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  • New surgeries available

    Is your game’s business model looking a bit peaky? Worried about the side-effects of aggressive monetisation? Are you hemorrhaging players? Whether in-person or by Skype, dozens of developers have found one-on-one surgery sessions with Nicholas to be...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • How many days can you retain a player?

    I’ve been watching a number of different games take different approaches to daily rewards. Some offer a bonus for coming back. Some offer escalating bonuses. Some give you a spin of a wheel to win a prize,...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • Value My Time, Don’t Time My Value

    This guest post is part of a regular column contributed by Mark Sorrell. Mobile games have understood the importance of treating people’s time with respect for years now. They load swiftly, get you into the actions quickly...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • £25k innovation prize for games ‘on the move’

    This news might be interesting to readers based in the UK: IC Tomorrow, in partnership with Ukie, will be awarding a £25k prize for a proposal on the theme of ‘games and interactive entertainment on the move’. The winner...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • Chinese mobile games’ ARPPU is over $30, and other new benchmark data

    What kind of ARPPUs are typical in different parts of the world? How much should you pay to acquire a user? How many users can you expect to spend money? The latest updates to the spreadsheet benchmark...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • GIve your best away for free #f2ptoolbox

    The F2P toolbox will teach you 54 of the most important and high-impact ideas in modern game design. This is one of them: be generous with your content, and don’t charge for access. For a full explanation,...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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  • Get the UK government to pay for 50% of your Masterclass ticket

    Original Post: We’re running the next GAMESbrief Business Masterclass in Brighton on Monday July 7th – the day before the Develop conference kicks off in the same city – and if you’re a UK-based developer, you can...

    • Posted 11 years ago
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