Harvest
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Faming life-sim finds early success after only three weeks on mobile
Company Profile
The Secret Police
Website
www.thesecretpolice.org/
About
New, funded, free-to-play mobile studio focusing on making Japanese inspired RPGs.
Articles featuring The Secret Police
Hay Maker
Indie darling Stardew Valley launching on App Store later this month
Eric Barone’s tranquil farming RPG hybrid will drop first on the iOS, Android release TBC
State Of Uk
British games experts discuss the state of the UK industry
Jo Twist leads a panel on investment, free-to-play, and buzzwords
Passion Play
From Japan with a local twist: The making of The Secret Police's RPG Dragon's Watch
How a London startup improved the JRPG
Iap Inspector
How does Dragon's Watch monetise?
IAPs from the players' perspective
Lowering The Barriers
The Secret Police on smoothing the edges off Asian RPGs for Western success
Co-founders Ric Moore and Harry Holmwood on the quest for accessibility
Gacha!
Harry Holmwood on how Western developers should implement gacha in their games
Better retention and monetisation through a desire to collect
Cultivating Culture
“The word culture can be dangerous for a company”
The Grow Your Talent panel discusses culture and talent pools
Carved In Stone
Six mobile game development commandments
The Secret Police CEO Harry Holmwood gives his top tips
Now Playing
Now playing: The Secret Police's Ric Moore on puzzle RPG Dungeon Link
What games are keeping the industry busy after hours?
Money Makers
Video: Data mining to find the App Store's hidden winners
Making money without anyone noticing
Hidden Winners
The Secret Police's Ric Moore on the "hidden winners" of 2015
Who actually made the most money?
Cat Out The Bag
2015 in Review: The Secret Police's Harry Holmwood predicts more M&A in 2016
Future trends from the remembrance of things past
Amusing Cash
Ex-Sega president Hayao Nakayama invests in UK super startup The Secret Police
London studio is up and running
Get Hired
How to get a job at Japanese-influenced London super startup The Secret Police
Chief Constable Harry Holmwood shares insights
Cat Out The Bag
London super startup The Secret Police is now hiring
Recruiting 2D artists and programmers
More Payers Per Players
Ric Moore on ripping App Store data to find the most efficiently monetising F2P games
Ex-Bossa man is digging deep