Category: Mobile Games and Game Design (Page 2 of 2)

Last week I decided to go over some online talks about systems and economy in free to play games. I started with one from Supercell’s Camilla Avellar, which I have seen in the past, but I didn’t make notes for myself from this talk.… Read the rest

A few months ago, I wrote an article about my favorite Match 3 game – Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. I liked a lot of aspects. From the game’s mechanics to work with IP. And this was the reason why I decided to start playing a different game from this universe – Harry Potter – Hogwarts Mystery.… Read the rest

Renovation was a clear mainstream theme last year among a lot of successful casual games, especially in the puzzle sector, focused on female audiences. During november 2020, creators (company Magic Tavern) of the hit Matchington Mansion, launched their new title “Project Makeover”.… Read the rest

December is a time when most companies prepare something special for their players whether it is an event, new feature or just temporary visuals and skins containing snow and Santa’s hat. During holidays, I played three casual games with interesting live-ops and prepared a short description, what they brought to their players.… Read the rest

Supercell’s Hay Day is one of these games, which are a good example, how an 8 years game can still offer a very complex farm building/resource management experience. Although Hay Day is the oldest active project of this Finnish company, the team behind it is still working on improving existing, and development of new features (for example The Valley – the big new loop, was introduced in june 2019).… Read the rest

Update (1.12.2020) – Supercell announced a canceling of Hay Day Pop by 1.2.2021. You can read whole announcement on Supercell’s blog.

A few days ago (17.11.2020), Supercell released a new version of their Match3 project –  Hay Day Pop.… Read the rest

As a mobile player, I was never a big fan of M3 games. Yes, I tried a lot of them, but basically in all cases I played them as a part of my research of casual genres. And what special happened then?… Read the rest