The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company. In the fast-paced world of hyper-casual games where retention can be relatively low, competition is high, and the games in the top charts are frequently changing, the pace of publishing matters. The faster you can launch your hyper-casual game, the greater your chances of staying ahead of clones and competitors with similar concepts, and therefore generating significant profit. Having worked on dozens of games that successfully reached global launch, here are six tips for speeding up the launch process at each step of publishing. The first three relate to efficiency - the best way to find, build, and test the right concept that has the lowest CPI to streamline the rest of the publishing process. The last steps focus on getting your game ready for launch and taking a data-focused approach to design tweaks so you can…