Customization is usually done by increasing weapon class (Soft currency sink) or by finding puzzle pieces of the ‘parts’ which are earned from gacha crates.There is always the option of spending hard currency (Which is common through all the game modes) to bypass the soft currency requirement. To upgrade in-game, the player has to spend soft currency earned exclusively within that game mode.Each weapon/tool is viable only for 1 or 2 regions at the most. Coupled with Region limitation on the weapon/tool, the game makes sure that the player cannot max-out just 1 item and grind the entire game with it.To earn more stars and trophies, the player has to improve their weapon/gear to the minimum required stats via upgrades and customization. Upgrades and Customization are used as gates in game for the player to earn stars/trophies.
Customization – This increases the max stats of the weapon, and hence allowing the player to do more Upgrades to their weapon/tool.
Upgrades – This increases the stats of the weapon or tool by a fixed amount.Ģ. A weapon/tool in Deer Hunter can be improved in 2 ways,ġ. The depth of upgrades and customization is extensive in Deer Hunter, with each hunting mode giving the player a variety of upgrade options. In a way, a hunting mode is almost a smaller game of its own.
What this does is give the player a lot more avenues to spend time, grind currency and upgrade gear as progress is restricted to hunting modes.Įach hunting mode has its own versions of energy, soft currency, crate tickets and even exclusive player events. Hunting modes are a big part of Deer Hunter in terms of increasing the time spent within the game because each hunting mode has its own economy loop that is separated and independent from the other modes. The weapons and gear are sometimes exclusive to that hunting mode and cannot be used in other modes. There are 5 types of Hunting Modes in Deer Hunter, which areĮach of these hunting modes offer something new to the player in terms of targets to hunt, weapons to acquire and gear to upgrade. The game then builds on this simple, easy to grasp loop and then takes it a step further with nested economy loops within different ‘hunting modes’ and regions to extend gameplay and add content in-game. This is Deer hunter at its most basic core. An energy mechanic is used to control sessions where energy is consumed per hunt. The core loop of Deer hunter is straight forward, which is to hunt game to earn trophies, stars, XP, resources and then use those resources to upgrade weapons that unlock more difficult targets to hunt. I try to cover a vertical slice of the game and understand it in terms of engagement, retention, monetisation etc. Here’s a deconstruction of Glu’s Deer Hunter 2019 that I did not too long ago.
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