#GameDev

Quick check if your app store listing is properly translated. For 13 geos. In 9 seconds. That's it. 🤷‍♂️ Grab it here.Type in your Apple App Store URLClick on OKIt will return the Subtitle and the first sentence of the app description.Great for a quick translation check (and if you would like to suggest an improvement for your boss/client ;-)

NEW GAMES ON THE RISE - # 1 WEEK, APRIL, 2025 Here I bring you titles debuting at the top of the charts. 📈👇 These are this week's highlights. 👇 ➡️ The giant publisher ABI Game Studio has published yet another promising title. “Cookingdom” is a cooking simulator with a dash of logic puzzles. 👩‍🍳🧠 The player must figure out the correct sequence of tasks in the recipe. The main monetization is via video rewards. One offered after a hint with the sequence of the recipe and another extending the timer. ⏰ Released on March 6th, “Cookingdom” reached almost 4MM downloads in just 15 days. 🚀On April 5, it appeared in the 🔝 50 downloads in mobile games for the first time. 🏅➡️ Released on March 24, “NBA 2K” by Tencent reveals the power of the Chinese mobile games market. […]

You: the perfect gaming app icon doesn’t exist me: hold my beer! 📌 Shoutout to 'Color Block Jam' for this beautiful icon. It's simple. It's bold. It's basically a LEGO brick — and they used the natural rounded-square icon shape to their full advantage. With a 3D feel, soft shadows, and no extra noise, this icon does exactly what it should: catch your eye and spark curiosity.Game icon design at its best.

Mobile devs, 30% retention on d1 isn’t bad. It’s just not scale. You can try these 4 things to boost that number UP! Copying top charts won’t fix your retention problem.Innovating small things early on will.1- If you keep following what your competitors do,Eventually, you will hit a mechanic that works.2- From there, you need to twist level design.There is no “one” winning formula.3- Your early retention lies in your gameplay.Keep things simple, especially on video creatives.4- Develop better ASMR and VFX visuals.Don't drown in complicated art that makes no sense. Getting early KPIs is a good start,Don't overcomplicate things..

Puzzle Genres Tier-list Based on the analysis of 1,000+ of games over the past year that reached at least 1M+ downloadsHere’s the 2025 success rate tier list:🟢𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 (>𝟳% 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲) These genres work best for newcomers𝗔𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘆 (https://lnkd.in/g8kgP9Nd) • Infinite Craft by Neal • Magic Merge: Endless Craft • Emoji Kitchen – DIY Emoji Mix 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲𝘀 (https://lnkd.in/gpNDWevH) • Brain Test: Tricky Puzzles • Thief Puzzle: To Pass a Level • Braindom: Brain Games Test 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 (https://lnkd.in/g3adAEGV) • Happy Color: Coloring Book • Paint by Number • Pixel Art – Color by Number ---🟡𝗠𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 (𝟱–𝟳% 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲) Still plenty of room to grow𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝟯𝗗 (https://lnkd.in/gYVnp_et) • Match Factory! • Project Match: ASMR Salon • Tile Master Pro 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲𝘀 (https://lnkd.in/gfzxtNgc) • Hexa Sort • Goods Sort • Goods Puzzle: Sort Challenge 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝘇𝘇𝗹𝗲𝘀 (https://lnkd.in/g_Pg6Jyz) • Wood Nuts & Bolts • Wood Screw Puzzle • Screw […]

War Robots has never received the credit it deserves for its financial and design achievements. Launching a PvP combat experience in 2014 with PS2-level graphics using virtual dual analog sticks seemed skeptical at best, yet the team didn't just create a "Forever Franchise"; it grew into one.  A former Scopely PM described their strategy as taking "C/C+ games and liveop'ing them into B/B+" products. Something similar has happened here, with the franchise catering to a sticky core audience, expanding it over time, and becoming an A product. IAP Revenue is astonishingly stable despite massive changes in download composition (I'm sure the Indian shift is unrelated to geopolitics...). War Robots successfully captured not only Eastern European tankies but also the Japanese and US players.  Its recent relaunch in China also appears more promising than its initial entry.Initially, compared to World of Tanks […]

Parental controls in mobile games? Now that's a smart move! 👏 Just noticed that Royal Match has a built-in parental control option, allowing parents to set PIN-protected restrictions on in-app purchases and chat. With younger audiences engaging more with mobile games, having built-in safeguards is a great step towards responsible gaming. 🎮🔒 A few things I like: ✅ Easy toggle for purchases and chat ✅ Requires an email to activate, ensuring parents set it up ✅ Keeps the interface simple and accessible While many platforms offer parental control at the OS level, integrating it directly into the game makes it more visible and user-friendly. What do you think? Should more mobile games adopt in-game parental controls? 🚀

Estoty's I am Cat and I am Security are currently making $300K a day 🤑 in ad revenue together with 500K downloads a day. Is publishing the most successful VR game on mobile the best trick you've heard about? 😱 This is one of the most craziest stories that we covered this year, where literally the most viral VR game got ported on mobile, it spams interstitials like there is no tmrw 😵, has rewarded videos even for basic interaction (like you see in the piano image) still keeps its viral traffic and then ... profit 💰 I am Cat has 62K reviews and 4.9 score on the Meta VR store, which is more than Beat Saber! (52K) The mobile version is already past 15 Mil. downloads in a little bit more than a month. I am security is already […]