How was Facebook game Disco Empire made?

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Disco Empire 19.11.2010 Joakim Achrén Ironstar Helsinki

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From November 2010, how to make a simple Facebook game with lots of chances to succeed and scale later.

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Disco Empire19.11.2010

Joakim Achrén

Ironstar Helsinki

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2006: First we worked on MoiPal

2010: On to Facebook games

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Source: www.allfacebook.com

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Disco Empire to launch in 2 months

• February 2010 we got the idea for the game– Mix of restaurant games

– Nothing innovative, but theme was new to Facebook games

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http://apps.facebook.com/discoempire

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Lähde: www.developeranalytics.com

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How do you make a Facebook game?

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1. Know your target audience.

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2. Steal a simple user interface from another FB game.

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3. Game needs to have enough depth.

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4. How to monetize?

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5. You can market game for free

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6. Launch early, fail fast.

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7. Build a simple but scalable metrics system.

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