wild pockets (shanna tellerman)
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Girl Geek Speaker SeriesFebruary 2010
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My Background
PROJECT LISTEN
BFA MET
EAALICEPAINTING
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From University to Company
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Challenges for a First Time Entrepreneur
FUNDING
CEO MARKET
EXPERIENCE
PRODUCT
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Pittsburgh – Silicon Valley
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Top Recommendations
Build Fast & Iterate
Find Great Co-Founders & Advisors
Sanity Check the Market Opportunity
Think Big, Dream Big, Start out Small & Local
Wear a Seat Belt – It is a Rocky Ride
Most Important – Have a Vision, Stay Determined, and Have Fun!
Start Today!
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The Wild Pockets Platform & Vision
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Building 3D Games is Hard!Could You Do This in a Weekend?
Pick PlatformBuild Assets
Write Code
Debug
User Test
Develop Concept
PublishDistribute& Market
MonetizeTrack & Iterate
Build Share Monetize
Considerations: Platform Assets Coding Debugging User testing Support & Community
Considerations: Publishing Submission Process Distribution &
Marketing Virality
Considerations: Monetization Best Practices Analytics Custom Data
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But small developers want to compete
Growing Independent Developer Market
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CommunityDevelopment
Distribution & Monetization
Wild Pockets – Democratizing 3D Game Creation
A Game Development Platform for Everyone!
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Development Tools & Marketplace
Free 3D browser-based game engine designed around
sharable game assets
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Community
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Distribution & Hosting
Viral Distribution (YouTube Style)
throughout the Web
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Monetization & Analytics
Directly integrated micro-transaction system & analytics
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Roadmap: Developer Community Growth
• Over 4000 registered developers
• 1200 active developers/month
• 25,000+ game assets
• Focus on community features, tutorials and asset gallery
• Next up - Marketplace for assets
Early Beta
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DEMO
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Questions?
Shanna [email protected]
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