Ep. 58: When to pivot your game's approach

<p>On today&#39;s episode of Mastering Retention, Mat Baker (Game Design Lead at Trailmix) joins Tom to discuss when to know when to pivot your game&#39;s approach, how to do so effectively, and so much more!</p><p>Here are your cheat codes:</p><p>1:18 How did Mat Baker get into the video game industry?</p><p>6:38 How did Mat start working for Trailmix and what sort of projects have they been working on? </p><p>18:47 How to identify problems in your game? </p><p>23:25 What are some indicators that appear when your game isn’t working? </p><p>27:42 What conversations led to pivoting “Love &amp; Pies” ? </p><p>34:14 Solving the problems with their game. </p><p>37:27 What does Live Ops look like in “Love &amp; Pies”? </p><p>40:45 What does monetization look like within the merge game genre? </p><p>43:09 Excited about the future of Trailmix. </p><p>48:05 How to keep more playing around longer. </p>