On this week’s Crypto Corner, Disco.xyz CEO and Cofounder Evin McMullen joins BITKRAFT Partner Carlos Pereira and host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about Identity in the Metaverse Decentralized Identifiers & Verified Credentials The limitations of NFTs and Soulbound Tokens & More! If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d love to hear your general thoughts and feedback too! And as always,...
Oct 04, 2022•56 min
In this episode, Jacob Navok – the co-founder and CEO of Genvid – joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss: #1 What are Massively Interactive Live Events (MILEs), and why is this new form-factor of entertainment so promising? #2 What the team has learned from pioneering innovative projects like Rival Peak and The Walking Dead: Last Mile #3 Jacob’s vision of the future of MILEs, how the team will level up leveraging more great IPs, and what his dream MILE is #4 What exactly Genvid is buildin...
Oct 02, 2022•49 min
In this Metacast episode, Joost van Dreunen , Tammy Levy and Abhimanyu Kumar join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 X-Hero: Scam or Anti-Hero: What’s behind X-Hero’s success and is it sustainable? #2 Meta Mechanics in Casual Games: Is the hybrid-casual genre still relevant today? #3 Power Dynamics Between Platforms and Publishers: How have platforms and publishers changed in the past decade? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your team require...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 22 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Luda CEO and Cofounder Vijay Sundaram joins your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about Community-driven IP creation The current state of Web3 Games How NFTs can be so much more than just ‘collections of 10.000’ What he’s building at Luda & More! Neo Fairies: https://world.neofairies.com/ If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d love to hear your general though...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this Metacast episode, Anthony Pecorella and Matt Dion join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Overwatch 2 - Sequel or Restructuring: Why is Overwatch 2 replacing the original game instead of maintaining both? #2 GTA VI Game Leak: Can game leaks be avoided? #3 Permanent Loss as a Game Design Tool: Is there a trend of increasingly using permanent loss in game design? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your team requires a market and competiti...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Was Loot a flash in the pan, or has it created a new way of human collaboration and IP development? Background on Loot: https://twitter.com/TimshelXYZ/status/1553072711529730049 On this week’s Crypto Corner, Loot builders Timshel , Threepwave and Loaf join your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about Recap on Loot Decentralized IP Creation Decentralized Game Building What’s next for Loot & More! If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at n...
Sep 20, 2022•58 min
In this Metacast episode, Aaron Bush , Anil Das-Gupta and Sebastian Park join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Scopely acquires Stumble Guys: What is behind the success of a Fall Guys clone? #2 Ubisoft’s Growth Strategy: How can a AAA behemoth unlock long-term growth? #3 Roblox & User-Generated Platforms: Is Roblox pursuing the most valuable bets? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your team requires a market and competitive intelligence ...
Sep 16, 2022•1 hr 14 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, we take a deep dive into one of the core DeFi primitives - liquidity pools. Laguna Games ’ Cofounder and CEO Aron Beierschmitt and Games Researcher/Angel Kiet Fong join your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about What are Liquidity Pools? Why are they relevant to Web3 games like Crypto Unicorns ? What do game devs need to consider when setting them up? What are Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools? & More! If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gamin...
Sep 13, 2022•58 min
In this Metacast episode, Abhimanyu Kumar , Tammy Levy and Tim Mannveille join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Social Media Apps Downsize Games: Why is there a history of failed social app games? #2 Creativity Within IAPs: Why is creative exploration of IAPs still important in free-to-play games? #3 Xbox Game Pass Friends & Family: How does the new subscription tier influence Xbox’s market position? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If you...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 5 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Yield Guild Games ’ Gabby Dizon and Jeff Holmberg join your host Nico Vereecke for a follow-up conversation about Play-to-Earn Gaming Guilds. We discuss The state of Play-To-Earn The role of guilds in Web3 Gaming How Web3 Games should position themselves What makes guilds like Yield Guild stand out If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d love to hear your general thoug...
Sep 06, 2022•55 min
In this Metacast episode, Matt Dion and David Amor join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 AI Art Applied to Games: How will innovation disrupt game art pipelines? #2 Sony Acquires Savage Game Studios: What’s next for Sony’s mobile games? #3 AAA Crypto Games - gamescom: Is it meaningful for AAA games to integrate blockchain elements? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your team requires a market and competitive intelligence tool for tracking th...
