Deconstructor of Fun breaks down successful free-to-play games in search of what makes them fun - or not. All of the contributors to this site are both gamers and game makers.
During the past year Supercell’s latest game in soft launch has pulled all the tricks in the book - but it looks like that won’t be enough.
Clash Royale attempts to stop sliding revenues by taking a page from Clash of Clan’s playbook
Counter Strike grew its revenues by $84M in 2017 by perfecting the sales of skins
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Guest author Andrew Payton walks us through the incredibly well thought out and excuted liveops run in N3twork's Legendary: Game of Heroes.
Ever wanted to be a contestant on a live TV game show and win real money?
Predictions for puzzle, simulation, instant, lifestyle and hyper casual games
Nintendo's Animal Crossing introduced appointment mechanics and short session gameplay to the mainstream over a decade ago. Can the grandfather of simulation games teach us about game design?
