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Game design

How Lilith Games transferred successful mechanics from the AFK Arena RPG to its Warpath strategy

Warpath is not the first strategy that successfully uses mechanics from games of other genres. However, her case is unique in that the developers from Lilith Games have moved the systems from their own mobile RPG AFK Arena to a new project almost unchanged. This allows you to evaluate which elements turned out to be the most successful in terms of monetization and user engagement.Game design expert Jeff Witt analyzed the mechanics of Warpath in…
Games

Users called for a boycott of Genshin Impact, seeing racism and sexualization of children in the game

The hashtag #BoycottGenshin suddenly burst into Twitter trends, under which some users called for a boycott of the miHoYo project. This time, users complained not about gacha, but accused the developers of racism and sexualization of children. However, Genshin Impact fans came to the defense of the game.The hashtag #BoycottGenshin began gaining popularity on April 5, after which it attracted the attention of users in several countries in a few hours.
Games

Valheim lost its lead in the Steam chart for the first time in 8 weeks — all thanks to the success of Outriders

Valheim dominated the list of the best-selling Steam games for two months. However, now the first line was taken by the Polish action Outriders, showing excellent online at the start. Also in the top ten is Cyberpunk 2077, for which a major patch has recently been released.According to the results of the week that ended on April 4, Valheim dropped immediately to fourth place.
Law

The Federation Council approved the law on the regulation of educational activities. Opinion of lawyers

Throughout March, there was an active discussion in Russian educational circles about the law on the regulation of educational activities. Despite the fact that scientists and artists opposed it with a united front, it was first adopted by the State Duma, and yesterday, March 31, the Federation Council also approved it. This means that the law will most likely come into force very soon (unless the president refuses to sign it, which is unlikely). We…