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Online game about football scouting. Need in your feedback
Football managers have been pretty successful, so I assume that something like that with a focus on scouting could work IF it's well executed. However, I am skeptical of the video plan. Can you make enough meaningful variation in player videos for it to stay engaging? Even if so, it sounds...- splok
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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How to Legally Own Another Person
MINDSETHe may be a "vulgar arrogant psycho", but that doesn't mean he's wrong. Give Black Swan or Antifragile a try. They're some of the more perspective-altering books that I've ever read.- splok
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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8 Eyewear: From Idea, to Launch, to Growth (And Quitting the Job)
IDEANever give anyone automatic trust just because they work for a company, especially if they're trying to sell you something. There may have been a time when Google was full of only the best and brightest, but once a company gets big enough, you can't maintain that. It's very anecdotal, but the...- splok
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- Forum: Ideas, Concept Feedback
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traveling career opportunities for self sustained launch
Ya, as the others said, basically teaching English. You won't get rich doing it, but there are lots of countries that will pay you enough to make a reasonable living as a local and a few that pay enough to let you save some on top of that. If you plant yourself in the middle of an area you'd...- splok
- Post #8
- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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traveling career opportunities for self sustained launch
If you want to stay in one spot for a while at a time, you could do ESL. If you want to move around a ton, you could work on a cruise ship.- splok
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- Forum: Books and Educating Yourself
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App Game Dev Advice From Crossy Road Dev
EXECUTIONIt would be pretty easy to figure out, but I don't want to directly associate the name in search. I was just a design peon though. It was like pretty much every mmo since wow though: huge budget, huge dev time, huge disappointment. And ya, adding custom features will get expensive, but that's...- splok
- Post #28
- Forum: Process and Execution
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App Game Dev Advice From Crossy Road Dev
EXECUTIONErm, ya, I was agreeing with you. MMOs are hard. I've worked on them. That's why I mentioned the 9-figure budget. I'm not sure what outsourcing has to do with anything though. You still need the money, whether it's playing employees or contractors. My point was, if someone is picking an...- splok
- Post #23
- Forum: Process and Execution
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App Game Dev Advice From Crossy Road Dev
EXECUTIONMMOs have a great ARPU, but don't forget that Candy Crush has about as many installs as the population of North America (and it doesn't take a 9-figure budget to make a match-3 game).- splok
- Post #20
- Forum: Process and Execution
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The next gold rush - IoT (internet of things)
WEB/DIGITALWhy worry about an Echo when smartphones are utterly ubiquitous and have the same capabilities plus video (not to mention laptops or game consoles)? or when people can hack cars, planes, and nuclear plants? Imo, the potential for turning a roomba homicidal is pretty non-threatening when...- splok
- Post #35
- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Anyone using UE4 game engine?
WEB/DIGITALSome of the other 2D packages have a lower learning curve than Unity, but Unity has a massive community with tons of tutorials out there. It also has the asset store. You don't know how to or don't have time to do x? Someone's probably selling a script that does it.- splok
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- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Americans...Do You Feel You're In Danger???
OFF-TOPICEven in Norway, the wife would get some verbal harassment when walking around by herself and was very hesitant to go out alone after dark. It's unfortunate, but women get to deal with a lot of stuff that we're just never directly exposed to.- splok
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- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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Americans...Do You Feel You're In Danger???
OFF-TOPICI've lived outside of the US for most of the last decade and have visited quite a few countries along the way. I've never felt like I was "in danger" other than the danger of getting myself lost due to not understanding the local public transport system heh. However, it's important to...- splok
- Post #28
- Forum: Off-Topic Threads
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ARTICLE: How to make money as an independent developer.
They may not be proving their assertions, but Android supports many low-end devices, so the average pricepoint for an android device is likely far lower. Also, on average, I would guess that the high-end android users are more tech-savvy, and thus less likely to spend money on apps. Of course...- splok
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- Forum: Mindset and Self-Development
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Virtual Meetup Thread - Wednesday July 22, 2015
MEETUPSWow, 20 years in Seoul is a long time for a non-Korean! or after that much time, maybe you're more Korean than not hehe. I tease my wife that she's now x% Norwegian and x% Korean after living in both places so long. It has its ups and downs, but we're off to Jeju next week! We went there a...- splok
- Post #75
- Forum: Networking and Meet-Ups
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Thread regarding attracting the coveted Venture/Crowdfunding/Angel Investor
PEOPLEThis probably isn't the answer that you're looking for, but since you're looking to head down the VC/IPO path, there's probably no better resource than Paul Graham's essays (especially if it's a tech startup): http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html That's a pretty big reading assignment, so...- splok
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- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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Virtual Meetup Thread - Wednesday July 22, 2015
MEETUPSFrom my morning walk- splok
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- Forum: Networking and Meet-Ups
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Communication - What's the Deal??
NOTABLE! PEOPLEYou've gotten enough brilliant advice in this thread that it should probably be gold, seriously. It seems like you're taking some of it in too, which is even better! Usually posts like this don't go very well. I started to respond when you first posted, but thought "nah, this is going to be a...- splok
- Post #42
- Forum: Managing People, Relationships
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mobile games vs html5 games
WEB/DIGITALOh, and facebook games aren't talked about much anymore, but they still have a massive playerbase. FB shut down all the viral channels a few years back, so out of sight, out of mind I guess. Even so, the top 25 games still have about half of the combined MAU as when Farmville hit it's peak...- splok
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- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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mobile games vs html5 games
WEB/DIGITALDo both by making your game in html and then using an app wrapper to put it on the app stores? Or use a multiplatform engine like Unity? Of course, if you keep you game on your own site, you've got to both drive traffic to it and monetize the user. One big advantage that mobile platforms...- splok
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- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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Put Yourself Out There and Opportunity Presents Itself(need advise)
EXECUTIONI know it's over, but for future reference or for anyone else reading this thread, never ever rely on the client to design the game/app for you (even if they think they want to... ESPECIALLY if they think they want to). You take all the info that you can get from them, prodding as much as...- splok
- Post #37
- Forum: Process and Execution
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