how was facebook game disco empire made?
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From November 2010, how to make a simple Facebook game with lots of chances to succeed and scale later.TRANSCRIPT
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Disco Empire19.11.2010
Joakim Achrén
Ironstar Helsinki
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2006: First we worked on MoiPal
2010: On to Facebook games
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Source: www.allfacebook.com
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Disco Empire to launch in 2 months
• February 2010 we got the idea for the game– Mix of restaurant games
– Nothing innovative, but theme was new to Facebook games
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http://apps.facebook.com/discoempire
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Lähde: www.developeranalytics.com
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How do you make a Facebook game?
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1. Know your target audience.
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2. Steal a simple user interface from another FB game.
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3. Game needs to have enough depth.
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4. How to monetize?
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5. You can market game for free
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6. Launch early, fail fast.
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7. Build a simple but scalable metrics system.
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