EP85 Bob Cooney's Virtual Reality Deep Dive - Joe Mares of Fun Empire (Part 1)

One of the biggest challenges a location-based VR faces is creating replayability. What makes people come back again and again? Joe Mares is a game designer and the owner of Fun Empire, Inc. His mission is to make games and VR experiences fun and engaging and help his clients to create replayability. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Joe about game design, best practices for creating replayable games that spark joy and passion among customers and much more. Let’s dive in! WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Joe’s background What made Joe do wrestling What is LARPing? Was Joe envisioning League of Legends as an eSport game Joe’s thoughts on eSports in VR What is St. Noire game? Joe's evaluation of VR industry from a game design standpoint Joe’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/joemethod Joe’s website: https://www.josephmares.com/ What Makes it Fun website: http://www.whatmakesitfun.com/ St.Noire game: https://www.amazon.com/St-Noire-Hosted-Cinematic-Exclusive/dp/B07P693BG1 Bob’s blog: https://www.bobcooney.com/blog/ Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP86-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Joe-Mares-of-Fun-Empire-Part-2-efo07k https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP87-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Joe-Mares-of-Fun-Empire-Part-3-efo091