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Developer empowerment is always on Sunday’s mission statement. In keeping with our commitment, we’re sharing the secret sauce that makes our own games a success. Enjoy our expert insight, knowledge scoops, and in-depth articles, and take your games to the next level!
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Christian Balazs Appointed as Director Of Games at Sunday
20.06.2024
[Hamburg, 20.06.2024] – Sunday, a leader in hybrid-casual development, is excited to announce the appointment of Christian Balazs as the…
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Empowering Game Studios Through Acquisition & Licensing with Sunday!
18.04.2024
Hey there, game studios! Feeling weighed down by those older game titles in your collection? Well, say hello to Sunday – your friendly helper in clearing out the old and…
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Timm Geyer Appointed as Co-Managing Director of Mobile Games Company Sunday
04.04.2024
[Hamburg, 04/04/2024] – Sunday, a leading mobile games company specializing in the development, publishing, and marketing of fun and easy-to-play games, proudly announces the appointment of Timm Geyer as its…
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Relocation to Germany: Overcoming 7 Major Challenges with Our Team’s Insights
05.01.2024
We've identified seven main concerns when it comes to moving to a new country. Our employees shared their tips on how they tackled these issues.
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Blog

Jamming with AI: New Workflow of Mobile Game Prototyping with ChatGPT
16.11.2023
Learn why you need to prototype mobile games with ChatGPT. In this article, André, our Principal Game Designer, shares his new workflow, as well as tips and benefits.
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Turning Your Concept into Profit: Step-by-Step of Sunday’s Mobile Game Publishing
26.10.2023
Navigating the mobile game market can be challenging. That’s what Sunday is for! Take a deep dive into our publishing process before you apply.
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7 Crucial Mobile Game UI/UX Principles to Follow
22.09.2023
Coming straight from the pages of Sunday’s mobile game UI/UX guidelines, let’s go over the best practices for creating engaging interfaces for mobile games. Read and start crafting exceptional interfaces for your players.
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Mobile Game Level Design: Key Considerations for Ad-Monetized Casual Mobile Games
28.08.2023
To uncover the best strategies behind crafting killer game levels for mobile games, we sat down with the one and only Umut, Sunday’s Game Lead.
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Optimized Bids in 4 Clicks: Our Journey Building an Automated Bidding System
11.08.2023
Discover how Sunday's automated bid optimization system revolutionizes campaign management for our growth managers. When optimizing bids takes only 4 clicks, they have more time for pattern discovery, idea exchange, hypothesis development, and testing.
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Peek Inside the Tech Stack Behind Our Dashboard, Sundash
27.07.2023
Sundash's tech stack allows it to unify data from diverse sources into one easy-to-use dashboard. Learn how the team's choice of PHP, React, AWS, and more enables this one-stop solution.
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Making Game Marketability Testing Easy with Sundash
12.07.2023
IPM, MVP, and SCB testing is easier than ever with Sundash - read to know how we simplified game testing to make it accessible to anyone.
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Case Study: Scale and Discover with Source-Based Ideation!
04.07.2023
Hi! I'm Hüsamettin, the Growth Manager at Sunday. In this case study, I will share insights into our recent success with source-based ideation and Spinner Merge, which has surpassed 10 million downloads.
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Game Ideation at Sunday: How We Blend the “Strange” with Tech and Teamwork for Standout Mobile Hits
30.06.2023
In this article, we explore the game ideation strategies used by our Game Leads for captivating gaming experiences. You'll also discover how our dedicated Tech Team supports our ideation cycle with advanced tools and resources.
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Press

Navigating Hyper-casual through the Changing Landscape of Mass-Market Casual Games
12.06.2023
Sunday’s Head of Publishing Balaji talks to PocketGamer.biz about how the company's focus on players is enabling it to navigate the rapidly evolving hyper-casual market.
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Christoph Sachsenhausen: It’s the End of an Era in Hyper-Casual, and We’re Turning It into a New Opportunity
25.05.2023
In a recent feature for pocketgamer.biz, Sunday’s Managing Director Christoph shares his thoughts on the current shift on the hyper-casual market, and why we’re seeing it as an opportunity rather…
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Spinner Merge Live Ops: How Sunday is Driving the Game Straight to Ten Million Downloads!
04.05.2023
Spinner Merge is on its way to 10 million downloads! Our live ops game breakdown reveals the strategies that propelled us to success.
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Mastering Playable Ad Hooks: Our Tips to Winning Players in Seconds
12.04.2023
Make your playable ads hook and convert with these tips from Sunday's Playable Ad Developer Max.
