Lockwood Publishing | Avakin Life, the Metaverse, and Games as Social Media

Episode 8 October 08, 2020 00:28:32
Lockwood Publishing | Avakin Life, the Metaverse, and Games as Social Media
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Lockwood Publishing | Avakin Life, the Metaverse, and Games as Social Media

Oct 08 2020 | 00:28:32

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Show Notes

Oliver Kern, Chief Commercial Officer at Lockwood Publishing, who are behind the hit mobile game Avakin Life, joins Melissa Zeloof to discuss the challenges of building a “virtual world” game (how does one integrate a live music concert from a real life pop star into a mobile game?!), how they scaled their daily active users to 1.5M, the metaverse, and games as the new social media.

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