Ep. 58: When to pivot your game's approach

On today's episode of Mastering Retention, Mat Baker (Game Design Lead at Trailmix) joins Tom to discuss when to know when to pivot your game's approach, how to do so effectively, and so much more!

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1:18 How did Mat Baker get into the video game industry?

6:38 How did Mat start working for Trailmix and what sort of projects have they been working on?

18:47 How to identify problems in your game?

23:25 What are some indicators that appear when your game isn’t working?

27:42 What conversations led to pivoting “Love & Pies” ?

34:14 Solving the problems with their game.

37:27 What does Live Ops look like in “Love & Pies”?

40:45 What does monetization look like within the merge game genre?

43:09 Excited about the future of Trailmix.

48:05 How to keep more playing around longer.