Balancing in mobile games: case study of the Clash Royale game

• Fernando Rocha Fonteles Filho Federal University of Ceará
• George Allan Menezes Gomes Federal University of Ceará
• Antônio José Melo Leite Júnior Federal University of Ceará
• Natal Anacleto Chicca Junior Federal University of Ceará
• Rafael Augusto Ferreira do Carmo Federal University of Ceará

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbgames_estendido.2021.19624

Abstract

In recent years, mobile gaming industry has been growing constantly. From casual users to the most competitive ones, this platform's consumers are becoming more engaged with the diverse experiences that mobile games can offer. Keeping a player loyal to your product is not an easy task for the developers to accomplish. In addition to providing positive experiences, which usually imply a fun feeling, developers should be concerned with equity between the choices and challenges offered to the player, for example, characters, items, enemies, and others. So, it's common for developers to explore balancing techniques in games to deliver more enriching and challenging gamer experiences. In this context, this work reports a comparative case study between the balancing premises proposed by the game designers and the numerical results observed in a dataset of battle results from the game Clash Royale. Knowledge in the areas of statistics and game design were used to analyze data corresponding to competitive aspects.

Keywords: Game Balancing, Game Design, Clash Royale, Competitiveness, Statistics

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