TechHub Meetup: Developing Killer Games
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TechHub Meetups are back! We're waiting for you on Thursday, September 5, to find out from the very best how to develop killer games talks. This time our special guests are Mihai Sfrijan, Head of Studio at King, Cristi Badea, Co-Founder of MavenHut, and George Lemnaru, Co-Founder of Green Horse Games.
We'll talk about the ingredients that you have to use for developing successful games, challenges that you may face and mistakes to be avoided. The talks will be moderated by Bobby Voicu, Co-Founder of MavenHut.
About the guests:
Mihai Sfrijan, Head of Studio King. Game developer King is the company behind the popular Facebook games Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga. Founded in 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden, King has offices today in 9 cities on two continents. The King Studio in Bucharest is founded and led by Mihai Sfrijan and is responsible for the creation of Bubble Witch Saga. It took 9 months to develop and test Bubble Witch Saga, and only 41 days afterwards to make the first million dollars from the game.
Cristi Badea, Co-Founder MavenHut. How to get from 0 to 3.5 million registered users in less than a year? On Thursday, Cristi Badea will share with us the MavenHut experience, from How to Web to Startup Bootcamp Dublin and then to being one of the most popular Facebook games worldwide.
George Lemnaru, Co-Founder Green Horse Games. After developing eRepublik, economic, political and military simulator having more than 3 million users worldwide, George Lemnaru started all over again. This time with Green Horse Games, their first project being Cars Cup, a game for car lovers. A couple of months after launching the game, George and his team raised a seed investment from Malin Stefanescu.
Event agenda:
18:30 - 19:00 Participants arrival
19:00 - 19:40 Discussion panel
19:40 - 20:00 Q&A from the public
20:00 - xx:00 Networking and beers by TechHub
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TechHub Meetups is a series of informal events organized by TechHub Bucharest, designed to bring together tech specialists and tech entrepreneurs with the tech community in Bucharest and in the area. We aim to empower knowledge and experience exchange and to provide the right setting for some quality networking.