two & a half gamers session #43 - How to approach new game development & see new trends in gaming – Matej Lancaric: User Acquisition Expert to Grow Mobile Games Globally

Welcome to our #43 episode of two & half gamers! In this episode we covered various topics:

Agenda

00:00 Intro
02:00 JK intro
03:14 Why India?
07:24 WE ARE BRUTALLY HONEST (as is my newsletter! Sign up)
07:55 Incredible talent in India
09:06 Ping JK for the PM role at LILA Games
10:30 Why build a shooter game?
13:00 Subgenre expansion
14:40 Look at how Felix is amazed by JK
15:35 Shooter Crazy shit articulation
15:52 Successful 4X characteristics
20:20 The amount of stress is enormous!
20:37 Who is this ghost talking?
21:40 Systems and vectors
22:25 Ads in shooter games
24:33 How to implement Ads into the game?
25:48 How to validate product controversy
27:02 Validation models
29:52 Throw me under the bus, BOYZ!
30:20 Marketability tests & market research
32:00 You need to be cool as JK to see trends in gaming
33:00 Is mobile F2P dead?
37:52 What if Ads monetization disappears?
38:48 What if Appstore won’t exist?
39:23 Apple is working on allowing sideloading in the EU
41:30 New business models in F2P?
42:32 Is really hard to get your company funded?
44:29 New buzzword Generative AI
46:41 Best advice on how to approach building new games or companies?
48:23 Remo is actually generated by AI

Panelists: Jakub Remiar, Felix Braberg, Matej Lančarič,

Special Guest: Joseph Kim

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two & a half gamers session #43 – How to approach new game development & see new trends in gaming