Ore Rush: Mining Tycoon is a mobile-only hypercasual experience for Horizon Worlds.
Designed from the ground up to demonstrate our expertise in high-retention game design, the project blends accessible, relaxing gameplay with deeply engaging incremental mechanics.
Mine deeper to find better ores and bigger hauls! Upgrade your pickaxe and backpack as you go, and evolve your gear to keep up with the depth.
Play it here!
The Challenge & Solution
Ore Rush: Mining Tycoon was originally created for a Horizon World Creators Competition challenge (see our original release post on Devpost.com).
Our objective was to engineer a compelling mobile experience built on infinite scalable systems. We designed a deeply balanced core loop: players dive into dynamic caves, mine valuable minerals, sell their resources, and continually upgrade their gear. By introducing ever-changing spawn rates and progressively high-value resources, we created a frictionless progression system that naturally incentivizes longer session times and repeat play.
Hypercasual Core Loop: We crafted an intuitive, satisfying gameplay experience optimized for the mobile platform, ensuring a low barrier to entry with immediate player feedback.
High-Retention Mechanics: By utilizing infinite scalable systems and a finely tuned in-game economy, the progression curve is designed to keep players consistently engaged over time.
Asynchronous Social Competition: Although designed as a solo-player mobile experience, we integrated leaderboards that allow players to compete at their own pace, driving community engagement and replayability.
Platform Adaptability: Successfully developed and optimized specifically for the Horizon Worlds mobile ecosystem, showcasing our ability to navigate and build for emerging platforms.
Play Ore Rush: Mining Tycoon on mobile in Horizon Meta Worlds.
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