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A presentation I gave at Casual Connect in Kyiv on the challenges east European and Russian developers face when entering the Facebook game space.

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AGENDA

Background

Current Situation

Why?

What to Do

Summary

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LLOYD MELNICK

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fiveonenine games

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STRONG LOCALLY

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BUT ALSO STRONG ON OTHER NETWORKS

Germany Brazil Netherlands Spain

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NOT ON FACEBOOK

No App in top-75

Top East European/Russian publisher is 64

Multiple Asian, Turkish and west European publishers ranked higher

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EXTENSIVE MARKETING DEMANDS

No equivalent of Big Fish

Need to attract users yourself

Major players spend over $4 million/month on a hit game

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BIG PLAYERS HAVE HUGE USER BASE

261 Million MAU

102 Million MAU

29 Million MAU

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DEV COSTS ORDER OF MAGNITUDE GREATER

$1 million to $2 million for top-10 game

$100k-$250k monthly maintenance

Cost differential does not compensate

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ANALYTICS FOCUSED

Games built around

analytics

Designer has secondary

role

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DIFFICULT TRANSITION FOR WESTERN

COMPANIES AS WELL

FAIL

Playfish

Ubi Soft

EA initially

Big Fish

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FACEBOOK

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CO-PRODUCTION MODEL IS A PROVEN WINNER

EE Team

US Partner

Hit Game

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LICENSE A STRONG BRAND

• Over 4 million MAU and 1 million DAU with no advertisingSmurfs

• Top-5 Fastest Growing Every week since launchDirty Dancing

• Most recent Zynga gameIndiana Jones

• Just launched by CBSThe Big Bang

Theory

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LICENSE YOUR IP

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REPLICATE WOOGA’S SUCCESS

Bet it all on Facebook

Raise money

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REPLICATE MERSCOM’S SUCCESS

Leverage strong IP

Co-production

Media partners help with

promotion

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Pick The

Right

Partner

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THANK YOU

[email protected]

Twitter: Lloyd Melnick

http://lloydmelnick.com/