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March 24, 2021

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What to Avoid When Building Hyper Casual Games

By Jake Parker | Buildbox, Guest Post

Here at Kwalee, we’ve been making hyper casual games for longer than most. All of us are very close to the development process, with our design team constantly coming up with new ideas and prototypes, but as a publisher we are also always working to guide developers who may be entering hyper casual for the first time – or those who mix hyper casual games with other projects. As Publishing Managers in particular, we play countless hyper casual games from developers of all sizes and that includes plenty …

February 19, 2021

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Creating Successful Hyper Casual CPI Videos – How Kwalee Helped Longterm Buildbox Creator Leighton Improve His Ad Creatives

By George Williams | Buildbox, Game Marketing, Guest Post

As many of you will know, showing off your game with a great video is absolutely vital to find a big audience. Think about the last mobile game you became addicted to, and there’s a high likelihood that a video enticed you in the first place. That’s why here at Kwalee, we spend so much time thinking about how best to showcase our unique gameplay ideas in ads – …

April 16, 2020

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Best Practices for Hyper Casual Game Development

By Simon Platt | Buildbox, Guest Post

As any developer will tell you, no two games are ever developed using the exact same process — and hyper casual is certainly no exception. However, when you’ve developed and published as many hyper casual hits as we have here at Kwalee, there are certain best practices that emerge and stand you in good stead for every …

April 15, 2020

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Buildbox Hyper Casual Game Jam Sponsored by Kwalee

By Tiana Crump | Buildbox

If you haven’t heard about it yet, we’re back with a new game jam, and thanks to our sponsor, Kwalee, the winner has a chance at a potential publishing deal plus other really cool prizes! For those unfamiliar, Kwalee is a leading UK publisher and developer of hyper-casual mobile games founded by gaming industry icon David …

April 21, 2020

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What a Publisher Looks for in Hyper Casual Games

By Simon Prytherch | Buildbox, Guest Post

If you’re already making games in Buildbox, you may already be dreaming of reaching a massive global audience with your creations. You should be too, because it’s well within your grasp! Buildbox is a great tool we regularly recommend to those who want to create brilliant hyper casual mobile games, so if you’re already using it you’re on the right track – especially if you’re taking part in the latest Buildbox game jam!

April 30, 2020

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Why Rocket Sky Became a Successful Hyper Casual Game

By Jack Griffin | Buildbox, Guest Post

While we at Kwalee have become known for developing our own global hyper casual mobile hits, including Draw it and Shootout 3D, we also publish games by other developers and Rocket Sky! has been one of our biggest publishing success stories to date. But how has the game been so successful and what have we learned from it? We were new to publishing in early 2019 when DP Space AG came to us …

June 12, 2020

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Our Buildbox Hyper Casual Game Jam Winners

By Tiana Crump | Buildbox

Drumroll, please! The results are in for our hyper casual game jam sponsored by Kwalee. We had so many fantastic no-code entries from magnetic puzzlers to runaway railway adventures. The entire staff and the judges at Kwalee were totally impressed by all the creative highly polished games submitted. It was a really tough decision, but we were able to narrow it down to the final winners …

July 23, 2020

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Boxnation Podcast Episode 3: Ask Kwalee Live Q&A

By Tiana Crump | Buildbox

We’re happy to announce that episode 3 of our Boxnation Podcast has just dropped on Buzzsprout, iTunes, Spotify, and more! Each episode of Boxnation Podcast brings you the latest trends, news, and inspiration from top guests and developers in the gaming industry. In an interview format, Boxnation hopes to entertain you while getting informed on what’s happening in the fascinating and ever-evolving …

June 24, 2020

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Buildbox Livestream: Ask Kwalee Live Q&A

By Tiana Crump | Buildbox

Do you have a question for the team at Kwalee? This week’s Buildbox Livestream will be hosted by Sean Connor, our Buildbox Community Director as a live Q&A session with Kwalee publishing managers, Jake Parker and Jack Griffin! They’ll be answering all of your questions about our new partnership, getting your game published, and anything else game development related that you want to ask. This special …

July 31, 2020

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72-Hour Buildbox Game Jam Theme Revealed!

By Tiana Crump | Buildbox

We’ve just kicked off our 72-hour Buildbox game jam sponsored by Kwalee with a shot to win a lucrative publishing deal plus tons of other cool prizes. Participants only have 72 hours to create and submit their entry. The deadline for submission is Sunday, August 2nd, at 11:59 PM PST! Ready to find out the theme and bonus challenges? Watch our theme reveal video below …