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This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers – 🐎 Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Best Progression System in Mobile & Why should everybody play Umamusume

Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 am conference discussion vibe, so let’s not take it too seriously.

The Team:

Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r- Game design consultant

Felix Braberg⁠ – Ad monetization consultant

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matej Lančarič – User Acquisition & Creatives consultant

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Summary

Jakub Remiar dives into Uma Musume Pretty Derby’s “Spark” and legacy mechanics—one of the most advanced progression and inheritance systems in any mobile RPG. See why this game’s depth is pulling 100,000 downloads a day and racking up 450,000 dollars daily revenue even outside Japan. From Genshin-style stat RNG to community-driven parent borrowing, you’ll learn why this system is built for both theorycrafters and casuals, and why it’s suddenly trending in the West.

You’ll learn:

How legacy and spark inheritance work, and why this is deeper than anything in Western gacha

Why are there sixty-page guides and two hundred-page translations just to optimize your team

The power of borrowing “whale” parents and building the perfect run

How no-level, stat-based progression makes Uma Musume endlessly replayable

What makes this system so viral on YouTube, Shorts, and Steam right now

Why every risk-reward decision and endless RNG roll keeps the meta alive

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Umo Musume Pretty Derby
04:54 The Roguelite System Explained
08:12 The Legacy System and Its Importance
11:05 Understanding the Spark System
13:59 Social Mechanics and Community Impact
16:53 Replayability and Randomness in Gameplay
20:13 Future Potential and Game Design Insights