 👎🏽
I don’t understand the Garena Free Fire ban
ads vs retention
Do you know that Ads can help your game with a better retention rate, esp. in-game reward-based ads? Stats below 👇🏽
Global crypto regulation
A Sneak peek at the crypto regulation around the world
GameDev musings, 🧐 trending mechanics, loss aversion in m3 game
Hey Friends, Greetings from Bangalore 💗🧐 trending mechanics - loss aversion in match3 gameLoss Aversion mechanics is a trending feature in match3 games, it can also be a monetization module (or sink mechanics) Showcasing one of the match3 games where it has been added newly, Cooking DiaryEvent name: circus starsThe player has to complete a series of events without losing to get the rewards, if you lose the progression will reset to the first level - unless 💰 user makes an IAPEvent has its own e…
Age of Gods (AOG)
Age of Gods — is a next-generation NFT action card game where you can play and earn tokens in the process through a Play-to-Earn model thereby owning all the ownership rights over the in-game items and getting incentivised to play and progress through the game.
Successful game takeaways, AppStore stats and take away from one of a successful match3 game, Royal…
Visual style: cartoonish
Trending game analysis, Kingdom Maker 🏰
💡 Thoughtful dive into the game performance stats 1. Gameplay: strategy/4X with story-driven contents 2. The game market fit: it's doing…
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