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Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years News Nov 22nd, 2023

Almost half of all mobile games are axed in development and 83% don’t last three years

SuperScale’s new report reveals the vast majority of mobile games are shuttered by their third anniversary

AppQuantum’s Core is the King will invest up to $1M in selected hybridcasual mobile devs News Oct 23rd, 2023

AppQuantum’s Core is the King will invest up to $1M in selected hybridcasual mobile devs

Core is the King is their new programme to support developers making hybridcasual games

Joel Beardshaw of Ustwo Games on the importance of design pillars Comment & Opinion Jul 18th, 2023

Joel Beardshaw of Ustwo Games on the importance of design pillars

Joel Beardshaw shares the development process behind the mobile first title Desta: The Memories Between

The key to successful hypercasual prototypes Feature May 23rd, 2023

The key to successful hypercasual prototypes

Director of Publishing at Supersonic Nir Regev shares how to best build your next prototype

justDice’s mobile game prototyping process unpacked! Feature Apr 3rd, 2023

justDice’s mobile game prototyping process unpacked!

Breaking down the rewarded games and apps studios' mobile game prototyping methodology

A deep dive into CrazyLabs transparency Comment & Opinion Jan 10th, 2023

A deep dive into CrazyLabs transparency

CrazyLabs explains how developers and publishers can use data to inform and optimise every stage of hypercasual game design, development and live operations.

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years Interview May 4th, 2022

How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years

Space Ape Games' Charmie Kim and Simon Hade detail the journey from strategy specialists to music genre success via Ed Sheeran and Stan Bush

Voodoo’s Spring Game Competition to reward studios with up to $1 million News Feb 23rd, 2022

Voodoo’s Spring Game Competition to reward studios with up to $1 million

Top prize for reaching five million downloads in four months

PGC Helsinki Digital: The common missteps of an indie hypercasual studio News Sep 16th, 2020

PGC Helsinki Digital: The common missteps of an indie hypercasual studio

Umami Games CEO Riley Andersen shared the struggles of her early free-to-play career

A major lesson from hypercasual for the rest of the industry: Launch fast, test the core gameplay, forget the rest Comment & Opinion May 15th, 2020

A major lesson from hypercasual for the rest of the industry: Launch fast, test the core gameplay, forget the rest

Skunkworks CEO James Cramer details some of the lessons he's learned

Mag Interactive head of ideation shares the when, why, and how of prototyping News Jan 21st, 2020

Mag Interactive head of ideation shares the when, why, and how of prototyping

Matthew Buxton's top tips for developers

UK Games Fund opens up fourth round of grants up to $36,000 for eligible developers News Jan 26th, 2018

UK Games Fund opens up fourth round of grants up to $36,000 for eligible developers

Also launches Pitch Development Programme for newer developers

Gram Games officially launches London studio with opening night party News Mar 13th, 2017

Gram Games officially launches London studio with opening night party

Developer Murat Gurel also hosts talk on the studio's prototype Fridays

Clash Royale based on a prototype developed before Clash of Clans News Sep 6th, 2016

Clash Royale based on a prototype developed before Clash of Clans

Would a 2012 Clash Royale have been a hit?

TIGA welcomes new £4 million Video Game Prototype Fund for UK developers News Oct 12th, 2015

TIGA welcomes new £4 million Video Game Prototype Fund for UK developers

Offering £25,000 grants to help develop prototypes

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