The Calculus of Fun (Ep. 3)
Gamecraft
Supercell and Angry Birds
Supercell was one of the first major game developers that actually embraced a medium of mobile. They pioneered an entirely new genre called mid core, which found a real home on mobile and has been an incredibly successful genre. The Rovio guys also kind of misunderstood the nature of their success, I think. It's useful to sometimes look at the counter example when you're seeing why these companies worked or why they didn't.
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