What obstacles await the team that decided to use purchased assets in the game, — says Maxim Nikifarovich, the leading artist of Belka Games.

Architectural designer Pixel Architect showed how to design a city in the style of pixel art using the example of his game Chef RPG. He spoke in detail about the basic rules for designing a map for projects with a top view, and also demonstrated all the stages of work on the city.

The founder of the indie studio UnifiQ Games analyzed the Kickstarter campaign of his game Operation Outsmart. It turned out to be a complete failure — in two weeks it was possible to collect barely 10% of the desired amount. However, the developer did not despair and decided to tell about the main mistakes he made during crowdfunding.Operation Outsmart

Mike Rose, head of the indie publisher No More Robots, spoke about the principles of development planning. These tips can be useful for aspiring indie studios who have yet to release their first game. Rose gave several formulas for calculating the budget and explained why long-term development risks not paying off.

With a look at what principles a game designer should adhere to in his work, — in his column on App2Top.ru shared Eduard Kumykov, the lead game designer of the Solitaire Cruise project from Belka Games (according to App Annie, she is now among the top 20 highest-grossing publishers in EMEA).

Ella Romanos is the Chief Operating Officer of Fundamentally Games, who has been working in the gaming industry for 13 years. Based on her experience in managing teams and projects, she identified five things that help her to be a good and effective producer.The original material was published on the Gamesindustry website.

How should children’s mobile apps be promoted and what should be taken into account in this case — in your column for App2Top.ru Mikhail Kotlov, CEO of the company IntellectoKids, told.

The game currency is the basis of any frituplein economy, according to the product manager of Tilting Point Javier Barnes (Javier Barnes). In total, he identifies 11 of its types.

The plot is a rare guest in construction simulators. This is a big omission of the developers, according to PCGamesN. In a recent article, the portal told how the narrative makes such games deeper and more attractive for gamers. We have chosen the main thing from the publication.

How to conduct effective events in mobile games to get high engagement and ARPDAU, — Louise Lu, Assistant Product Manager at Tilting Point, told on the example of Warhammer: Chaos & Conquest. We have selected the main tips from the material.

Where should I start hyper-casual game design: with core mechanics or meta games? What should be the approach to promoting hyper-casual titles? Christian Calderon, the former chief marketing officer of PlayDots and the current CEO of Gamejam, told about this and not only.

While multiplayer GTA V and Call of Duty: Black Ops III are leading in the top sales for PS4, Sony itself says — in fact, players like single-player games much more. That’s just that users have almost no time for them. The company offers developers to disclose information about the length of quests and allow gamers to run tasks in a convenient sequence.

Creating an exciting hyper-casual is not as easy as it seems, says Tomer Geller, the leading game designer at Supersonic Studios. In his column on Gamasutra, he shared four key principles that developers should follow during prototyping. We have chosen the main thing from the material.

At least two dozen publishers worth paying attention to are currently working on the hyper-casual games market. How to choose the right one, — says in his column on App2Top.ru Nadav Ashkenazy, CEO of ironSource marketing company and Supersonic Studios game publishing house.

What do publishers of hyper-casual games expect from developers? The general manager of Supersonic Studios answered this question and told why marketing in this area is more important than development. We have selected the main tips from his material.Nadav Ashkenazy, who took over Supersonic in February this year, wrote a column for GamesIndustry.biz .

At the stage of publishing the game, the developer may face a quite reasonable question: whether it is worth limiting distribution through traditional platforms or using several promotion channels at once. Ixolla specialists share in their material on our pages why the second way is preferable.

Novice level designers will always need the advice of a more experienced colleague. The author of the book “Architectural Approach to Level Design” Chris Totten shared ten useful tips on Twitter at once.

It is generally believed that the developer of paid games has only one way to make money on the project — to sell the maximum number of copies of it. But this is not the case. Ixolla identifies six additional practices that increase revenue from premium games.

British screenwriter and game designer Alexis Kennedy wrote an article on Gamasutra about how not to tire a gamer with information about the game world. Kennedy is known as the author of the browser quest Fallen London and the “bagel” Sunless Sea.