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In-Machine Collections Keep Players Spinning
In Jackpot Master’s Mulan’s Honor and Genghis Khan, players collect tokens during spins to buy packs of collectible items, which fill 14 sets shared by both machines. Completing any set triggers free spins with enhancements that aren’t available in...
Spend-Based Progressions Drive Sustained ARPDAU Growth
In Candy Crush Saga’s Rewards Lounge, players spend premium currency to complete a reward meter and advance through tiers that grant progressively better rewards. Failing to complete a meter within a week demotes players to their previous tier,...
Designing Streamer-Friendly Modes To Drive UA
PUBG Mobile’s Unfail is an asymmetrical horror mode similar to Behavior Interactive’s Dead by Daylight. In Unfail, a team of four players completes tasks while avoiding a boss controlled by a fifth player. During Unfail’s early access, PUBG Mobile...
How To Monetize Customizable Game Modes
Bingo Party’s DIY Feature increases players’ sense of control over bingo rounds in two ways. First, it lets players spin a wheel to add rewards to bingo cards, earn additional bingo calls, and trigger bingo rounds on those cards. Second, it offers...
How To Design Machines Without Reels
In Heart of Vegas’ Ball Drop Rock, players spin to drop 20 balls onto a Plinko-style board with prize buckets. To ensure gameplay feels familiar, the machine adapts traditional slots bonuses to the Plinko format, such as having buckets award prize...
How To Design Successful Sweepstakes
In Two Dots’ Paradise Prize Pot, players engage in four anniversary events to earn entries for a sweepstakes that awards an $11,000 cash prize, premium currency, and branded merchandise. The anniversary events encourage players to engage and spend...
Creating Streamlined Alternatives to Base Gameplay
Clash Royale’s Merge Tactics adds a full-scale auto-chess mode using cards from the app’s base game, complete with a league progression and IAPs. This mode simplifies several aspects of auto-chess gameplay, like in-match leveling and round formats,...
Built-In Competitions With High Stakes
In Bingo Frenzy’s Bingo Magic room, two players compete to fill a meter by daubing spaces and completing bingos. Only the winner earns tokens to advance the room’s main progression, which makes each round consequential. To heighten players’ sense...
Add Retention Mechanics to Reel Enhancements
In Cashman Casino’s Furever Fortunes, certain symbols fill a meter that grants a series of reel enhancements that remain active during all spins, making them extremely valuable. However, players must spin the machine once every 24 hours to keep the...
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