Casino Mechanics in Casual Games

Konrad GadzinaTeam LeaderGameDesire

Lessons Learned from 12 Years in Social Casino

Agenda1. About GameDesire2. From slots to mahjong3. Casino-related mechanics4. Gacha

About GameDesire

12 years of social casino and casual games• We specialize in high quality social

games• Some of our core projects are

Poker Live Pro, Pool Live Pro, Snooker Live Pro• Newest projects are Timecues,

Forbidden Castle: Mahjong Tale

From slots to mahjong

My gamedev story• Started at GameDesire in Golden

Reels Casino Slots in 2014• Moved to Pool Live Pro and

Snooker Live Pro in 2015• Leading Mahjong Tale since mid

2016

Casino-related mechanics

What do you need?• Mechanics including a kind of

gambling• You have to introduce the need

of something that is not money or virtual currency

Gacha

What is it?• Gacha machines gives you an

item from a collection for money• Items are highly detailed toys• The mechanics of gacha were

transfered to mobile world

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Gacha

Beware of kompu gacha• Called „complete gacha”• Getting all items of a collection

allows you to form a rarer item• Illegal in Japan since 2012

Gacha

Why gacha?• Some people treat real gacha

machines like slot machines• It allows to build engagement

for collectors and gamblers• It’s popular in many free-to-play

games

Gacha

Our approach• Multiple collections• We treat some collections as more

interesting and rare• We show players what they can get• Different gacha „eggs” to get or

buy

Gacha

What’s important for us?• Each collection should fit the

game• Make sure the collections you

want players to care about to have value for them

Questions?

Casino Mechanics in Casual GamesLessons Learned from 12 Years in Social Casino

Thanks for your attentionKonrad Gadzina

Team Leader

GameDesire

konrad.gadzina@gamedesire.eu

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