Sep 02, 2022•58 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Animoca Brands ’ Jesper Lundquest and MMA Gaming ’s Casper join your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about Play-to-Earn Gaming Guilds. There seems to be a high chance that Play-to-Earn won’t work over the next years. What does this mean for the guilds whose existence depends on that business model? How can they reinvent themselves? If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.c...
Aug 23, 2022•50 min
In this Metacast episode, Anthony Pecorella and Tammy Levy join your host Abhimanyu Kumar to discuss: #1 Space Ape Games and Beatstar: How Beatstar survived 24 killed prototypes in five years. Link #2 Mastering Uncertainty and Predictive Processing in Game Design: Exploring a new game design psychology study that was recently published. Link #3 The Slow Games Movement: What they are and why it’s significant? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your ...
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 21 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, we take a deep dive into Web3 Publishing and Growth. Quinn Campbell , VP of Growth at Sky Mavis , and Jon Hook , CMO at PlayEmber , join your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about: - Differences between Web2 and Web3 Game Publishing - How Web3 will change the Publishing Model - Growth for Blockchain Games - Lessons learned from getting millions of players into the Axie Ecosystem If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do rea...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this Metacast episode, Matt Dion , Joost van Dreunen , and David Amor , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Blizzard & NetEase Cancel WoW Mobile Game: Why was the World of Warcraft mobile game canceled? #2 AppLovin x Unity Merger Proposal: Will Unity swap ironSource for a merger with AppLovin? #3 Gaming Accessories Market: Will the gaming accessories market survive in a post-pandemic world? #4 Microsoft x Unity Partnership: Why aren’t there more game engine competitors? Also, a bi...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 1 min
(Apologies for Mic Quality issues in the last 2 minutes!) On this week’s Crypto Corner, StriderDAO cofounder and CEO Andrew Green joins your host Nico Vereecke for a deep dive into Strider - a web3 platform and toolset that helps harness the creative power of communities to build new game and entertainment IP. If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d love to hear your general thoughts and feedback t...
Aug 09, 2022•43 min
In this episode, Sophie Vo – founder of Rise and Play, as well as a game / studio lead – joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss: #1 What is conscious leadership and why does it matter #2 How to best lead teams among change – remote work, studio restructuring, layoffs, and more – as well as how to make teams antifragile #3 How she assesses conscious leadership in founders as an early stage investor #4 Book recommendations! Antifragile; The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership; Reinventin...
Aug 07, 2022•54 min
In this Metacast episode, Aaron Bush , Anil Das-Gupta and Lars Doucet , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Earnings Update: What’s next for Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft? #2 Google’s Interstitial Ads Rules: Do the new rules spell doom for the hyper-casual mobile genre? #3 TikTok’s Mini-games: How do games help deliver TikTok’s strategy? Also, a big thanks to data.ai for supporting all of Naavik's mobile data needs. If your team requires a market and competitive intelligence tool for t...
Aug 05, 2022•43 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Play Ventures’ Anton Backman and Konvoy Ventures’ Philip Collins join your host Nico Vereecke for discussion about how we see the Web3 Gaming space evolve over the next 2 years. We go into: Building Games vs building Tooling/Infrastructure Innovation on Gameplay Design vs Tokenomics What types of Games will be most successful And more! If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co ...
Aug 02, 2022•51 min
In this episode, Matthew Ball – brilliant thinker, prolific essayist, active investor, founder of Ball Metaverse Research Partners, a producer of media, and now a published author – joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss: #1 His new book, The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything, which can be purchased here : https://www.amazon.com/Metaverse-How-Will-Revolutionize-Everything/dp/1324092033/ #2 How virtual worlds and virtual world platforms could take their first steps to con...
Jul 31, 2022•28 min
In this Metacast episode, Anthony Pecorella , David Amor and Tim Mannveille , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Web Forums vs Discord Social Hubs: Are web forums a thing of the past? #2 Misleading Ads - Innovation or Scourge: Should misleading UA ads be incentivized? #3 Polygon Announce zkEVM: What does the new tech bring to blockchain game development? #4 UK Government Loot Boxes Self-Regulation: Can the games industry self-regulate? If you would like us to discuss any other gaming-re...
