Kiro'o Games
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Whitepaper3 pages
Failure: Failure Beyond. The Philosophical Ludonarrative Analysis of Existential Videogames
The document outlines doctoral research focused on the philosophical ludonarrative analysis of existential failure in video games, aiming to bridge a gap in existing "existential ludology" by examining the subject from a non-existential perspective.
- The document is a doctoral research proposal by Sebastian R. Richter (University of Regensburg), presented at DiGRA 2025, and is an early-stage proposal rather than a completed study.
- Its central argument is that failure in games is an existential problem, not merely a ludic or performative one, touching on freedom, choice, and the individual's position between subjective agency and external forces such as society and birth circumstances.
- The author argues that existential ludology lacks concrete analyses of philosophical games and proposes that existential philosophy can supply an analytical toolbox for examining how failure is represented in interactive narratives.
DiGRAJun 2025
Report72 pages
Africa Games Industry Report 2025
The Africa Games Industry Report 2025 is a second-edition study by Maliyo Games, a Lagos-based studio, covering the African games ecosystem across the continent.
- The survey indicates that African game studios grew sharply between 2023 and 2024, with West Africa rising from 12 to 57 studios.
- Nigeria shows the largest growth among the five top mobile markets, with mobile in-app revenue rising from $12.0 million in 2019 to $60.9 million in 2024.
- Only 3% of survey respondents reported receiving government funding, and 33% had applied for or participated in an accelerator or support programme.
Maliyo GamesJan 2025
Report72 pages
Africa Games Industry Report 2024
The Africa Games Industry Report 2024 is a publication by Maliyo Games, a Lagos-based studio, with an online Africa Games Developer Survey conducted from April to May 2023 and analysis completed in Q3 2023.
- Survey respondents shared concerns about the current state of infrastructure in their region, with 71 (60%) estimating power supply is poor or really poor.
- Only 70 (59%) of surveyed respondents had ever secured external investment for any past project.
- Mobile games are the most popular games in Africa, and according to a report commissioned by Newzoo, 177 million of approximately 186 million Sub-Saharan gamers use mobile devices.
Maliyo GamesJan 2024