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Latest Update Notes: Smash Emoji Crush 2017

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Latest Update Notes: Smash Emoji Crush 2017 Improved loading to eliminate delays Updated graphics with beautiful new logo, loading screen, map select backgrounds, and more!  Download now and play!  Smash Emoji Crush 2017 Signup for our  mailing list  to be the first in the know 🍪🎉😎
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Smash Emoji Crush is now available!

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Now Available in the iOS App store! Help us ring in the year of the Emoji and break out your Emoji moves with Smash Emoji Crush 2017. Featuring: Beaux Lucky Meh Pudge Sweetness Wicked Orion Signup for our  mailing list  to be the first in the know 🍪🎉😎
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Update 1.5 is live: Smash Monster Crush 2017

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Update 1.5: The Summer Housekeeping Update As we previewed early, the changes to remove the floating banner advertisement and tidy up a couple game interfaces is now live. Where do I download the update? You should visit the Apple app store to download the 1.5 update. Click here  to visit the Apple app store to begin downloading the update. What sort of things are in this update? The exciting change for us is the removal of the banner ad showing in the game. We've removed that altogether. Get your puzzle on! In addition to this, we've added a few more buttons and cleaned up a couple game interfaces. We think you'll like the small changes we've done there as we tidy up the title. GET YOUR PUZZLE ON!
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REVIEW: Sky War's Dunkirk Update 1.4 - Gameplay Tweaks

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There are a few gameplay tweaks that we're going to share today. It's been an interesting journey for Sky War and we're excited about some of the changes released recently. If you've not read our post about the new Dunkirk ship, be sure to check that one out next. ENEMY VELOCITY First and foremost is a change to the enemy velocity and speed in the maps. In playtesting, we've noticed that just about everyone is ready to toss their phone in frustration at the inhuman speed of the opposing enemy forces. To that end, we've throttled the speed of the enemy ships. Not all of them, but enough ships to change the nature of the game away from twitch play to maze solving. if you're a casual gamer, the upcoming 1.4 update is for you. RED ARROW WARNINGS There are some enemies that you need just a little bit more time to prep for. We're aware of which ones these are and have added a red arrow indicator to give you enough time to prep. BUGFIXES We fou
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Tease: 🤔😊😀 Emoji Triple Match Puzzle Game 🎉😎

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Sneak Peek! Coming exclusivly to iOS devices this summer is a new way to work your emoji muscle with a new Emoji match game for Apple devices world wide. Help us ring in the year of the Emoji and break out your Emoji moves. Featuring: Beaux Lucky Meh Pudge Sweetness Wicked Orion Signup for our mailing list to be the first in the know 🍪🎉😎
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DevTalk: SKY WARS 1.4: The one where the advertisements were fed to the sharks

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Want to know more about the REMOVAL of pervasive advertising in the 1.4 update of Sky Wars? Read on, here. In this post we hear from the development team's thoughts on why advertising was completely rethought in Sky Wars. Hello there! There's a balancing act in mobile games. On the one hand, as a player you expect and tolerate a certain amount of intrusiveness for a free game. If it doesn't support IAP, most likely the game has advertising. If the advertising is done well, then you shouldn't even notice. If it's not done well, then you're like Buzz and Woody here: It's not fun to work on skill mastery of a level, only to experience both crushing defeat and then be presented an ad immediately after being blown to pieces. One of our first steps to making Sky War just a better game was to go back to basics and look at what makes it fun. Is it fun watching advertisements on every screen? No. Are there places where advertising is OK? Yes. How we lo
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Emoji overload! 👍😎😊😄😀🤣

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Coming soon to the iOS App Store are two fun titles coming to celebrate the release of The Emoji Movie starring Patrick Steward and T.J. Miller. 🎉 Bring your game face 😄 and signup for our mailing list to be notified of upcoming news related to our Emoji game titles for Apple devices. We think you'll really enjoy taking them for a spin! Stay Tuned for a sneak peek! Don't miss a thing -  Join our mailing list today!
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4 Tips for effective autoplay that enhances your mobile game (Autoplay in mobile games, Part I)

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Look around the web and you’ll find a lot of hate for autoplay in games. I admit, we at Arkitome puzzled over it for quite a while ourselves, wondering “What’s the point of playing a game if you’re not going to PLAY the game?!” Yet it's everywhere! From casino slot games to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, autoplay seems to have become a key feature of today’s mobile games. Through exploration and research and adventures in game-making we’ve learned a lot about autoplay. Here we’ll share some tips we’ve compiled to help our fellow mobile game developers understand the role of autoplay in the game you're building. 1. Take a holistic approach  Consider these 3 spheres of gameplay: Mechanical Gameplay (Intrinsic rewards) Physical skills such as tapping, clicking, swiping Includes real-time battle reactions and decisions Meta Gameplay (Extrinsic rewards) Long-term strategic decisions and growth optimization Resource management  Includes collecting, upgrading,
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