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Our head of developer relations, before he became our head of developer relations, he worked at Zynga and ran a development studio. He said, “I’m going to build a game on Roblox and I’m going to crush it, because I know everything about building games.” He showed us his plans, and we said, “Well, you need to have some other things. You need to have... See more
Dean Takahashi • Craig Donato interview: How Roblox navigates brands, UGC, and the metaverse

While many will try to supplement knowledge gaps with crypto-native VCs/advisors who tout they can handle the tokenomics, in reality, the one-in-a-million game is going to be a result of crypto-natives working hand-in-hand with experienced game developers/economists to take a “player first” approach to solve difficult design problems.
Eva Wu • The Financialization of Fun: Crypto Gaming Thesis
GamesBeat: What are some big numbers when it comes to Roblox, milestones you’ve hit? Donato: Our creator community earned about half a billion dollars last year. We have about 50 million people a day on the platform. The average time people spend is two to two and a half hours a day. It’s about 100 million hours a day across everyone on the platfor... See more
Dean Takahashi • Craig Donato interview: How Roblox navigates brands, UGC, and the metaverse

New games and virtual worlds are building new digital economies. But what we don't talk about enough is just how complex and nuanced these economies are.
Take Star Atlas, a game built on Solana. Here's how its digital economy works 👇
Superhuman Part II - Designing Software to Feel like a Game (with Rahul Vohra) | Acquired Podcast
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offers a new type of earned challenge or activity that wasn’t available at lower levels. At our idealized summer camp, the elder game is to help run the camp, either as a staffer or volunteer.
Amy Jo Kim • Game Thinking: Innovate smarter & drive deep engagement with design techniques from hit games
one of the most promising aspects of guilds is their ability to provide opportunities for personal growth and professional development by taking advantage of the natural human instinct to explore our curiosity and engage in play.