Research on top app store games indicated that casual players who engage (and spend) the most prefer to play in short bursts, during a commute for example. The same players tended to value attainable progression within those limited windows of time.
The core design challenge of Dragonfire revealed itself: Bring the depth of the 4x strategy genre to a casual mobile player base.
What a treat to watch this man play my game! I owned a few of the features he engages with here: Character customization screen, faction picker, and dragon feeding.
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