GameMakers

Sebastian Park is a co-founder of the UGC publishing company Infinite Canvas and a venture partner at BITKRAFT Ventures. He was also formerly VP of eSports for the Houston Rockets and co-founded Clutch Gaming.  

Seb talks about his beliefs on why user-generated gaming is the next frontier for the games industry.  

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- Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34hfOtv 

- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i 

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/ 

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio  

OUTLINE: 

0:00 Context and Intro to Seb Park 

3:45 Why User Generated Gaming is the Next Frontier? 

9:35 How Does UGC Manifest in Games?  

12:50 Biggest Opportunity in UGC? 

19:25 Infinite Canvas Publishing Model 

21:22 UGC Discovery 

24:35 Value Proposition of a UGC Publisher 

27:10 Examples of Good UGC Creators 

33:25 Are UGC Platforms Winner-take-all? 

👇 EPISODE LINKS:  

• Seb Park on Twitter: @SebPark 

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— POPULAR CONTENT 

— 🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw 

ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I 

🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI 

🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s 

🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs 

🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw 

🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso 

🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA 

🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY

Three of the greatest experts on Entertainment IP in Games give perhaps the most in-depth discussion on impact, deal structure, issues, and advice.  You don't want to miss this if you have any interest of licensing IP in your game!  

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- Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34hfOtv

- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

OUTLINE: 

0:00 Intro 

1:26 Speaker Backgrounds 

14:15 Impact of IP on Games 

32:52 Fitting Gameplay and IP 

39:45 Big Problems with IP 

45:47 Licensor Objectives 

48:44 Terms & Deal Structure 

57:10 Exclusivity 

1:00:34 Other IP Considerations 

1:04:28 Licenses Gone Wrong 

1:14:05 IP vs. Integration Deals 

1:22:48 Advice to Secure Deal  

👇 SPEAKER LINKS:  

- Ames Kirshen. VP, Studio General Manager & Creative Director at Atomic Arcade: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameskirshen/

- Pete Wanat, Chief Creative Officer at Nifty Games: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-wanat-468089176/

- Ed Zobrist. USC Lecturer, Former Head of Publishing at Fortnite: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edzobrist/ 

😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! —  

• MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 

• TWITTER      → @jokim1 

• LINKEDIN      → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/   

— POPULAR CONTENT — 

🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw

ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I

🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI

🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s

🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs

🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw

🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso

🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA

🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY

After a career in product management at places like Zynga Natural Motion and Digital Chocolate, Akash Senapaty founded e-learning startup Vah Vah with 3 others from Zynga India.   

What are the lessons learned? What was he able to translate from being a games PM at Zynga to entrepreneurship? What are his thoughts on the gaming companies and the opportunities in India?  

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- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

👇 EPISODE LINKS:  

- Akash Senapaty, Co-founder at Vah Vah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senapaty/ 

😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! —  

• MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 

• TWITTER      → @jokim1 

• LINKEDIN      → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/   

— POPULAR CONTENT — 

🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw

ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I

🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI

🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s

🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs

🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw

🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso

🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA

🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY

We discuss the current opportunity space for traditional game developers around Web3.   

SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: 

- Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34hfOtv

- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

OUTLINE: 

0:00 Introduction 

1:51 Why Web3? 

6:20 What Does Web3 Mean? 

24:37 Axie Hack & Big Risks 

39:27 Emotional Web3 Devs 

46:08 Areas of Innovation 

1:00:49 Investment & Valuations  

1:06:42 Companies to Watch 

1:13:07 Community in Web3 

1:18:00 Last Word & Prediction  

🎤 SPEAKERS:  

- Jeremy Horn, VP of Innovation at FunPlus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyhorn/

- Joseph Kim, CEO of LILA Games: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/

- Niko Vuori, CEO of Blockstars: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikovuori/

- Chris Ye, CEO at UKEN Games: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cye/ 

😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! —  

• MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 • TWITTER      → @jokim1 

• LINKEDIN      → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/   

— POPULAR CONTENT — 

🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw

ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I

🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI

🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s

🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs

🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw

🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso

🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA

🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY

We talk about game studio fundraising and specifically Series A funding - what that means - and lessons, best practices, and mistakes based on my own experience with this current financing round.  

Understand the difference between Seed and Series A.  

Make sure you don't make the same mistakes I did. Don't be a lame CEO and make sure you take funding seriously!  

SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: 

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

OUTLINE: 

0:00 Introduction 

1:43 Funding Environment 

13:13 What is a Series A?  

