The mystery case of My Perfect Hotel - A New hybrid casual framework for Idle Arcade (#78)

This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session #77. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let’s not forget this is a 4 am conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously. Panelists: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Felix Braberg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matej Lančarič⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Youtube: https://youtu.be/Xl4ZHy_7HRo Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-235cralar-rzJNo5gNa~yrYrrun7PDjQ  Agenda: 00:00 Epic intro 02:30 young Felix 03:04 Empire takeover insights 04:50 Google announcement 06:44 UA flamboyant Flamingo - 2.5gamers swag! 07:42 My perfect hotel intro 08:28 Ad monetization intro 09:23 SayGames Ad playbook 10:54 What is the average playtime per session? 12:05 Skip-it's evolution 14:15 Retention figures 17:21 Ads revenue figures 20:28 UA interesting facts 21:23 1-year old softlaunch? 25:23 UA masterclass 27:30 Creative numbers comparison 42:08 Top performing video on Google Ads - 7 minutes long 45:00 Maven Matej Rating 45:28 My perfect hotel history lesson 48:32 Game design review 50:58 SayGames building a template for Idle Arcade 53:21 What is Arcade Idle? 54:27 Get the pillow, get the pillow! 57:27 IAP ranking 57:48 King or Fail! 01:00:50 They could earn so much more IAP 01:03:40 Jakub was in Limassol 01:04:20 Felix taking us home! Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it! Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple! Please share feedback and comments - [email protected] If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lancaric.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej Lancaric