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Prince of Persia: Escape — Why the Level Count is a Secret

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Intro Prince of Persia Escape is a casual mobile game published by Ketchapp with the Prince of Persia license coming from Ubisoft, their parent company. The development team was Estoty who is known for many other Ketchapp games. This game harkens back to the original Prince of Persia released in 1989 for the Apple II. The aesthetics are fairly similar even though the game makes the jump from 2D to 2.5D. The core gameplay of jumping over traps is very similar to how it was in the original, just with more modern mobile elements. I’m actually surprised more franchises aren’t going hyper casual. It’s pretty easy to make these kinds of games and bring the franchise to new players. However, I know a lot of people wouldn’t want to dilute or over simplify a franchise or character they love. An even better use of hyper casual games would be for big brands. Remember games like My Coke Rewards? Coke could easily fund a casual game and see it reach the top of the app store ch