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Returning to Clash of Clans is an Unforgettable Experience
Returning to Clash of Clans is an Unforgettable Experience
Making the returning player experience is a notch above the rest in Clash of Clans.
Harshal Karvande
Jul 8, 2020
Mario Kart Tour’s Rubber-Banding is at Odds with its Monetisation
Mario Kart Tour’s Rubber-Banding is at Odds with its Monetisation
1st place isn’t good enough to make it to the top in Mario Kart Tour.
Harshal Karvande
Aug 19, 2020
Why Knighthood Stumbles While Raid: Shadow Legends Succeeds
Why Knighthood Stumbles While Raid: Shadow Legends Succeeds
King have published a new f2p mobile RPG: Knighthood — can they FIGHT THEIR WAY TO THE TOP AND BECOME A LEGEND?
Harshal Karvande
Apr 1, 2020
Hay Day Pop’s Greatest Innovation
Hay Day Pop’s Greatest Innovation
Supercell have soft launched a new casual puzzle game without something all their top competitors have: Level Numbers!
Harshal Karvande
Mar 26, 2020
Playrix’s Puzzle Breakers is Positioning to Prevail over Puzzle RPGs
Playrix’s Puzzle Breakers is Positioning to Prevail over Puzzle RPGs
Playrix innovates on Puzzle RPG battles and brings them to life by playing with positioning.
Harshal Karvande
Jul 22, 2020
The Tribes in Boom Beach Save its Economy from Crashing
The Tribes in Boom Beach Save its Economy from Crashing
How Supercell tackled the hyperinflation in the Boom Beach economy and revitalized their Meta!
Harshal Karvande
May 20, 2020
Daily Quests are the Catalyst Powering Marvel Contest of Champions
Daily Quests are the Catalyst Powering Marvel Contest of Champions
Five years on, daily quests continue to be the catalyst powering Marvel Contest of Champions!
Harshal Karvande
Apr 22, 2020
Dota Underlords’ Deck-Building is it’s Greatest Strength & Struggle
Dota Underlords’ Deck-Building is it’s Greatest Strength & Struggle
Dota Underlords brings the accessibility of deck-building to the world of Dota!
Harshal Karvande
May 6, 2020
Pick Your (Auto)Battles like Empires & Puzzles
Pick Your (Auto)Battles like Empires & Puzzles
Empires & Puzzles’ auto-battle system helps adapt the game playtime fit into the daily routines of it’s most valued audience!
Harshal Karvande
May 13, 2020
Love & Pies is the Best-in-Class Recipe for Free-to-Play Storytelling
Love & Pies is the Best-in-Class Recipe for Free-to-Play Storytelling
The invisible thread that binds great storytelling with the best in free-to-play in the merge & match game: Love & Pies.
Harshal Karvande
Feb 25, 2021
Archero Excels in Engagement by Creating an Anticipation for Rewards
Archero Excels in Engagement by Creating an Anticipation for Rewards
The anticipation for reward is worth more than the reward for making repetition fun in Archero.
Harshal Karvande
Jul 29, 2020
Candy Crush Friends Saga Ensures its the Best 5 Minutes of Your Day
Candy Crush Friends Saga Ensures its the Best 5 Minutes of Your Day
King finds success in rewarding time invested for all players regardless of their skill!
Harshal Karvande
Apr 29, 2020
The First Action in FarmVille 2 is a Gold Standard for First Actions
The First Action in FarmVille 2 is a Gold Standard for First Actions
Can you guess what the FarmVille 2 tutorial guides players to do as the first action on the farm?
Harshal Karvande
Apr 15, 2020
Township Leads the Way in the Events with Mini-Games Trend
Township Leads the Way in the Events with Mini-Games Trend
Playrix encourages deeper, more active involvement from its audience exploring a mix of mechanics through mini-game events.
Harshal Karvande
Aug 12, 2020
Legends of Runeterra Innovates on Skill Above All with Mana Banking
Legends of Runeterra Innovates on Skill Above All with Mana Banking
By allowing players to bank mana between rounds, Legends of Runeterra innovates on skill in the genre of digital CCGs.
Harshal Karvande
May 27, 2020
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is the Most Hardcore Casual Match 3 Game
Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is the Most Hardcore Casual Match 3 Game
Zynga challenges match 3 conventions by evolving the game loop with the arcs of casting spells.
Harshal Karvande
Jul 2, 2020
The Chemistry Engine Powering the Core Pillars of Genshin Impact
The Chemistry Engine Powering the Core Pillars of Genshin Impact
How the elemental interactions power the game’s combat, exploration and reinforce the gacha based character collection.
Harshal Karvande
Oct 29, 2020
Homescapes is a Masterclass in Creating an Event Framework
Homescapes is a Masterclass in Creating an Event Framework
A look at how incentives align in a robust event framework to supercharge Homescape’s primary revenue generator!
Harshal Karvande
Jun 3, 2020
The Real World Inspiration Behind Design Home
The Real World Inspiration Behind Design Home
By following real world examples, Design Home doubles down on feeling intuitive for its audience.
Harshal Karvande
Jun 24, 2020
EverMerge Plays on its Audience’s Ability to Delay Gratification
EverMerge Plays on its Audience’s Ability to Delay Gratification
Balancing the immediate pleasure-driven desires with long term strategically-driven choices in EverMerge.
Harshal Karvande
Sep 2, 2020
Toon Blast is the Clash Royale of Puzzle Games
Toon Blast is the Clash Royale of Puzzle Games
Toon Blast builds on a large active user-base by focusing on an intrinsic social experience at its core.
Harshal Karvande
Jun 17, 2020
Pokémon Go Stayed at Home and Triumphed Over the Pandemic
Pokémon Go Stayed at Home and Triumphed Over the Pandemic
How COVID-19 transformed Pokémon Go to bring real-world social encounters home.
Harshal Karvande
Jul 15, 2020
Penny & Flo: Finding Home is the Perfect Sequel to Lily’s Garden
Penny & Flo: Finding Home is the Perfect Sequel to Lily’s Garden
‘More of the same but different’ is a recipe for making the perfect sequel to Lily’s Garden — Penny & Flo: Finding Home.
Harshal Karvande
Jan 6, 2021
Coin Master is the Most Successful (Idle) Game
Coin Master is the Most Successful (Idle) Game
Coin Master mostly plays itself with few momentary interactions to deliver constant positive growth and feedback, just like an Idle Game.
Harshal Karvande
Jun 10, 2020
Battle Legion’s Rested XP is Key to its Healthy Season Pass Habituation
Battle Legion’s Rested XP is Key to its Healthy Season Pass Habituation
Traplight optimises progression for the game and its players by merging the seasonal battle pass with a rested XP system.
Harshal Karvande
Aug 5, 2020
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