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WHY ARE WE HERE?1. Share insights,
contribute to startup scene, inspiration
2. Connect with universities, young professionals
TOPICS
JEROEN
Game mechanics
Technical Challenges
FRANK
Business challenges
Future
Questions & Answers
FREEMIUM GAMES
QUESTION 1
Which games are big on mobile?
QUESTION 2
What is the biggest Dutch game in the App Store?
QUESTION 3
Why is that?
DESIGN WITH PERFORMANCE IN MIND Reduce number of queries
Optimize queries, can’t take more than a few milliseconds
Use caching!
De-normalize model
Engine: batch processing
POWERFUL HARDWARE
State-of-the-Art Datacenter
34 servers: web & database
Solid State Disks
Up to 128GB of RAM
Latest XEON processors
SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE Using the most performing technologies available
CDN & DDoS protection
Sharding of user data
Multiserver architecture
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
DAILY ACTIVE PLAYERS Online Soccer Manager
2004 - 2008
_______________________________WEB_______________________________
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1,800,000
2,000,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
DAILY ACTIVE PLAYERS Online Soccer Manager
2009- 2014
_____________________ WEB_____________+FB + iOS +ANDROID______________
Growing Pains
8 + Employees
What happens?
Overhead
Structure
Meetings
Role Change to experts
Recruitment!
Structuring GamebasicsMission
Gamebasics wants to gather football lovers from all over the world to allow them to feel as the manager of their favorite football team. Everyday and everywhere.
Structuring GamebasicsDevelopment Teams
AGILE (SCRUM / KANBAN, meetings, 'just enough' documentation)
Focus on delivery
autonomous teams
QUESTIONS?
www.jeroenderwort.nlwww.gamebasics.nlwww.onlinesoccermanager.com
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