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Discovering the Potential of Unity WebGL with AirConsole

alice@n-dream.com aircn.sl/Unite

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/ Who am I?

Alice Ruppert

Lead Game Developer for AirConsole

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  • Making Games with Unity WebGL
  • Consulting other AirConsole Developers

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/ What is AirConsole

AirConsole is a web-based video game console

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  • Web browser is the console
  • Smartphones are the gamepads
  • Local Multiplayer & Party Games
  • Available for free or with �Premium subscription

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/ AirConsole for Devs

Game: Built with Unity WebGL & Plugin

Controller: Made with html

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AirConsole takes care of

  • Auto-scaling server infrastructure
  • Connections & Networking
  • Device Handling

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/ AirConsole: Origins

January 2015: Idea & Prototype

March 2015: Unity 5 / WebGL Release

July 2015: Funding & Team assembled

September 2015: Launch

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/ WebGL & Timing

What Unity WebGL meant for us

  • Ease of Access
  • Power/Features
  • Unity penetration among indies

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/ Launch Day

  • 6 Games
  • Thousands of players
  • No external developers

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/ Today

  • 75 Games
  • Millions of players
  • Over 1500 Developers

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...but how tho?

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/ The Product

  • Smart treatment of smartphone controllers
  • Continuous improvements with A-B-testing
  • Technical reliability

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/ Reaching Devs

Very useful:

  • Contests
  • Conference presence
  • Transparency, Reliability, Support
  • Call for Projects

Less useful:

  • Smaller Contests
  • Monetizing late

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/ Reaching Players

Very useful:

  • Reddit Frontpage
  • Influencer Marketing
  • Chatbot & Reminder email
  • Social Product

Less useful:

  • Making Let’s Plays
  • Domain Reputation Fuck-ups
  • Press Coverage

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/ Next Steps

Reaching the “Next Level” of AirConsole Games

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  • “Bigger” than AirConsole
  • Perfect for the platform

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...but what do we offer the devs?

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/ For Developers

  • Matured platform
  • Influencer marketing campaigns
  • Reach
  • Free tools & support
  • Monetization with AirConsole Hero
  • Accelerator program and Cooperations

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And of course...

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AirConsole 25k Game Dev Contest

USD 25.000

USD 5.000

USD 2.500

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Deadline:

October 31st 2017

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Details:

aircn.sl/devs

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/ Thank you!

Get in touch:

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  • alice@n-dream.com
  • @MaliceDaFirenze
  • @AirConsole

aircn.sl/Unite

�https://developers.airconsole.com

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