Let’s break down the design of Best Fiends. Yes, it’s ‘Fiends’ not Freinds. At its core, it’s a Connect 3 gameplay. The core is then combined with RPG elements in a clever way. Each colored item represents an element (Leaf,…
One of the most important aspects of game design is the core mechanic. It sets the foundation for a great game and determines its overall success. But what makes a core mechanic truly great? According to the book Clockwork Game…
Hypercasual market is getting harder and harder to crack. With excessive prototypes in the market, getting one with good KPI numbers is difficult. But when you do it’s necessary to ensure it has a very good LTV (Life Time Value).…
Ant Colony delivered on what Monument Builder lacked: lower CPI and strong early engagement. But it also exposed the limits of visual progression as a standalone driver. Without scalable monetization or deeper retention systems, the game plateaued despite one million downloads.
Onboarding for a mobile game can be both simple and tricky. Whenever you acquire a user from a UA video, all of the users already understand what to do and most of them already understand how to do it. So,…
One of the most important things of a mobile game is to make it understandable. So it’s very important for the players to understand the game rules in a few seconds so that they can imagine themselves playing it. On…
An arcade idle game can be thought of as an engine. Similar to an engine it has various parts and a resource flow between the parts. In my previous blog post on arcade idle, I explained that an arcade idle game…
There are many factors that come into play when juicing up your game or in other words polishing. Blindly adding particle effects and sounds don’t mean polishing. If not done correctly, that can even harm the experience of the game…
Arcade idle games are taking the hypercasual market by storm. It all started when Homa Games introduced a new genre ‘Arcade Idle’ where hypercasual meets hybrid casual. In late 2020, Farm Land and Craft Island were the first experimental games of this genre by Homa…
After analyzing hyper-casual trends, I noticed that first-person slicing games were gaining traction. From previous projects, I knew that slicing mechanics powered by third-party assets could deliver strong CPI (Cost Per Install). To add depth, I decided to integrate a bouncing disc mechanic, allowing the disc to ricochet off multiple planes and create dynamic interactions.