What? CCGs (Collectible Card Games) are a genre of games that far predate mobile and social gaming, with their roots as physical card games, the most popular of which being…
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In this post the newest member of the AC&A crew Sandra Wong explains how a social casino game designer can help you. The title is very niche, so with this…
Jetpack Joyride by Halfbrick Studios has been a smash hit on mobile. But besides fun core gameplay and an overall high level of polish, what did they do right? Engagement…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] How brand advertisers are engaging with consumers in social games. Follow VGSummit on Twitter. Panel: Terry Angelos (Moderator), TrialPay Joe Eibert,…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Speaker: Deborah Liu, Manager of Product Marketing, Facebook DEBORAH Benefits of FB Credits for users Familiar payment experience Unified virtual currency…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Panel: Mark Skaggs, VP of Product Development, Zynga Niren Hiro, CEO, Crowdstar Christa Quarles, CFO, Playdom Dean Takahashi (Moderator), Writer, VentureBeat
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] Virtual Goods Summit 2010, Moscone West – San Francisco. Day 2 of 2, October 13, 2010. I missed day 1 of…
[This post originally appeared on Adrian Crook’s Freetoplay.biz site.] I’ll be giving a presentation on Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in Toronto, Ontario for INplay 2010, May 18-19, a conference focused…
A Practical Free-to-Play Game Economy Design Example by Raul Aliaga A freemium game typically involves an in-game economy that is crucial to the game’s performance in engagement, socialization and monetization….
Apps that convert or otherwise make revenue off their users are the ones that turn into scalable businesses. App monetization is a tricky beast because it’s balancing act between the…
