GameMakers

By Joseph Kim

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Episodes: 140

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The GameMakers podcast publishes current, entertaining, and in-depth discussions on F2P game development. Topics that we cover include the business of games, F2P monetization, liveops, game design, game development processes, team structure, and more.

Episode Date
Embracer vs. Ubisoft: A Deep Dive into Two Struggling Gaming Giants (Pixels & Profits)
Apr 20, 2024
Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2024 Recap: Themes, GDC Talks, Takeaways, and Rumors
Mar 30, 2024
Atomic Scaling with Ludovic Bodin | Lessons From the Games Industry to the World!
Mar 21, 2024
Liveops Lessons from Temple Run & Bejeweled Blitz ft. Eve Chang
Mar 20, 2024
Nvidia - On the way to becoming the world's most valuable company | Pixels & Profits #9
Mar 15, 2024
The Measurement Crisis (in mobile UA) | #1 of 5 in State of Measurement Series
Mar 05, 2024
Philosophy: Escaping the doom loop
Feb 27, 2024
Philosophy: Doing the hard thing
Feb 20, 2024
Gaming x AI: How Atlas makes models for 3D worlds 200X faster! (ft. CEO Ben James)
Feb 12, 2024
How Brawl Stars 6X'ed daily revenue ft. 2.5 Gamers + Ken Landen
Feb 06, 2024
Job losses everywhere except AI - Don't fight it, embrace AI!
Jan 29, 2024
Palworld's Takuro Mizobe on Lesson's Learned (from Pocket Pair Blog)
Jan 28, 2024
Stream Hatchet's Livestreaming & Esports report - Key trends!
Jan 22, 2024
Ubisoft exec views future of games is subscription not ownership
Jan 22, 2024
The latest in the Epic vs. Apple wars
Jan 22, 2024
Key findings from GDC State of the Industry Report 2024
Jan 22, 2024
Supercell's Brawl Stars goes Nuclear - After years revenue goes over 4X from Dec 5, '23 to Jan 6, '24
Jan 22, 2024
More layoffs - Pixelberry, Google AI threat, Behavior Interactive, YouTube Games
Jan 22, 2024
GameOver #7: '24 Layoffs!, "Too many games," New Halo, Epic #1 on Console, State of UGC, AI, China, Steam Breaks Records
Jan 15, 2024
How Profitable is Monopoly Go? (Is #1 really #1?)
Jan 12, 2024
Roblox (RBLX): Business Overview and Future (What you need to know!)
Jan 11, 2024
AI NPCs in Gaming with Inworld AI ft. Travis Boatman, Carbonated
Jan 09, 2024
Savvy Games $30B?, iPhone gaming in trouble, Game Industry Job Hunting, Netflix, Predictions | GO #6
Jan 09, 2024
8 Ball Pool. Sony MIcrosoft Riposte mobile M&A in '24?, Owen Mahoney, Top 5 FPS Games, Starfield "Mostly Negative", Top Steam and Nintendo Games of '23, Layoffs in '23 | GO #5
Jan 02, 2024
China regulations tank Netease and Tencent, Take-Two's $12B Zynga bet tumbles, Valorant Mobile, Insomniac Games leak, More layoffs, Winter sale and gaming deals | GO #4
Dec 28, 2023
Netflix game strategy, Fortnite breaks records, Tiktok breaks $10B, Epic vs. Google, and more! | Go #3
Dec 19, 2023
"Unity, I'm done," Stormgate RTS Kickstarter, Sega's $800M Super Game, GTA 6, Game Awards | GO #2
Dec 12, 2023
Gardens: Building a Startup Games Studio for success (makers of Journey, Spider-Man, Skyrim)
Oct 21, 2023
Unity Software (U): Huge Problems, Negative Outlook, Big Changes Required
Oct 03, 2023
Why legendary developers are jumping onto Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN)!
