Latest Retention

• StarTrek Fleet Command has some pretty impressive retention numbers

  It’s not often that I get a PR email containing...

  • Posted 6 years ago
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• Nicholas’s Guessing Game

  Nicholas’s Guessing Game is a thought experiment that makes the...

  • Posted 6 years ago
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• The Session and the On-Ramp

  The Pyramid is a framework for the strategy of your...

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• The Core Loop: a motor of retention

  When I first developed the Pyramid, I used the phrase...

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• Retention Layers in Board Games

  I’ve focused on the Retention Layer in video games, but...

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• Smart return hook from Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire

  PocketGamer.biz has a damning review of the new Final Fantasy...

  • Posted 8 years ago
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• Is your player on-ramp better than Facebook’s?

  Getting players back into your game regularly is the most...

  • Posted 9 years ago
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• How to manage a soft launch for a free-to-play game

  You are putting too many features in your soft launch....

  • Posted 9 years ago
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• Novelty is the key to attention

  In this fantastic talk, Chelsea Howe discusses player engagement and...

  • Posted 10 years ago
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• Leaderboards: the original social feature

  This is a guest post from John Griffin, crossposted on...

  • Posted 11 years ago
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