Here are some slides from a little talk I gave about “how to be successful making hyper-casual games” from the 2019 Game Development Conference. Hyper-casual games are one of the (few) viable success stories in mobile gaming this year. To an outsider, these titles may look like cloned, low-quality schlock.…
Read MoreHow Much Will My Game Cost?
Business Game Design
“How much will my game cost?” At our game dev agency, Double Coconut, it’s the top question we receive. “It depends,” is the only correct answer. Ultimately, the cost we as a studio/agency will charge will depend on how many skilled personnel are working on a project and for how…
Read MoreCrossing Mobile Platforms Without Losing Limbs
Game Design
Every software executive throughout the hallowed history of computing has had this brilliant thought: If my product is making $X on Platform A, let’s toss it on Platforms B, C, and D and make four times $X! Freeing a Poor Guy Pinned Between Train and Platform In fact, that’s one…
Read MoreA Treatise On Game Alpha Aesthetics
Business Game Design
We all know what beauty is. Dewdrops on roses. An explosive sunset. The Legend of Zelda… To me, the greatest beauty is climbing mountains. At the top of the world, surrounded by alpine lakes and jagged cliffs, time slows and it all feels rapturous, ennobling… sublime. But in the philosophical…
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