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10 Common Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Game Design
Imagine this: You’re a game developer and you’ve just created a mobile game that you’re sure is the next hit in the market. What you might not have realized is that you might have fallen victim to common mistakes made by game devs in mobile game design. Creating a successful mobile game involves more than just coding and design; it requires something crucial: the ability to immerse players in a captivating user experience. To achieve this, game developers must steer clear of common design pitfalls that can detract from the overall quality and appeal of their games. In this article, we’ll explore ten prevalent mistakes in mobile game design and provide insights into how to avoid them. 1. Poor User Experience One of the most critical aspects of mobile game design is ensuring a seamless and enjoyable user experience. Because...
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40+ Free Learning Resources For Game Developers
You need to wear a lot of different hats when you’re making a game – especially if you’re doing it solo. One day, you’re a foley artist. Next, you’re a marketer. Even as a programmer or designer, it’s useful to understand how these elements come together, so you can make sure everything ties into your theme. To help you along the way, we gathered all the free resources you can use to learn about the different areas of game development. Before you use the resources, we encourage you to make sure the assets are royalty-free. Game design resources Game design is all about the choices you make. The rules and mechanics that bring your idea to life. From small decisions, like whether to use coyote time in your platformer, to big decisions, like the main theme of the game. Game...
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How to use AI to improve your in-game voice-overs
AI can help your studio in many ways; from coming up with ideas, writing placeholder scripts, and even helping market your game. So, where is the technology when it comes to voice-overs? Does it actually work? And how can you use it?
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Game design tropes that don’t translate to VR
What are the top game design conventions that don’t currently translate well to VR? And what can you do to overcome these? Let’s break it down.
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Will people play AAA games on mobile?
AAA games are coming to mobile. But will people actually play AAA games on smaller devices? Here’s what we know.
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Why you should port your mobile game to console or PC
Developing a version of your game for PC or console can help boost sales and reach more players. But is it right for your game?
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9 Areas You Should Focus Your Mobile Game Development in 2024
What exactly should you be focusing on this year? What are the trends that will really impact your development? We’ve dug through the most popular trends and brought together the topics you should keep an eye on in 2024. 1. Learn about AI and Machine Learning With the release of Google’s Gemini, we’re seeing AI continue to explode. It won’t be long before it’s a common tool that we all use day to day. Getting to grips with how it works is going to be essential, particularly in gaming. At the same time, we’re seeing hyper-casual games shift to richer and deeper experiences – becoming hybrid-casual. In fact, the number of hyper-casual games dropped by 18%, while hybrid-casual grew by 13%, according to Sensor Tower. By their nature, hybrid-casual games have a longer development cycle than hyper-casual games. Using AI...
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AI-Driven Creativity: Prototyping Games in the Digital Age
While you can’t (yet) plug in a prompt and have it develop a fully functional mobile game, you can use AI to help you come up with ideas and speed up your process. So here are a few ways you can use AI when developing your prototypes.
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#Game Deconstructions
From console to pocket: How to adapt your game for mobile
Adapting your game to mobile is no walk in the park. Yoru controls are different, you have a much smaller screen size, and you're much more limited with the hardware. And yet, Psyonix nailed this perfectly. Here’s what we can learn from them.
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Creating VR Experiences: Challenges and Solutions for Designers
Making a VR game is still no walk in the park. It’s very different to what you may be used to building. So what are the top game design conventions that don’t currently translate well to VR? And what can you do to overcome these? Let’s break it down.
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – A Masterclass in Sequel Design
Tears of the Kingdom adds another tenet to its game: Creative exploration. And that’s why it appeals to absolutely everyone. We look at exactly what we can learn from Tears of the Kingdom and how its design philosophy helps the game appeal to every type of gamer out there.
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Behind Lifeline’s Success: An Interview with 3 Minute Games
Lifeline was one of the first mobile games to use push notifications as a core mechanic for their game, which led them to over a million downloads and seven sequels. But what was the secret sauce that led to such success? We spoke with Mars Jokela – Lifeline’s game designer – and Dave Justus – the writer behind the scenes – to ask them what advice they had for other developers and what it was about Lifeline that worked.
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Kid-Focused Design: The Secret to Engaging 750M Young Gamers
PK XD has over 500 million downloads on Android alone. It gets 30 million views on YouTube every week. And their average session length is 25 minutes a session, with people playing around an hour and a half a day. So what's the secret behind their success? Here's what we know.