Guides — GameAnalytics

Getting Your Game Release Right - A Checklist

Preparing to launch your game? Follow this checklist covering testing, marketing, monetization, and backend essentials for a smooth release.

Will Freeman

Picking a Backend - Why It’s Vital, and How to Pick One

A strong backend is key to game success. Should you build your own or use BaaS? Here’s how to choose the best option for your game.

Alexander Bergendahl

Developers Assemble – How to Find and Hire a Game Dev Team

Build your dream game dev team! Find top talent, budget smartly, and assemble the perfect squad for your project.

Sarah Impey

Access All Areas: How to Make Your Game More Accessible

Make your mobile game more accessible with simple changes—subtitles, color options, and assist modes. Reach more players with ease!

Sarah Impey

Making a Hyper-Casual Game? Here's 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid

Avoid common hyper-casual game development mistakes with expert tips on difficulty, onboarding, testing, mechanics, and core focus.

Sarah De Vries

How to Make an Idle game: Everything You Need to Know About Incremental Mobile Games

Build a successful idle game with expert insights on mechanics, monetization, and user retention.

David Hartery

Your 101 guide to email marketing to mobile apps

Boost app retention with email marketing. Learn strategy, best practices, and how to maximize engagement.

Anne Verhoeven

Finding Our Hyper-Casual Niche - Lessons From Platonic Games

Platonic Games shares how they carved out a unique space in hyper-casual gaming with kawaii-themed mobile games.

Chay Hunter

The Ultimate Guide to Social Sharing for Games with GIFs

Learn how GIFs can boost game engagement, drive organic growth, and become a key part of your mobile game marketing strategy.

Aurora Klæboe Berg

Top resources and guides for building a multiplayer mobile game

We bring together the main tools, services and advice that you’ll need to make sure your mobile multiplayer game is the best it can be.

GameAnalytics

Cybersecurity for Game Developers: Top Tips to Stay Safe

Securing your game and business from cybercriminals doesn’t need to be hard. It mostly comes down to education. Here are our top tips.

Sarah Impey

5 Steps to Building Discord Community

Discord is now the number one place to go when building a community for your games. But how can you get the most out of this platform?

Sarah Impey

The game developers' library for marketing mobile games

Marketing your game can be a mountain of a task. But you’re not alone. We’ve rounded up the top articles to help you get your game noticed.

Chay Hunter

6 Tips for Running a Game Jam: a Guide from AudioMob

How do you make sure hosting a game jam is valuable for the teams that enter, and your company? AudioMob shares lessons learned from its recent jam.

Will Freeman

How to Create a Press Kit for Your Mobile Game (and Why You Really Should)

A press kit makes it easy for journalists and reviewers to write about your game. Here’s how to put a press kit together and how to use it.

Sarah Impey

Mobile vs Desktop UI: Key Differences In Design

Mobile games can be been seen on nearly all devices. So when keeping all of these in mind, how can you make your game’s UI work across them all?

Sarah Impey

A Guide To Soft-Launching Your Mobile Game

A successful soft launch is the best way to optimise your game for global launch. Soft-launching allows developers to collect data, identify bugs and receive early feedback from players. Here's a guide on how best to soft-launch your mobile game, and its advantages to you.

Matej Lancaric

6 Tips for Hiring the Best Game Developer Talent

Starting a brand new indie game development studio is not an easy task. You need to find people who share your passion and have a similar approach.

Rait Raak

Marketing Your Indie Game On A Zero-Dollar Budget

Most indie games are not profitable. Plenty come out all the time, and making great games is not enough to sell them. You can rarely rely on what you make to grab attention. If you’re creating a game and short on cash, this article will give you 5 simple steps to help you become more successful - without big pockets!

Nathan Lovato