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PocketGamer.biz21 min
4 Fundamentals for Building a great Live Ops Department - Alex Hayley, Product Madness
Building a high-performing Live Ops department requires a strategic focus on simplicity, variety, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Operational efficiency is critical for scale, as demonstrated by Product Madness's Cashman Casino, which executes over 600 distinct live activities annually to support 430,000 daily active users.
- Live Ops success relies on simplicity through the use of repeatable, re-skinnable, and easily configurable events that maximize engagement while minimizing engineering overhead.
- Teams should build an 'arsenal' of simple events first, only introducing complexity by linking new content to the game’s core loop as the department matures.
PocketGamer.bizFeb 2023
PocketGamer.biz19 min
Keynote: Blockchain Technologies in the Gaming Industry - Alex Van Hulle, CTO, Redlight Finance.
The gaming industry represents a massive, consistently growing global market, currently valued at approximately $159 billion and projected to reach $196 billion by 2028.
- The global gaming market is valued at approximately $159 billion and is projected to reach $196 billion by 2028.
- Blockchain technology enables true ownership of in-game assets through NFTs, allowing items to persist across different games and be traded on secondary markets.
- Decentralized ledgers mitigate the risk of permanent data loss associated with centralized gaming databases that occur if a developer or platform shuts down.
PocketGamer.bizFeb 2023
PocketGamer.biz2 min
GDC 2014: Alex Okafor, One Man Left Studios
The independent game development landscape is increasingly defined by the shift toward free-to-play monetization models, which have become a dominant topic of industry discourse.
- Independent studios are increasingly adopting an iterative development strategy by maintaining a portfolio of experimental prototypes rather than committing to single long-term projects.
- Free-to-play monetization models have become the dominant financial framework within the independent game development landscape.
- Studios are extending the lifecycle of established intellectual properties by releasing targeted downloadable content that repurposes existing game mechanics.
PocketGamer.bizMar 2014