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Talks Mar 27, 2018
All the Families: The Making of 'Animation Throwdown' (GDC 2018)

This year at GDC, Kongregate Senior Producer Peter Eykemans and Producer Katrina Wolfe gave a talk titled "All the Families: The Making of 'Animation Throwdown.'" Check out the description and slides below! Talk Summary Ever wonder what it would be like to create a AAA game with a skeleton crew, split between two developers, one publisher, one IP owner, and five individual IPs? Join two producers from Kongregate to hear how "Animation Throwdown" was created in an unusual way, and how they tur

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Talks Mar 23, 2018
Going Cross-Platform: Is It Worth the Effort?

This year at GDC, Kongregate's VP of Publishing Tammy Levy gave a talk titled "Going Cross-Platform: Is It Worth the Effort?" Check out the description and slides below! Talk Summary Today's mobile market is extremely competitive. How can you find additional success? Kongregate has launched a number of truly x-platform games on Mobile, Web, and Steam. Through several case studies from live Kongregate games, including Animation Throwdown, AdVenture Capitalist, and Bit Heroes, Tammy shared the

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Kongregate News Mar 08, 2018
Kongregate at GDC 2018

Kongregate will be back at the Game Developers Conference later this month; please join us at our booth, talks, or other events! Kongregate Booth: Expo Hours - Wednesday-Thursday: 10am-6pm | Friday: 10am - 3pm 108 (South Hall) Talks from Kongregate Speakers: Going Cross-Platform: Is It Worth the Effort? [http://schedule.gdconf.com/session/going-cross-platform-is-it-worth-the-effort/854530] Summit Speaker: Tammy Levy [http://schedule.gdconf.com/speaker/levy-tammy/40707] (VP of Publishing, K

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Talks Feb 15, 2018
Mining the Web for Cross-Platform Gems

During a special Valentine’s Day session at White Nights Prague '18, Kongregate's CRO Josh Larson presented "Mining the Web for Cross-Platform Gems." The talk explored how Kongregate has used its web platform to discover games that have potential for cross-platform success on mobile, PC and console. By looking at hits like AdVenture Capitalist, Realm Grinder and Bit Heroes, the presentation extracts the characteristics and KPIs for cross-platform potential. Josh Larson’s Talk at White Nights Pr

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Talks Jan 18, 2018
Clicker Cadences: Limited-Time Event Design in Idle Games

In this Casual Connect USA 2018 talk, Lead Product Manager Drew Levin discusses how three of Kongregate's idle games have designed different styles of limited-time events to satisfy a range of player motivations. The talk touches on the major business outcomes that each game's live operations strategy has driven and outlines how their business strategies for limited-time events align with their core game's design. Slides Video

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Talks Nov 02, 2017
Emily Greer's Keynote Speech at Game UX Summit

“Core,” “Casual,” “Mid-Core”: just a few labels shape how developers think about games, and how gamers think about who they are. In this Keynote, co-founder and CEO of Kongregate Emily Greer will look at these labels, how we come to categorize ourselves, and how we can break through their limitations to create better games and deeper connections to players.

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Talks Aug 28, 2017
Casual Connect Seattle 2017: Did That Publisher Just Ghost Me?

Earlier this month, Kongregate's Mel Montano gave a talk at Casual Connect in Seattle about publisher and developer relations in the modern age. Check it out below! Casual Connect Seattle 2017: Did That Publisher Just Ghost Me? [//www.slideshare.net/Kongregate/casual-connect-seattle-2017-did-that-publisher-just-ghost-me] from Kongregate [https://www.slideshare.net/Kongregate]

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Monetization May 25, 2017
GDC Talk: Lifetime Value and the Long Tail of Mid-Core Games

Our own Tamara Levy spoke at this year's GDC about maximizing lifetime player value in mid-core games. Using genre-specific predictive models developed from the Kongregate portfolio, we demonstrate how and why post-D30 retention can be key to increase your revenue. Through case studies, you'll learn strategies to boost both early and late revenue, as well as game core loop modifications to drive better player investment in the long run. GDC Talk: Lifetime Value: The long tail of Mid-Core games

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Talks Nov 14, 2016
The Rise and Rise of Idle Games

These are the slides for Anthony Pecorella's talk on idle games at MIGS 16 so that attendees can view them directly. The Rise and Rise of Idle Games [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella/the-rise-and-rise-of-idle-games-68916528] from Anthony Pecorella [//www.slideshare.net/AnthonyPecorella]

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