MMOs in the Instagram Era: Highrise (S18) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020

Summary

Highrise (S18) is a social first design MMO game available on iOS and Android with over 5 million downloads and grossing over a million a month in revenue. The game combines app and game elements, focusing on social features like messenger, news feed, guilds, profiles, and an economy. The core game is a fashion contest where players design outfits and compete with others. The social first philosophy solves the issue of long-term attention by creating a vibrant community where players stay for the friends they meet. The game's UI must feel like an app, similar to Snapchat or Instagram, to keep users engaged.

Highrise is a social first design MMO game with over 5 million downloads and a monthly revenue of over a million dollars.
The game combines app and game elements, with a focus on social features like messenger, news feed, guilds, profiles, and an economy.
The core game is a fashion contest where players design outfits and compete with others.
The social first philosophy creates a vibrant community where players stay for the friends they meet.
The game's UI is designed to feel like an app, similar to Snapchat or Instagram, to keep users engaged.

Highrise (S18) is a social first game that combines native UI with a powerful game engine. The architecture of the game allows for seamless integration between different components, creating a microservices architecture. This architecture enables the creation of different games and products with different experiences by swapping out the mini and metagame of Highrise. The company, Pocket Worlds, is remote and has recently closed a Series A funding round to expand their team and build more games and worlds.

Highrise is a social first game that combines native UI with a powerful game engine.
The architecture of the game allows for seamless integration between different components, creating a microservices architecture.
This architecture enables the creation of different games and products with different experiences by swapping out the mini and metagame of Highrise.
The company, Pocket Worlds, is remote and has recently closed a Series A funding round to expand their team and build more games and worlds.

Highrise (S18) is a gaming startup that discusses their business opportunities and open roles in a tech talk. They invite individuals interested in building games and crafting worlds to connect with them through email or their website.

Highrise (S18) is a gaming startup that discusses their business opportunities and open roles in a tech talk.
They invite individuals interested in building games and crafting worlds to connect with them through email or their website.

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