21:16 Investment Models 

34:59 Ideal Startup Profile 

44:01 Amount of Funding 

56:07 Investor Value Add 

59:16 Post vs. Pre-Money 

1:04:44 Investor Communication  

1:13:45 Having a Defined Process 

1:26:49 Biggest Mistake & Advice 

1:31:15 Wrap-Up & Contact  

👇 EPISODE LINKS:  

- Jobs at LILA Games: https://www.lilagames.com/jobs/ 💰 

LOOKING FOR FUNDING?: 

- BITKRAFT: https://www.bitkraft.vc/ (Led LILA's Seed and invested in Series A) 

- Galaxy Interactive: https://www.galaxyinteractive.io/ (invested in LILA's Seed and Series A) 

- Rainfall Ventures: https://www.rainfall.com/ (Led LILA's Series A)  

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• LINKEDIN      → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/

Mr. Product Growth Guy himself Aakash Gupta and I discuss the details behind our recent report on the growth and Rise of Gaming in India.  

Check out the full written analysis here: https://gamemakers.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-indian-gaming-market 

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How should companies think about retaining employees? 

1. How much to invest in employees when they may wind up just leaving? 

2. How to retain employees besides just wage escalation? 

3. What should the attitude of employers be regarding the loss of employees? 

4. How to think about matching competitive compensation vs. letting employees go? 

5. Thinking about redundancy or building an anti-fragile company? 

SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: 

- Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34hfOtv

- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

😃 —CONNECT WITH ME! —  

• MY INSTAGRAM → @jokim1 

• TWITTER      → @jokim1 

• LINKEDIN      → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokim/   

— POPULAR CONTENT — 

🤑 Economy of the Metaverse with Tim Sweeney https://youtu.be/h6ClJxjuRvw

ℹ️ How to Build the Amazon of Game Companies https://youtu.be/bkd2TOpKt4I

🔮 Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead at 2021 https://youtu.be/NejFzHtpiZI

🖥️ The Future of PC Gaming https://youtu.be/_QT7O3Wxi2s

🔴 Games Industry M&A https://youtu.be/65nyPk6WNrs

🔴 Netcode for Multiplayer Games https://youtu.be/tHq3PzmjhLw

🔴 IDFA Deprecation Product Impact https://youtu.be/Ojec4wGKpso

🔴 Trip Hawkins on the New High Score https://youtu.be/5egTSQ6AiRA

🔴 LiveOps F2P Best Practices https://youtu.be/tmzqqnYbjNY

The Russia Ukraine war has had a dramatic impact on many people’s lives. Huge impact to society, to our economies, and to various industries in different ways.  

How has video game development been impacted by the war?  

Boris Kalmykov, CEO of Hypemasters is a Russian living in the UK but with most of his company formerly located in St. Petersberg. 

- How have his company and other companies with employees in Russia and Ukraine been impacted? 

- What about the impact on big companies with employees in Russia and Ukraine like Playrix and Plarium? 

- What is the impact of sanctions and how much worse can it get? 

- What is the potential for Ukrainians and Russians to work together in the future? 

- What is the outlook for Ukrainian and Russian game development companies?  

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- Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/34hfOtv

- Spotify Podcast: https://spoti.fi/3Cpyq7i

- Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio 

👇 EPISODE LINKS:  

Crisis Management at Hypemasters: https://medium.com/hypemasters/crisis-management-at-hypemasters-eb80518c1f74 

🤝 GOOD NEWS! LILA Games just hired our first Ukrainian, hired by our Russian Art Director. 

If you are Ukrainian or Russian apply to LILA: https://www.lilagames.com/jobs/

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Today I’m here with my co-founder and CTO of LILA Games, Avinash Pandey. 

Having a frank discussion about the games industry here in India and what it’s going to take for India to become a place where world-leading games studios emerge.  

If China and Turkey can do it, why not India?

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We breakdown the mobile marketing activities of both Garena Free Fire Max and PUBG: New State, comparing and contrasting the user acquisition initiatives deployed in both games.   

We first start with a high-level overview of the top 3 mobile shooter games: PUBG Mobile, Call of Duty Mobile, and Garena Free Fire.  

Joining to review, discuss, and add meaningful insights to the presentation from SocialPeta we have 2 of the best mobile marketers in the world.  

SPEAKERS: 

- Matej Lancaric, current UA consultant but formerly from SuperScale and a bunch of other companies, has launched a ton of mobile games throughout his career 

- Nebo Radovic,  formerly from a bunch of really great game companies that did mobile marketing but currently at Zynga  

Note: SocialPeta examined the UA activity in both games and they created the report covered in the video.  

👇 EPISODE LINKS:  

- SocialPeta: https://socialpeta.com/

- Matej: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matejlancaric/

- Nebo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nebojsaradovic/ SUBSCRIBE TO GAMEMAKERS: 

Newsletter: https://gamemakers.substack.com/

- Don't miss an episode on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameMakersStudio