Episode 137- Lessons from Launching Star Wars During a Pandemic – Presented by Lightsaber Dojo

Speaker: Sean Griffin, CEO Nomadic

Today’s podcast is a keynote presentation, recorded at the 4th Annual VR Summit at Amusement Expo International held in Las Vegas on June 30, 2021.

What happens when you launch a new VR game into the teeth of a global pandemic? How do you observe, test, iterate, learn, and improve to take a game from good to great when locations are shuttered? This session will take you behind the scenes of the development, release, and improvement of Vader Immortal: Lightsaber Dojo, the world’s first Star Wars VR arcade game.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

● Who is Sean Griffin and Nomadic?

● How did they develop and launched Star Wars Games during the pandemic?

● What are the challenges they encountered developing this game remotely? And how did they cope up with these challenges?

● What is Vader Immortal Lightsaber Dojo? How to play it for a better experience?

● Getting to know customers to learn how they experience games to improve the design.

● What is Project New Hope and how does it work?

● How does the level of engagement increase for the Empire Strikes Back Project?

● Learn what is the benefit of products like the VRsenal, cabinet and how that might play out.

● How to bring VR and IP into out-of-home entertainment.

● Understanding Hollywood and the IP holders on economics fair and equitable share.

Bob’s Blog: www.bobcooney.com/blog

Sean Griffin Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-griffin/

Nomadic: https://blurtheline.com/

VRsenal: https://www.vrsenal.com/

Sean Griffin @ Nomadic: https://www.arounddeal.com/profile/sean-griffin/t3epyqovkr/