Knowledge Base

Welcome to our Knowledge Base, where we share valuable insights and expertise on topics in games ranging from marketing and UX/UI to product management and beyond. Find guides and resources, stay informed and up-to-date, and learn best practices by exploring our wide range of articles and resources.

2025 End of Year Retrospectives

As part of our yearly tradition in the new year, here are some of Game Doctors’ consultants’ quick takes on what happened in 2025 and.

A Relational Approach To Transactions

By Dave Rohrl When I lived in San Francisco in the 1980s – long before the dawn of the internet – there was a local.

Designer Diary Trailer Park Boys: Greasy Money

Trailer Park Boys:Greasy Money is an unusual idle game. The game features a very niche license and very unconventional gameplay. It defies many of the genres.

Design Clarity Tools Intro

As a game design consultant, I work with a wide variety of developers on a huge range of projects. I deal with large companies and.

World Builders and People-Persons: Choosing the Right Writers

Laying the Groundwork for Great Narrative, Part One By Ed Kuehnel, Mobile Game Doctor Narrative Director There are a number of factors that must come.

UA/Performance Marketing Getting Started

I often speak with partners and colleagues outside the field who want to better understand what User Acquisition (UA) is. UA, which is sometimes referred.

Developing a Story for Your Game: A Practical Process

Introduction While there are many different ways to go about developing stories for games, in this blog post on narrative design we will focus on.

The Fine Art of Roadmapping

We were recently approached by one of our existing clients about writing some design documents and doing some game balance for upcoming high-priority features in.

Illuminating Level Creation For Free-to-play Puzzle Games

Levels drive the core interaction in most free-to-play puzzle games. The quality of this content, and the pacing of level features, rewards, and difficulty has.

New Podcast Mastering Retention, Presented by Userwise

It is difficult to overstate the importance of retention to succeeding with a free-to-play game. After all, if players don’t stick around, they don’t.