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What It Takes to Create a Successful Marketing Campaign for Hyper-Casual: Interview with Nesli, Head of Marketing Creatives
27.03.2023
Meet Nesli, the Head of Marketing Creatives at Sunday, whose insights into human behavior and the psychology of motivation have led to many successful campaigns that resonate with our audience…
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Get More Clicks and Conversions with These 4 Tips from Sunday’s Marketing Creatives Team
21.03.2023
Our Marketing Creatives Team shares the top 4 secrets to making mobile game ads that convert! Read on and try these hacks yourself.
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The Secret Ingredient That Made Mr. Pain a Hit: Game Juice!
13.03.2023
Game juice, AKA game feel, is a combination of immersive response, input, and aesthetic tweaks that give players a larger sense of satisfaction, power, and control over their experience. There’s…
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Dashboard from Scratch: Interview with Sunday’s Lead Developer, Denis
28.02.2023
This time we’re sitting down with Sunday’s Lead Developer, Denis, to talk about his work on Sundash, our very own dashboard. As the chat goes on, it becomes clear that…
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In the Spotlight: The Ambitious Tech Team behind Our Dashboard, Sundash
20.02.2023
At Sunday, an innovative and passionate group of tech experts is driven to make game marketability testing and publishing as easy and seamless as possible. Here we call them the…
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8 Insider Tips for Making a Killer Hyper-Casual Aiming Puzzle
13.02.2023
As part of our product strategy, we’ve researched aiming puzzles inside and out! Now, we’re ready to share the learnings.
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Mr. Pain and All the Ways We Used AI for Its Game Design
06.02.2023
Late 2022 was when at least two things were discussed non-stop. The first one was AI, capabilities of which have reached their current peak and made it the hottest topic…
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Creativity VS. Marketability in Hyper-Casual: Interview with Umut, Game Lead at Sunday
30.01.2023
Umut Önel — the Head of Sunday’s Team Coconut — is a master at developing highly successful yet creative games. With 7 years in hyper-casual and a portfolio of smash…
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In the Spotlight: Team Coconut and Their Approach to Addictive Gameplay
23.01.2023
Step inside the world of Team Coconut, an experienced group designing some seriously addictive hyper-casual games here at Sunday. This agile team has been shaking up the whole scene with…
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Top 6 Secrets to Scaling a High-CPI Game
13.01.2023
A high-CPI game can be a challenge to scale. However, there are a few strategies you can try.
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Maximizing Profits by Minimizing Effort: our Winning Formula for Automation of Monetization
06.01.2023
As mobile game publishers, we have experienced all sides of marketing — both UA and monetization — first-hand, and there are more of them than just the benefits.
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Work Smart, Not Hard: Talking In-House UA Automation with Vlad, Sunday’s Head of Growth
23.12.2022
Today we sit down with Vlad, Sunday’s Head of Growth, to chat about the ins and outs of leading a team and the transformative power of automation. But Vlad isn’t…
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In the Spotlight: Sunday’s Growth Team
16.12.2022
You can produce the best game in the world with stunning graphics and captivating gameplay, but it will only go that far without a carefully planned user acquisition strategy. At…
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6 Ways to Add Depth and Replayability to Your Hyper-Casual Game
09.12.2022
From introducing power-ups to implementing leaderboards, these simple strategies will keep your players coming back for more. Read the full scoop and start boosting your game’s engagement today! …
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Spinner Merge Success Story: Catching Up on the Way to Two Million Downloads
02.12.2022
First pitched to YoBro Studios in February 2022, Spinner Merge was soft-launched in November. Just a couple of weeks later, this addictive game about battle spinners covered in blades…
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In the Spotlight: Sunday’s Publishing Team
11.11.2022
Working and publishing with Sunday is an opportunity dozens of studios have already benefited from. We coach and mentor every single one of them, we relentlessly test prototypes, analyze data,…
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Christoph Sachsenhausen, Managing Director at Sunday
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Beating the Recession: Interview with Christoph, Sunday’s Managing Director
04.11.2022
It’s not a secret that the world economy is entering a recession phase. Naturally, consumer-focused entertainment companies, including those in the hyper-casual industry, are among the first to feel it.
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Hyper-Casual Game Art – Tips & Tricks To Make Your Game Look More Polished!
20.10.2022
With these Tips & Tricks you will be having no problems making your game look more polished and helping your Studio to get better KPIs!…
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