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Developers Overcomplicate Live Ops Games.

Gökhan Üzmez

Developers overcomplicate live ops games.

Listen, it’s not complicated(!) at all:

Seriously, it does look complicated,
But if you lay high quality foundations,
You can make it very simple to succeed.

Avoid:

✧ Rushed first time user experience,
✧ Early game paying player conversion,
✧ Real money centered game economy,
✧ Copy paste linear content.

Instead, focus on:

✦ Absolutely flawless new user experience,
✦ Proven core game mechanic,
✦ Day 1-7-30 retention focus content,
✦ Fun but challenging progress.

Focus on your players,
and watch your complications go away.

Your metrics will get better over time.

Cheers!

PS: There are absolutely masterpiece examples of these games.
Special thanks to Anton Slashcev, Sergei Vasiuk and Yağız Gür for inspiring this topic!

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