10 Intangible Traits of a Great Product Manager
I’ve been working with product managers for 25 years, the past 13 years at the helm of my freemium game consultancy.…
Should You Switch to Developing a Blockchain Game?
Play-to-earn gaming and cryptocurrencies are headline news across the globe. Despite warnings of regulation and the NFT bubble bursting, adoption sees…
NFTs, Blockchain, and Games: Sizing The Opportunity
Noise should never be the catalyst for changing your gaming philosophy. How your strategy moves and adapts should be weighed up…
App Monetization – Maximize In-App Revenue
Apps that convert or otherwise make revenue off their users are the ones that turn into scalable businesses. App monetization is…
4 of the Most Innovative Retention Strategies for Mobile
So you are in the midst of developing a mobile game (or app), and it’s time to start thinking about growth.…
Balancing Imbalances
The Perpetual Cycle of a Healthy and Lucrative Meta-Game For the sake of this lesson, let’s say your game just became…
Top 5 – Gamification Strategies for 2017
At AC&A, we work with many gaming companies to help them increase KPIs for the three R’s: Reach, Retention, and Revenue.…
TeardownClub – Bubble Witch 3 Saga
Summary Released in January 2017, Bubble Witch 3 Saga (BW3) is the latest entry in King’s Bubble Witch Saga line of…
Analysis: Opt-In Best Practices for iOS
For mobile games, an important factor for increasing retention is sending relevant notifications. From the App to the user, alerting them…
Analysis: Hearthstone’s Lapsed Player Re-Engagement
Hearthstone was a major win for Blizzard – they entered both the mobile market as well as the trading card game…