Thoughts on DataGreed

On Resources in Game Design

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I recently picked up Metro: Last Light on Switch for €1.50 during a sale. The game has plenty of questionable design decisions, but I want to talk about one in particular: the resources available to the player.

How I wasted $4k+ and half a year of my life to develop a game that earned only $30

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Postmortem analysis of Drunk Shotgun

It’s been nine months since the initial release of Drunk Shotgun for iOS and Android. I realize that I should have made a post-mortem analysis in two weeks after the game launch while my memories were fresh, but the game failed so hard that I was in a very fragile state and just decided to forget about it for a while for the sake of my sanity. Its December, 2020 and I feel like I cannot end this year without getting some kind of closure and the least I can do is to follow up this project with a post-mortem.

Bad API design — studying confusing AppsFlyer Server-to-server API

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

If you want to learn how not to design APIs, you can just look at the AppsFlyer’s server-to-server events API. The purpose of this API is to enable developers to send additional events about user behavior after they installed your app.

When helmet drops

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

American bikers have a saying that I can really relate to. It goes like this: “Bullshit stops when helmet drops”.

Casually walking through an airport

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Punctuality has never been among my strongest traits. I tend to underestimate the travel time to the meeting or can just forget to get my outfit ready and end up being 10–15 minutes late with messed-up hair and non-matching clothes.

On fear of riding, confidence and my first time

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I know people who are afraid of riding a motorbike. I am not talking about the ones who don’t have a driving license for a motorcycle. I am talking about the ones who have.

The Need for Sleep

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

– Hello, my name is Alex and I cannot accept that people need to sleep.

What No One Tells You About Riding a Motorbike

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

I know no person who hasn’t dreamed about riding a motorbike at least once. Not everyone starts moving towards the path of learning how to ride and getting a license, but those who commit to it, start discovering some new things about themselves.