Michael Kopelovich

📆 Here’s another example of an event gated behind a paywall — this time from Coin Master. 🎁The Rewards Road event locks progression until you make a one-time purchase, after which you can start collecting rewards along the path.✅It’s a similar strategy to what I saw recently in MONOPOLY GO!, and likely another A/B test to measure monetization impact vs. friction.

🎯 Saw an interesting twist on daily goals in Cake Sort by Lion Studios! Before starting the week, players get to choose their daily XP goal, and the rewards scale up based on how many days they stick with it.✅ Flexible goals📆 Progress resets weekly🎁 Bigger chests for longer streaksI’ve seen this goal-setting approach before in Coin Master and Travel Town — but usually in limited-time live-ops events, not in daily or weekly task systems.Nice mix of personalization and retention — and the UI keeps it light and motivating.

Spotted a clever twist in Chum Chum’s battle pass! After you claim a reward from the free track, the game offers a rewarded video to grab that same reward again. 👀 It’s a smart way to add extra value to the free pass without affecting the premium tier — and a nice bonus for ad-friendly players.

Really liked this small UI touch in Block Jam 👇 When you're down to just 1 space left on the board, the game highlights it in red AND adds arrows pointing to your available boosters — a clever way to nudge players toward using them.It might show up a bit too often, but still an interesting example of soft pressure through visual cues.

I see a bunch of games testing upgradable piggy banks, and it’s an interesting take on a well-known mechanic. 🐷💰 Instead of a static one-time offer, these piggy banks level up after each purchase, increasing their storage cap and giving players more incentive to keep breaking them.Below are two examples from Candy Crush and Legend of Slime, each adding its own twist. Curious to see if this becomes a more common long-term monetization layer!

Royal Match really knows how to make small wins feel huge. Loved this moment where just before starting a new level, you're reminded you finished first in the event — and boom, that glowing reward chest drops in with a satisfying animation. Super clean design. Super motivating. One of the best at turning UI into a celebration.