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

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?