Aug 30, 2023
Mobile UA Landscape Impact on Gaming Companies (Pixels & Profits #7) ft. Matej Lancaric
Aug 22, 2023
Take-Two Interactive Financial Deep Dive (Pixels & Profits #6) ft. Eric Kress
Aug 01, 2023
Rise of the White Tiger | Life, Entrepreneurship, and Rise of India & Opportunity ft. Mukul Deora
Jul 24, 2023
Game Startups & Life | 3x3 ft. Mishka Katkoff at Deconstructor of Fun
Jul 18, 2023
How Hit Games Use Persona Analysis! | Experience from Eve Online and Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
Jul 17, 2023
What If? Nintendo Smartphone? Who can make a great gaming smartphone? | Pixels & Profits #4 (Part 2 of 3)
Jul 09, 2023
What If? Microsoft Carved Out Xbox Business | Pixels & Profits #4 (Part 1 of 3)
Jul 09, 2023
GameDev Story: Brewed Games builds a Souls-like Action RPG game Winds of Arcana for PC
Jul 06, 2023
Feedback & Performance Evaluation | ft. Ben Carcich & Aaron Smith from Building Better Games
Jun 26, 2023
Serkan Toto on Top Japanese and Korean Video Game Companies | Pixels & Profits #3
Jun 24, 2023
Lessons Learned: Gaming Startups & New Global Risks
Jun 20, 2023
Top 5 Mobile Game Launches: Honkai Star Rail, Monopoly Go, Survivor!.io, Marvel Snap, Frozen City
Jun 15, 2023
Console Wars: Microsoft is All-in on Game Pass, Is this Game Over? | Pixels & Profits #2 (Part 2 of 2)
Jun 13, 2023
What Drove Success in the PlayStation vs. Xbox vs. Nintendo Console Wars?
Jun 06, 2023
Console Wars: Microsoft vs. Sony vs. Nintendo | Pixels & Profits #2 (Part 1 of 2)
Jun 06, 2023
No IDFA, No Excuses - Why The Narrative Behind IDFA Deprecation Destroying Mobile Growth is Wrong!
Jun 02, 2023
Where is the games industry today? Less risk, higher cost of capital, bifurcation of winners & losers
Jun 01, 2023
The Rise of China: Dominant western game developers may fall to Asian competitors like HoYoverse
May 31, 2023
Why Nvidia (NVDA) stock jumped and the impact of AI to gaming | AI X Gaming!
May 30, 2023
Where is the Game Industry Today? - M&A and Public Game Companies | Pixels & Profits #1
May 29, 2023
Mobile Growth: IDFA Deprecation Scapegoat or Reality?
May 23, 2023
Diversity in a Changing World | Sarah Thomson Shares Her Experience
May 15, 2023
JK Vlog #7: Adversity, Focus on Can Do!
Apr 02, 2023
Hypernova: Facing Adversity and Building the GTA for India!
Mar 27, 2023
Sequoia Capital India on Investing in Indian Gaming Market
Mar 21, 2023
F2P Game Startups: Keep Going or Tap Out? ft. Michael Martinez (CEO of FunCraft)
Mar 17, 2023
Debate: Is Blizzard Stack Ranking Evil?
Feb 18, 2023
Mobile Shooters: What's Next After Battle Royale? ft. Jordan Phang/Naavik (FREE REPORT!)
Feb 16, 2023
Breaking the Meta in The Game of Life! with Moritz Baier-Lentz (Lightspeed Venture Partners)
Jan 22, 2023
Grateful for Opportunity | JK Vlog #6
Nov 26, 2022
Future of eSports ft. Ilaria Caputo (EA), Hugo Tristao (Newzoo), & Matt Kanterman (Ball Metaverse)
Nov 11, 2022
How to Install Company Values & Culture | Philosophy Friday #21
Oct 25, 2022
Stellaris Venture Partners on Game Investing in India | ft. Rahul Chowdhri
Sep 26, 2022
Predicting Game Success + Corporate Nonsense (Philosophy Friday #19)
Sep 09, 2022
The F2P Game Designer | ft. John Kelly Creative Director at PlaySimple
Sep 08, 2022
Building a F2P Liveops Playbook | ft. The Games Consultant Matt Emery
Sep 03, 2022
How to Argue Constructively (Philosophy Friday #20)
Sep 03, 2022
Living With Purpose | JK Vlog #5
Aug 24, 2022
Will Dislyte Be Lilith's Next Big Mobile Gaming Hit?
