Antti Makkonen: Mobile Games, Free2Play, Building Successful Teams & Products

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In this episode I am speaking to Antti Makkonen. We discuss the future of the mobile games, f2p market, how to build great teams and Antti's game development journey. We also talk about his time working at companies like Rovio & SocialPoint, he shares his takes on the F2P industry and the challenges of building successful teams and products. The episode concludes with a peek into in-car gaming's potential and how it can enhance gaming experiences. Hope you will enjoy this one :) 0.00 - 13:00 Skiing, Finland, Schools & Barcelona 13:00 - 18:00 Career start, software engineering, and self awareness 18:00 - 21:00 Why the games industry in particular? 21:00 - 24:00 What are you playing right now? 24:00 - 26:00 Rovio days 26:00 - 32:00 Premium vs F2P model 32:00 - 38:00 The future of mobile gaming 38:00 - 39:00 Monument Valley 39:00 - 42:00 App store vs Google play store 42:00 - 44:00 Moving to Barcelona 44:00 - 52:00 SocialPoint 52:00 - 55:00 Smaller teams & projects is the way forward? 55:00 - 1:00:00 Launch strategies 1:00:00 - 1:02:00 The product you enjoyed working on the most 1:02:00 - 1:08:00 What’s your leadership style? 1:08:00 - 1:14:00 Building successful teams 1:14:00 - 1:20:00 In-car games, what’s that?