We share real insights from building mobile game prototypes. These aren't polished press releases—just honest updates about what we're working on, what we've learned, and where the industry's headed based on our experience in the trenches.
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After six months of iteration, we finally cracked why our RPG combat felt sluggish. Turns out animation timing matters more than we thought. The difference between a 0.3 second delay and 0.15 seconds? Night and day for player satisfaction.
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Our racing prototype was running smoothly on high-end devices. Then we tested on mid-range phones common in the Indian market. Everything fell apart. Here's how we scaled back ambition without killing the fun factor.
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Strategy games are complex. Mobile strategy games need to be simple. That tension nearly killed our prototype until we made some brutal cuts. Sometimes the best design decision is knowing what to remove.
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Prateek Deshmukh spent three years trying to recreate the magic of classic arcade shooters in mobile FPS format. What started as pure nostalgia turned into a masterclass in adapting gameplay for touchscreens. His Action-Adventure hybrid prototype combines the immediate satisfaction of arcade games with the depth players expect from modern FPS titles.
The breakthrough came from an unexpected place—racing games. By borrowing acceleration curves from racing mechanics, Prateek created aiming controls that felt responsive without being twitchy. It's the kind of cross-genre thinking that only happens when you're willing to look beyond your immediate category.
His Simulation elements add strategic depth without overwhelming new players. The result is a prototype that's been tested with over 200 players across Maharashtra, with particularly strong engagement from the 18-25 demographic. Not every experiment works this well, but when they do, it's worth documenting the process.
Ananya brings experience from both indie studios and educational game development. Her specialty is making complex game systems understandable without dumbing them down. She's currently working on an Adventure prototype that teaches basic programming concepts through puzzle-solving. The trick, she says, is respecting players enough to let them figure things out.
Here's how our approach has evolved. Not every step forward came from success—some of our best insights came from spectacular failures.
Early 2024
Spent three months just studying how players actually hold their phones during gameplay. Virtual joysticks work great in theory but thumb fatigue is real. We tested seventeen different control schemes before finding what felt natural for extended play sessions.
Mid 2024
Started mixing mechanics from different genres to see what stuck. Combined Strategy planning with Arcade pacing. Added RPG progression to Simulation frameworks. Some combinations were disasters. Others revealed interesting possibilities worth exploring further in prototypes.
Late 2024
Learned the hard way that beautiful graphics mean nothing if your game crashes on devices most people actually own. Rewrote rendering pipelines three times to hit stable 60fps on mid-tier Android phones common across Indian markets.
Currently
Running ongoing prototype tests with actual players in Nagpur and surrounding areas. Getting feedback from people who play mobile games daily has been invaluable. Their insights often contradict conventional game design wisdom—and they're usually right.