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, BreederDAO Cofounder and CEO Renz Chong joins your host Nico Vereecke for a no-nonsense discussion about Play-to-Earn/Play-and-earn, inter-game arbitrage, NFT-based Breeding Ponzi’s and the future of the Web3 Metaverse. If you would like us to discuss any other blockchain gaming-related topics, do reach out at nicolas@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d love to hear your general thoughts and feedback too! And as always, if you like the episode, you can help other...
Jul 26, 2022•46 min
In this Metacast episode, Matt Dion and Tammy Levy , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Benefits and Challenges of Player Polls: How does player polling affect Old School RuneScape? Based on NME’s article . #2 Russia’s National Game Engine: How could national game engines shape the world? #3 Unity x ironSource Merger: How does the merger benefit both companies? If you would like us to discuss any other gaming-related topics, do reach out at maria@naavik.co or metacast@naavik.co . We’d l...
Jul 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Magicave cofounders Harry Holmwood and Ste Curran your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about the future of Digital Toys. Magicave is crafting digital hobbies centred around beautiful, playful, tactile virtual items, which sit at the heart of an ecosystem of games, apps, players and creators. The company's first project, dNo (short for ‘d-Number’), marries collectible virtual dice with figures, tiles, stories and worlds, making innovative use of game and blockc...
Jul 19, 2022•43 min
In this episode, Raph Koster – legendary game designer, author of Theory of Fun for Game Design , and CEO of Playable Worlds – joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss: #1 How to evolve and grow as a game designer #2 The mission of Playable Worlds, what it means to build a “metaverse platform,” and the future of MMORPGs #3 His advice about metaverse standards, player-owned economies, and digital land To learn more, visit Raph’s blog and Twitter account , as well as Playable World’s website ...
Jul 17, 2022•1 hr 6 min
In this Metacast episode, Abhimanyu Kumar and Aaron Bush , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 M&A and Growth by Acquisition: Who could still make billion-dollar acquisitions during a market downturn? What future awaits companies that rely on growth by acquisition strategies? #2 Market Cycle in Full Swing: What consequences are we seeing from the market downturn? #3 Crypto Gaming’s Second Wave: Will the crypto winter kill blockchain games or will they come back stronger than before? ...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min
On this week’s Crypto Corner, Anton Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Pocket Worlds , joins your host Nico Vereecke for a conversation about the future of social connectivity and play. Pocket Worlds is the creator of Highrise and Everskies , two leading mobile Metaverses with a combined userbase of more than 15 million players. We discuss his entrepreneurial journey, learnings from creating highly successful Metaverse Economies, and what role Web3 technology will play in the virtual worlds of th...
Jul 12, 2022•54 min
In this Metacast episode, Anthony Pecorella , Anil Das-Gupta and Matt Dion , join your host Maria Gillies to discuss: #1 Investing in Interestingness: Could setting goals actually be counterproductive when creating innovative games? #2 Fully On-Chain Games: Is this a direction the industry should go towards, or is it just an academic curiosity? #3 Traditional Console Developers and Mobile: Considering the success of Fire Emblem Heroes, why are traditional console developers not maximizing their ...
Jul 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Winter is here. On this week’s Crypto Corner, BITKRAFT Crypto Team members Carlos Pereira and Jamie Wallace join your host (and their colleague) Nico Vereecke to discuss the current state of Web3 fundraising. Now that expectations have come back to earth, what’s the best way forward for Studio Founders? What do you do when the price of your token is unfairly low? How should you approach fundraising today? What lessons are to be learned from the previous bull cycle? Want to get in touch with BITK...
Jul 05, 2022•52 min
In this episode, Eric Kress , principal of Gossamer Consulting Group and co-host of the Deconstructor of Fun podcast , joins Naavik co-founder Aaron Bush to discuss: #1 What’s driving negative games industry growth rates and where there’s underlying strength #2 How this recession may play out differently from previous ones for gaming companies #3 His analysis on companies including Microsoft, Embracer, Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts, Roblox, and more As always, if you like the episode, yo...
Jul 03, 2022•57 min
