Casual Games are Dead

Eric ZimmermanCo-Founder & Chief Design Officer, Gamelab

Casual Games are DeadLong Live Casual Games!

Eric ZimmermanCo-Founder & Chief Design Officer, Gamelab

Rules of PlayGame Design Fundamentals

Katie Salen & Eric ZimmermanMIT Press, 2004

The Game Design ReaderA Rules of Play Anthology

Katie Salen & Eric ZimmermanMIT Press, 2006

casual games are dead

casual games are financially dead

casual games are financially dead

you can’t make money making them

casual games are financially dead

you can’t make money making them

it’s a broken business model for developers

casual games are financially dead

you can’t make money making them

it’s a broken business model for developers

here come the big boys

casual games are creatively dead

casual games are creatively dead

more genre-bound than the retail games

casual games are creatively dead

more genre-bound than the retail games

innovation is generally not rewarded

casual games are creatively dead

more genre-bound than the retail games

innovation is generally not rewarded

what exactly is “the mass market”

where do we go from here?

where do we go from here?

new models for funding and distribution

where do we go from here?

new models for funding and distribution

taking more design risks

where do we go from here?

new models for funding and distribution

taking more design risks

being smarter about our markets

where do we go from here?

new models for funding and distribution

taking more design risks

being smarter about our markets

redefining the casual game

we can do this

easy is shit

Thank you!

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