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Elevating digital worlds with expertise. Games, apps and web, built to ship. Lahore, Pakistan.

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Mobile genre snapshot, Sensor Tower State of Gaming 2026:

• Strategy ($20.2B) and puzzle ($14.4B) led revenue growth
• Hybrid casual: the only mobile genre with meaningful IAP growth (+20%)

#GameDev #MobileGames

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Jummah Mubarak 🌙

“From one Jumu'ah to the next is an expiation for what comes between them, so long as major sins are avoided.” (Sahih Muslim)

Wishing you a peaceful and productive end to the week.

#JummahMubarak

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Mobile games in 2025 (Sensor Tower):

• ~95,000 downloads every minute
• 96% of downloads were free-to-play
• $1.62 average in-app purchase revenue per download

#GameDev #MobileGames

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Wednesday Wow 🤯

150,000+ games were released on Google Play in 2025, up 45.9%. App Store: 55,300 (+11.4%). Steam: 20,000 (+8.4%).

Source: Sensor Tower, State of Gaming 2026

#GameDev #MobileGames

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Farm Manager: a 3D idle tycoon we built in Unity.

Wheat > flour (3:1) > bread (3:1, 450s cycle), animal pens, delivery trucks, and an upgrade tree that speeds up crops and factories.

Idle games are all about pacing. This one was fun to tune.

#Unity3D #IdleGames #GameDev

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Unity's 2025 Gaming Report:

96% of surveyed studios use AI tools in select workflows.
79% feel positive about AI in game dev.

Where does your team use it?

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Jummah Mubarak 🌙 Wishing you a peaceful and productive end to the week.

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From Unity's 2025 Gaming Report:

90% of surveyed devs launched a recent game on mobile.
80% launched one on desktop.
45% see efficiency tools as a primary strategy.

Mobile is the default. Desktop is close behind.

#GameDev #Unity3D

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Wednesday Wow: in 2025, non-game apps out-earned mobile games for the first time.

Non-game apps $85.5B (+21%)
Mobile games $81.8B (+1%)

Source: Sensor Tower, State of Mobile

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Falling Tiles: a Tetris-style puzzle game we built in Unity and shipped to the App Store, Samsung and Huawei stores.

Game modes, Firebase, analytics and three store releases.

Game built but not live everywhere? https://t.co/oyVnJWF8UD

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A rough version that runs beats a perfect version that only exists in your head.

Pick the one thing you keep polishing in your head and get it running this week. Improve it after.

#MondayMotivation #GameDev

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Mobile games in 2024 (Sensor Tower):

IAP revenue: $81B (+4%)
Downloads: 49.6B (-6%), lowest since 2019

Fewer installs, more spend.

Installs or retention: what do you watch first?

#GameDev #MobileGames

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Jummah Mubarak 🤲 Wishing everyone a peaceful and blessed Friday.

#JummahMubarak

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The games market hit $201.6B in 2025 (+9.1%), per Newzoo.

Mobile: $113.3B (+10.7%)
Console: $44.7B (+2.8%)
PC: $43.6B (+12%)

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Wednesday Wow: S3ND splits files into chunks and encrypts them in your browser before upload.

Links expire after 24 hours or when the download limit is hit, whichever comes first.

Built with SvelteKit + the Web Crypto API.

#WednesdayWow #WebDev

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Portfolio spotlight: TCG Engine, a collectible card game with deck building, a card marketplace and rules-enforced duels (mulligan, timed turns, 4000 life points).

Planning a turn-based game? https://t.co/i1RGGUnLi0

#GameDev #Unity

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Monday Motivation: make it playable first, make it perfect later.

A rough build in someone's hands teaches you more than another week of polishing in private.

What are you getting playable this week?

#MondayMotivation #GameDev

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Looga is live on Google Play and the App Store.

We built the Unity front end and the PHP/Laravel backend behind it.

More at https://t.co/D61w6jlW5k

#Unity #Laravel

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What slows your app or game launch down the most?

1. Not enough dev capacity
2. Backend and multiplayer
3. Store publishing and review
4. Analytics and monetization

Reply with a number.

#GameDev #AppDev

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What if a workout felt like a dungeon crawl?

We built Dungeon And Dragon Fitness Game: a fitness game with a campaign to play through, plus a paid campaign pass for players who want the full story.

See how it looks: https://t.co/355DKmMcIR

#GameDev #FitnessApp