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Live Service Games Summit: Anatomy of a Hit Word Game: 'Wordscapes Solitaire' Postmortem
PeopleFun, the makers of Wordscapes and other successful casual mobile games, was looking for its next hit. Nearly two years in development, that would turn out to be Wordscapes Solitaire, which (as the name implies) is a fusion of the word game and solitaire game genres. Since its worldwide launch in August 2024, the game has become a top-performing game with high player-ratings on both app stores. Over the course of its long prototyping, early development, soft launch, and now worldwide launch, the game has gone through many surprising and fascinating changes. Steve Meretzky, VP of Design at PeopleFun, and Ted McCormick, Lead Designer on Wordscapes Solitaire, will walk you through every step of that journey, with many lessons on how to build a hit live service game from the ground up.
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