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Talks Mar 22, 2013

GDC, FGS, and the Kongregate Blog

Hi Developers, We’re about to pull back the curtain on our brand new Kongregate blog. This is the evolution of our basic news updates, where we create a space to share advice, statistics, tools, and information to help you make the best possible versions of your games. We’ll share extended versions of our conference talks and insight from different Kongregate departments including virtual goods, design, mobile and more. It’s also a forum for you to ask us questions. It’s a chance for you to di

Talks Feb 13, 2013

4 Years, 300 Games - Casual Connect Europe 2013 Talk

Kongregate's Emily Greer presented a talk at Casual Connect Europe looking at the history of virtual goods on Kongregate, what we got right and what we got wrong in our early assumptions. Includes investigation of synchronous vs asynchronous multiplayer, PVP vs PVE, best and worst genres, and payment methods. 4 Years 300 Games - What We've Learned About Free-to-Play [//www.slideshare.net/emily_greer/4-years-300-games-what-weve-learned-about-freetoplay] from emily_greer [https://www.slideshare

Kongregate News Feb 04, 2013

The $10 Million Mobile Games Fund

We are announcing a $10 Million Fund for developing and publishing mobile games, where Kongregate will offer distribution, financial assistance, consulting services and marketing support to help developers be successful in the highly competitive mobile arena. Read the press release and find out more about accessing Kongregate's mobile network. Kongregate Announces $10 Million Development Fund for New Mobile Gaming Initiative Game developers to receive financial assistance, consulting services a

Monetization Oct 24, 2012

Maximizing Monetization - GDC Online 2012 Talk

Kongregate's Emily Greer presented a talk at GDC Online 2012 delving into the underlying economics of virtual goods and how developers should think about item pricing and promotions. You can find the full talk in the GDC vault, the slides are available below. Maximizing Monetization in Free to Play Games [//www.slideshare.net/emily_greer/gdc-online-2012-annotated] from emily_greer [//www.slideshare.net/emily_greer]

Monetization Sep 05, 2012

Newbie to Big Spender: Understanding the Player Lifecycle

Watch Kongregate's Emily Greer well-received talk at Casual Connect "Newbie to Big Spender: Understanding the Player Lifecycle." You can download the slides and find more great content from all the speakers at Casual Connect's website [http://seattle.casualconnect.org/content.html].

Monetization Jun 16, 2012

Virtual Goods Monetization Webinar

Watch Kongregate's Emily Greer and Anthony Pecorella presentation of "Numbers Backed Strategies for Virtual Goods Monetization" featuring examples and best practices to maximize game value. Discussion topics include pricing, analyzing LTV, and retention strategies. (Skipping ahead might cause a delay.) Here's more on Kongregate's developer program [http://developers.kongregate.com/] if you're interested in how we work with developers.

Kongregate News May 09, 2012

Slight modification to uploader agreement

We are modifying our standard uploader agreement. Generally we will give 30 days' advance notice on such modifications, but in this case we're only going to be limiting Kongregate's rights, so I think we can start effective immediately without anyone minding. If you do have a problem or a question, please contact apps@kongregate.com and we'd be happy to answer your question. The old version of Section 2 read like this: 2. License. Developer hereby grants to Kongregate a worldwide, non-exclu

Kongregate News Mar 09, 2012

Introducing Kongregate Arcade 2.0

Ever wish the Kongregate Arcade for Android was a little more multi-player? Now it is! We've released Kongregate Arcade 2.0, including features that allow users to compare scores with their friends in real-time, a messaging center, and even the ability to earn GameStop PowerUp Rewards points. Check out our official press release here [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110921005369/en/Kongregate-Arcade-2.0-Adds-Multi-Player-Challenges-Messaging] , and download [http://www.kongregate.com/and

Talks Mar 09, 2012

Kongregate GDC Talk

Kongregate's Emily Greer and Anthony Pecorella presented a talk called "Core Games, Real Numbers" at GDC this week, delving into virtual goods games on Kongregate and what drives their success, including all sorts of juicy stats and advice. We've received a lot of requests for the slides so here they are: GDC 2012 - Core Games Real Numbers Final by Emily Greer on Scribd Here's more on Kongregate's developer program [http://developers.kongregate.com/] if you're interested in how we work wi