Ep. 87: Starting Your Own Game Studio

<p>Creating a new video game is a long and strenuous process, but that process is nothing compared to launching your very own game studio. This week on Mastering Retention, Tom speaks with Lior Hadashian (CTO &amp; Co-Founder at Gavra Games) about the importance of being a data-driven game studio, when to double down on a good idea, keeping your games fresh, and what all needs to be considered when selecting your co-founder.</p><p>Here are your cheat codes:</p><p>1:10 How did Lior Hadashian get into the video game industry?</p><p>4:23 Angel Investing</p><p>9:34 Coming up with new game ideas.</p><p>16:49 Creating Cross Platform Games</p><p>18:44 Live Ops</p><p>20:32 Double down on an existing hit game or create a new game all together?</p><p>22:19 The process of developing your next game.</p><p>24:04 Finding your niche.</p><p>26:39 Timeline for creating a fully finished game.</p><p>29:34 Early Access Games</p><p>31:34 Data Driven Games</p><p>35:20 Useful Analytics</p><p>39:59 Improving your game with accurate data.</p><p>41:43 Keeping your game fresh with new content.</p><p>44:35 What all goes into selecting your co-founder</p><p>49:59 How to keep more players around longer.</p>