EP 130 : Building Super Games - Roby John (Co-founder & CEO, SuperGaming) | Acquisition, Retention, & Monetization | Build for the World

Roby founded JuneGaming, a mobile gaming startup in 2008, after spending 12 years at multiple product startups as a developer and product manager. With SuperGaming, he combined his lifelong passions of teaching, education and gaming. In 2019, he founded SuperGaming, a social gaming platform. In this episode he spoke about user acquisition, retention, monetizing games and the nuances of operating in the gaming space and more with Roshan Cariappa.  Key Highlights: 00:00 Introduction 01:07 Evolution of Gaming in India 04:08 Nuances of Operating in the Gaming space 11:25 Top 3 things Roby is doing differently this time 18:49 Principles/Frameworks to build a game 30:27 Balancing Qualitative v/s Quantitative 33:29 Engineering user retention 40:20 Dealing with app discovery  46:08 Nuances of monetizing games 51:49 How is Roby preparing for the next leap 55:49 Roby's optimism for the future 58:13 Closing remarks ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates: https://wa.me/message/ZUZQQGKCZTADL1 ------------------------------------- Connect with  : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robytj/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/robytj ------------------------------------- Connect with Us:  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator ​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and share with your friends and family. Please also remember to subscribe to our channel and switch on the notifications to never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message