Aug 24, 2022
Adversity is a Gift | JK Vlog #4
Aug 13, 2022
Discipline, Drive, and Details X Mental Strength | JK Vlog #3
Aug 07, 2022
Bombay Play and Hyper Social Games ft. Mr. Oliver Jones
Aug 06, 2022
Health is Critical to Grind | JK Vlog #2
Jul 27, 2022
Bayesian Thinking for Startups with @SebPark
Jul 19, 2022
Starting vs. The Grind | JK Vlog #1
Jul 17, 2022
Garena Free Fire: Secrets to Success and Analyzing The Fall
Jul 15, 2022
UA Apocalypse, Product Validation, Impact Global Recession, Employee Compensation (Philosophy #17)
Jul 11, 2022
Culture Communication Isn't Enough + Employee Incentive Systems (Philosophy #18)
Jul 09, 2022
Will Harbin on Lessons from Kixeye and Making a Comeback
Jun 29, 2022
Sebastian Park on why User Generated Content is the Future of Games
Jun 23, 2022
Entertainment IP in Games - The Complete Guide by 3 World-class Experts
Jun 20, 2022
Product Manager to Founder | Akash Senapaty (From Zynga to Vah Vah)
May 01, 2022
Web3 Opportunities for Game Devs
Apr 24, 2022
We Raised a $10M Series A | Game Studio Funding Mistakes! 💰
Apr 18, 2022
The Rise of the Indian Gaming Market
Apr 16, 2022
How Companies Can Retain Employees (Philosophy Friday #16)
Apr 10, 2022
Russia Ukraine War Impact on Video Games Industry ft. Boris Kalmykov CEO Hypemasters
Apr 08, 2022
How to Create a Hit Games Studio From India? | LILA Games CTO Avinash Pandey
Mar 27, 2022
Marketing Analysis: Garena Free Fire Max and PUBG New State! Ft. Matej Lancaric & Nebo Radovic
Mar 19, 2022
Philosophy Friday #14: Most Critical Product Manager Skills vs. Personality
Mar 11, 2022
Game Industry M&A in 2022 and Beyond! Miniclip, Drake Star Partners, & FunPlus Weigh In
Mar 08, 2022
Structured Mobile Marketing | The Ad Concept Model (Zynga + Consumer Acquisition)
Mar 02, 2022
Philosophy #12: On Employee Motivation
Jan 24, 2022
GameMakers 2021 Drunk Game Awards Show: Best and Worst of 2021
Jan 16, 2022
Philosophy #11: 2021 Review | Key Trends & Lessons Learned
Dec 31, 2021
Philosophy #10: Recruiting Like A Pro | Games Industry
Dec 25, 2021
Philosophy #9: Bill Walsh | Don't Make Enemies
Dec 17, 2021
What Makes A Great Tech Lead or CTO ft. Niklas Herriger, Tommy Krul, and Avinash Pandey
Dec 13, 2021
Philosophy #6: The Future of Work: Remote vs. Office | The Debate!
Dec 12, 2021
How To Be A Great Games Company CEO! ft Gigi Levy-Weiss, Brian Peganoff, & Kristian Segerstale
Dec 06, 2021
Philosophy #8: How to Make Difficult Decisions!
Dec 03, 2021
How To Fix Axie Infinity | Sustainability & Future of Sky Mavis
Dec 02, 2021
Games Industry in "Crisis": Biggest Risk & Opportunity in 2022 and Beyond!
