Ep. 81: Attracting Users With Quality Game Design

<p>Today’s video game market is completely saturated with games seemingly offering the same experience. Ironing out and perfecting the small details of your game design can go a long way in helping it stand out from the competition. </p><p>This week on Mastering Retention, Tom speaks with Amir Dori (Lecturer for Game Design at Mentor College &amp; Head of Game Design at SciPlay) about building and managing casual game studios, using game design as a way to attract a larger audience, and his unique journey through the world of education and game design.</p><p>Here are your cheat codes:</p><p>1:34 How did Amir Dori get started in the videogame industry?</p><p>20:56 Building and managing casual game studios at SciPlay.</p><p>26:43 The differences in game design between casual games and educational games. </p><p>33:07 Live Ops in educational games.</p><p>36:34 Creating a new game that stands out in today’s saturated market.</p><p>40:32 Marketing analysis.</p><p>46:18 Expanding your games audience.</p><p>54:24 Getting to the core of match 3 games.</p><p>56:36 The functionality of a match 3 board. </p><p>59:38 How to keep more players around longer.</p>