Latvian game industry
Guntis Smaukstelis
30.05.13
Indago
Indie competition
5 contests 2004 - 2010
40 games projects
http://www.indago.lv/
Social game boom
Latvian social network www.draugiem.lv
First games in 2009 Afrika, Ferma
1.2M userbase
No need for marketing
Ferma: ~600K users
Afrika ~350K users
Latvian gamedev association
gamedev.lv
monthly meetups
gamedev program @ Universities
Gamedev association contacts
Elviss Strazdins
www.gamdev.lv
@gamedevlv
Companies
Two big ones:
Amber games, Innowate
Startups, indie:
Next Level, MightyFingers, Fun generation lab,
Farcore, ...
Amber games
Strategoria
1100AD
Innowate
My Country
~15M users
Rule the Kingdom
Other game studios
Next Level
Brain Games
Recent success stories
Fearless Wheels
Dirt Road Trucker
> 1M users
Others
MightyFingers - HTML5 game engine
GetGamers.eu - gamers network
Board games: Goldingen, Time for business
Mobile games: Swipe bo, Plupons, Hungry
Rabbit, Mashballs, Word Rocket, Mailboxing
Future
Mobile games
Outsourcing
More than 2 big companies
Gamedev program in Universities
Thank you!
Guntis Smaukstelis
[email protected]
@guntis_lv