Shark Tank
Video: Shark Punch's Jiri Kupiainen on building community
Build it and they will come... hopefully
Staff
Ric Cowley
About Ric is the Editor of PocketGamer.biz, having started out as a Staff Writer on the site back in 2015. He received an honourable mention in both the MCV and Develop 30 Under 30 lists in 2016 and refuses to let anyone forget about it.
Articles by Ric Cowley
Music To My Ears
Video: The emotional case for in-game music
Makes the people come together
White Nights
Nevosoft brings its White Nights conference to Helsinki on February 11-12
50+ speakers, 75+ developers, and 1500+ attendees so far
Indie Lifeblood
Indie developers discuss why they are the lifeblood of the industry
Or are they?
Zany Ua
Video: Spacetime Studios on alternative approaches to user acquisition
Fire your game into space. No, really.
Quit Your Job
Nicoll Hunt on why you should quit your job
Right now. Do it.
Seeking Success
Lumo Development's Steve Stopps on defining success in the games industry
It's not about the money, money, money
Homeward Bound
Indie developers discuss the new ways of working in the current industry
Mostly just working from home
Publisher Panel
Publishers discuss their changing role in the mobile space
They're going through changes
Top Five Traits
Priori Data's Anders Lykke on the five traits for a successful indie game
Read the data, find the facts
Communal Development
Natalie Griffith on promoting your game while you're building it
Build it as they come
A Whole New World
Gareth Edmondson on life outside the App Store
A world without Apple
Youtube Panel
Developers and journalists on working with YouTubers and the mobile media
The way of the future
Audience Panel
Indie developers on considering diversity in your game's audience
Who's playing your game?
Know Yourself
Jonathan Evans on asking yourself what kind of indie developer you are
Maybe it's time you found out
Product Panel
Indie developers discuss if you should focus on the game or the service
Short bursts of fun or long-term battles?
Dark Horse
How to make it to the number one spot on the App Store
Amir Rajan on the success of A Dark Room
Appocalypse Panel
Indie essentials discuss how to survive during the "appocalypse"
Facing the end of times head on
Get Smart
Kim Soares on how to be smart as an indie
Tips and tricks to survive in the mobile wilderness
Wwhcd?
Harry Slater on why console game design doesn't work on mobile
Think about your limitations
Indie Apocalypse
Nick Parker on what to expect from the Indie Apocalypse
Doom and gloom and doom and gloom
New Wave Ua
User acquisition experts talk about the "new wave" of UA
A brave new world of user acquisition?
Mega Trends
Eric Seufert predicts the 3 mega trends in user acquisition for 2016
Multiple screens and multiple devices
Get Hyped
Adways' Ken Asakura on the benefits of pre-registration
Getting the word out early
Millions And Millions
User acquisition experts talk about how much it costs to make a million on the App Store
The real cost of user acquisition
Player Sessions
Nicholas Lovell on how to extend your player sessions
Or bring them back after they go
Hidden Winners
The Secret Police's Ric Moore on the "hidden winners" of 2015
Who actually made the most money?
Mix It Up
Scientific Revenue's Ted Verani on the importance of switching up your pricing
One size doesn't fit all
View To Play
Jami Laes on the $100 billion future of mobile advertising
View-to-play showing signs of a change
Publisher Panel
Leading publishers discuss what they can do for developers
Help them help you
Live Pitching
Investment experts and developers collide in a live pitching event
Five pitches, three experts, and a conference audience
Work The System
Barrie Dowsett on how to secure 70% public funding for your business
Keep costs down through grants and tax relief
Go Fund Me
Ella Romanos on the different types of funding available to developers
Different types of funding for different needs
Most Read
Katy Perry Pop flops, everything you need to know about retention, and how to get a job at Space Ape
The hottest articles of last week
Promiscuous Gamer
The Promiscuous Gamer goes all CGG, shuffling Galaxy of Heroes, BattleHand and MMA Federation
This guy will play anything if it's free
Looking Forward
The 12 mobile games we're most excited about in 2016
The ones we can't wait to get our hands on
Extreme Jam
Finnish game jam Survival Mode sees devs building games while trying to stay alive
A literal cabin in the woods scenario
Tv Ad Spending
Machine Zone, Supercell, and King spent $200 million on US TV ads in 2015
Nearly $100m spent by Machine Zone
Seriously Good
With a record $3M generated in December, Seriously reveals Best Fiends has hit $25M in lifetime sales
Also makes $250,000 for charities
A Galaxy Of Stores
Video: Samsung explains why you should be on more than two app stores
More stores the better
Most Read
The best games and articles of 2015, and the games we can't wait for in 2016
The hottest articles of last week
Promiscuous Gamer
The Promiscuous Gamer gets stuck in a Katamari and calls his mother
This guy will play anything if it's free
Pgc London Schedule
From Monetise, Retain, Acquire to Best of British, Future Visions and Indie Appocalypse, the PG Connects London 2016 schedule is jam-packed
120+ sessions, 170+ speakers, 38+ hours of content...
Kabam Focus
Kabam continues to narrow focus, offloading old mobile titles to Gaea Mobile
Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North and more
Open Source
Video: Chukong Technologies on the best open source libraries to use in your game
Including their own Cocos2d-x engine, of course
Studio Profile
How a YOLO attitude helped Dumpling Design's Dashy Crashy hit a million downloads over a weekend
The fledgling studio invite us in for a chat
Oculus Grift?
Pre-orders for $599 Oculus Rift now open
First pre-orders sell out
Big Apple
App Store spending in 2015 was over $20 billion
$1.1 billion over the Christmas period alone
Tiga Survey
Two-thirds of UK developers are optimistic about 2016
Looking to grow their business
Making Of
From soil to store: The making of Farm Away!
Jami Laes on the view-to-play model and the future of the game