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Beyond the "Wait and See": Why Data-Led Decisions are Failing Game Developers
By Simon Sparks, Co-Founder and COO at GameDataCore. I spend my days obsessing over the gap between what player data shows and what it actually means. This is where I share what we're learning.
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Decision Making in Games Is Broken
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
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End of Year Reflections
Change, Evidence, and Building Games Differently
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Designing for People, Not Metrics
There’s a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in games:
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The Other Half of the Algorithm: How Probabilistic Systems Shape Game Discovery
The Hidden Logic of Discovery: Why Steam Thinks in Probabilities, Not Fairness
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ARC Raiders — Preliminary Analytical Player Report
How one of gaming’s most stressful genres is being redefined — as a co-op world where solo players thrive.
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Can Understanding Our Community and Player Emotions Help Us Build Better Games?
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