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Your Game’s First Hour: How Honing in the First-Time Experience is Pivotal to Your Game's Success

Your Game’s First Hour: How Honing in the First-Time Experience is Pivotal to Your Game's Success

Posted by Chris Hugelmann, June 17, 2020 at 6:00 AM
The first hour as crucial time: how it can make or break your game Game developers know: the first hour experience for players is one of the most important times in a game to entice and hook players to continue playing. Mobile games are plentiful in the app store, and tend ...

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