Nov 29, 2021
Philosophy #7: PM Planning & Prioritization in the Games Industry
Nov 26, 2021
The Future of Apple App Store Economics
Nov 19, 2021
Philosophy #5: Employee Feedback and Performance Reviews May Be Your Biggest Challenge at Work
Nov 02, 2021
Philosophy #4: Get Offa Me With Your Work Life Balance, Work Life Integration FTW!
Oct 24, 2021
Future of Mobile Ad Revenue | 2022+ and 2021 Retro
Oct 18, 2021
Philosophy #3: Zero to One vs. 1 to N Product Managers
Oct 18, 2021
Philosophy #2: Data Ethics in Gaming ft. Lars Doucet
Oct 16, 2021
The Future of Blockchain Gaming (Chong Ahn, Brian Peganoff, Mitch Zamara)
Oct 04, 2021
Philosophy #1: How to Be a Great Product Manager
Oct 03, 2021
Moonton's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Secrets to Success! With Chief Designer Skyhook
Oct 02, 2021
Key Challenges for Blockchain Gaming ft. Lars Doucet
Sep 30, 2021
Key Technology Challenges in Mobile F2P Games | Epic Tech Evangelist Arvind Neelakantan
Sep 29, 2021
IndiaF2P: What Global Strategics Are Looking for From Indian Game Companies
Sep 28, 2021
IndiaF2P: How To Build A Successful Career in F2P Games
Sep 28, 2021
Doing the Work For a Top Grossing Game | Game Design by Paul Leydon
Sep 24, 2021
IndiaF2P: How India Becomes A World Leader in Games
Sep 09, 2021
Is the future of games Instant? (Lars Doucet, Emily Greer)
Sep 01, 2021
IDFA Loss: Real Data & Real Talk
Aug 15, 2021
Social Casino Outlook with SciPlay's Joe Byrne
Aug 12, 2021
Tech Infrastructure for Competitive PVP Games
Jul 28, 2021
Team vs. Family DEBATE: We Are "Not a Family" 🖕
Jul 20, 2021
GameBiz #3 Game Company Growth Strategies ft Chris Petrovic and Eric Kress
Jul 13, 2021
GameBiz #2: Talking Strategy & Synergy with STILLFRONT! ft. Alexis Bonte, Nadir Khan, Tobias Kringe
Jul 08, 2021
GameBiz #1: Game Industry M&A (March 2021) ft. Chris Petrovic & Eric Kress
Jul 07, 2021
Integrating Crypto and Metaverse in Games | Michael Wagner CEO of Star Atlas
Jun 21, 2021
4 Game Company Growth Paradigms: Zynga, Applovin, Skillz, and Jam City
Jun 20, 2021
MetaHuman Creator | Epic's Road to the Metaverse ft. Arvind Neelakanan (Epic Tech Evangelist)
Jun 14, 2021
Data Infrastructure for Live Games ft. Andre Cohen (Tilting Point), Gaurav Gupta (Lightspeed VP), and Oliver Loffler (Fmr KOLIBRI)
Jun 09, 2021
The Warning | Game Companies Face Structural Transition in 2021
Jun 08, 2021
Game Development Best Practices | Chris Cobb (Pragma Platform), Noemi Rouleau (Square Enix), Xiang Shen (Century Games)
Jun 03, 2021
Self Actualization Through Video Games | Shahar Sorek CMO of Overwolf
May 28, 2021
Tom Kalinske | The King of Brands (From Flintstone Vitamins, Barbie, Hotwheels, He-man, and SEGA)
Dec 04, 2020
Riz Virk | US-China App Wars, Life is a Video Game, Game Start-up Lessons
Nov 26, 2020
Gaming Trends | A Look Ahead to 2021 (SensorTower's Randy Nelson Interviews JK)
Nov 26, 2020
LILA #2: Why Did We Start LILA Games?
Nov 26, 2020
LILA #1: JK Gets Fired! What's Next?
Nov 26, 2020
Intro to the GameMakers Podcast
Nov 24, 2020