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ByteAction Podcast is on a mission to bring you raw, unfiltered journeys of experienced and influential people in video games and creative tech industries. If you want to understand how games are made, who are the creators behind your every day entertainment, and what it takes to build successful companies, games and products then you should give this a listen.
Antti Makkonen: Mobile Games, Free2Play, Building Successful Teams & Products
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1 hour 19 minutes 31 seconds
1 year ago
Antti Makkonen: Mobile Games, Free2Play, Building Successful Teams & Products
In this episode I am speaking to Antti Makkonen. We discuss the future of the mobile games, f2p market, how to build great teams and Antti's game development journey.
We also talk about his time working at companies like Rovio & SocialPoint, he shares his takes on the F2P industry and the challenges of building successful teams and products.
The episode concludes with a peek into in-car gaming's potential and how it can enhance gaming experiences. Hope you will enjoy this one :)
0.00 - 13:00 Skiing, Finland, Schools & Barcelona
13:00 - 18:00 Career start, software engineering, and self awareness
18:00 - 21:00 Why the games industry in particular?
21:00 - 24:00 What are you playing right now?
24:00 - 26:00 Rovio days
26:00 - 32:00 Premium vs F2P model
32:00 - 38:00 The future of mobile gaming
38:00 - 39:00 Monument Valley
39:00 - 42:00 App store vs Google play store
42:00 - 44:00 Moving to Barcelona
44:00 - 52:00 SocialPoint
52:00 - 55:00 Smaller teams & projects is the way forward?
55:00 - 1:00:00 Launch strategies
1:00:00 - 1:02:00 The product you enjoyed working on the most
1:02:00 - 1:08:00 What’s your leadership style?
1:08:00 - 1:14:00 Building successful teams
1:14:00 - 1:20:00 In-car games, what’s that?
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ByteAction Podcast is on a mission to bring you raw, unfiltered journeys of experienced and influential people in video games and creative tech industries. If you want to understand how games are made, who are the creators behind your every day entertainment, and what it takes to build successful companies, games and products then you should give this a listen.
