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Project managers stand at the heart of game development, and their job isn’t the easiest one. In this article, we’ll talk a little about project management tools for game development — software that makes the job of being the bridge connecting the team and the client just a tiny bit easier. A project manager’s job in game development is multi-faceted. These people need to be astute, capable of multitasking, and great at communication. They coordinate the team, distribute tasks, monitor all the

In this article, we’ll be talking about mobile game development process. If you’re here reading this, you’re probably thinking about creating a video game of your own and wondering what to expect on the way. Whether you're planning an RPG, an action-packed adventure, or a turn-based game development project, understanding the mobile game development process is crucial. We at Mind Studios Games believe that the future is with mobile gaming (and ruthless statistics agree with us, by the way, but

If you want to create a blockchain game, now is a great time to do that. According to Statista’s forecasts, global spending on blockchain solutions will continue to grow in the upcoming years and could reach nearly $19 billion by 2024. The US blockchain gaming market is also growing steadily. It is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 68.3% from 2023 to 2030. Moreover, with the recent announcement from Google Play on allowing NFT and blockchain-based games in the sto

Mobile games are the source of 52% of all video game industry revenue in 2023. The expansion of video game industry owes most of its success to mobile games and the increased penetration of mobile devices and high-speed mobile internet connection. Thanks to this, video games have broken out of the shell that is “entertainment” and permeated education, business, and even healthcare, proving that gaming can be useful in addition to fun. The trick is to find the mobile game genre and type most suit

What is cross-platform game development and what are its pros and cons? Should you choose this approach and not native (operating system-specific) when building a game of your own? Why or why not? These are some of the questions that we’re going to answer in this article. Read on for some insights from a team of seasoned game developers. Building a game is no simple matter, be it tabletop physical games or digital adventures. With digital games, you also need to choose the platform — Windows P

Whether you’ve developed your game for profit or for fun, you most likely want other people to play it, right? To know if they do — and how much — game analytics metrics exist. In this article, we’ll take a look at the most useful mobile game analytics. Mind Studios Games has been on the market for quite some time, with our own mobile games as well as while developing and supporting games for our outsourcing clients. We’ve seen our share of good performance metrics and of sub-optimal ones as w

When you ask “How much does it cost to make a mobile game?” you probably realize that there’s no single answer or a definite number. Games — mobile same as PC/console — come in all shapes and sizes, after all. The cost of building the new competitor to a mobile version of Genshin Impact (open world, multiple mechanics, lots of lore) would be very different from building an idle clicker game. However, there’s a structure to any development process, which makes it possible to estimate the rough

Is mobile game outsourcing a sensible solution for a business? And what kind of businesses should try building mobile games (besides gaming companies, obviously)? To answer this and some other questions, we prepared this article in collaboration with Mind Studios’s game development department. Here are some numbers. According to Statista, the revenue for the mobile game market by 2027 is forecasted to amount to $376.70 billion, growing at a CAGR of 7.08% from 2023 to 2027. Another interestin

With the rise of blockchain technology, NFTs in mobile games have gained significant attention, allowing developers to create unique, tradable digital assets within their games. So you are thinking about creating your NFT game and minting your NFTs, or even more — you’ve managed to create your NFT collection already. Cool! Do you want to know how to develop NFT games to use your assets in? How to enable your collectors to use their NFTs while playing your game? Or maybe you’re interested in NF

In this guide, we lay out in simple terms how to make a clicker game. We’ll touch upon the idle game history, make a brief analysis of currently popular idles, and offer you a guide for launching a game of your own. This article is part of our ongoing series of game development resources. Mind Studios has a game development department full of creatives and game enthusiasts, and we hope their experience and the knowledge they possess will be interesting to you. You can get acquainted with pro

The controversy that surrounded computer (and later mobile) games has mostly dissipated. Games have proven to be a great aid to kids and adults alike, helping them develop interpersonal skills, teaching empathy, and offering a means for connecting. Games can also be used to teach more mundane things — like school subjects. In addition to giving children a chance to demonstrate their knowledge, game design in education also aids in developing artistic, mathematical, and programming abilities. I

Would you like to know how to make an isometric game? What are isometric games, precisely? And what makes them so appealing to both players and mobile games developers? The phenomenon had a huge boom in 2018, when Brawl Stars, a game from Supercell, was finally released after an 18-month soft launch. After its awfully long (for a mobile game) soft launch, what emerged made $10 million in a single week and $100 million in the first two months after its release. At Mind Studios Games, isometric

In this article, we offer advice on how to make a hyper casual game and monetize it successfully. Hyper casual games are in trend. According to SensorTower, from 2017 to 2018, hyper casual game development company Voodoo moved from twenty-fifth to third on the list of the world’s leading companies by app downloads. With nearly a billion downloads, Voodoo only lost to Facebook and Google. Its Helix Jump game has been domineering both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Trends come and