Hernan Pelassini, Nextive’s CTO, will be participating in the “Do’s & Don’ts of building a mobile game” meetup hosted by PapayaMobile this Thursday July 28th, 6:30-9:30pm, @pariSoma lofts. 169 11th St., San Francisco.

Topics will be the following:

1. Game Development: Why mobile? Where to start? Fragmentation in that market (as compared to iOS)? Virality - how do we measure it?
2. Marketing/Distribution: What do I do with my game after I’ve made it? Big Players can cross promote, what should/can the small players do? Where can I get the most exposure for my game?
3. Monetization: Freemium vs paid models? iOS/Android? Where do I make more money? How do I make money? Which business models work? Which don’t work? What to integrate into my game?
4. Learn from our mistakes: If I could rewind time, what would I do differently? What not to do? What failed? What didn’t work? Things to avoid - back to the future.

Come join us for a night of drinks, learnings, questions, and networking fun! (and someone asking our panelists any scary/embarassing questions about building mobile games!)

We are very pleased to announce that Joel Koett, a software engineer from game developer Backstage, is the proud winner of draw we made for an iPad 2 at Casual Connect!

Congratulations Joel!

Casual Connect is the place to learn more about an industry which entertains 300 million people each month. Learn all about iPhone, Social, Android, Flash, Browser MMO and Downloadable Games.
 

Nextive is sponsoring the event, attending the different tracks and meeting with companies and customers. If you’re nearby, make a stop at our booth. If you give us your card, you participate in a draw for an iPad 2!

Hope to see you there!

Some of our team members will be attending E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), the annual video game conference and show, which will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, from June 7th to 9th.

E3 Expo draws tens of thousands of professionals to experience the future of interactive entertainment. The most influential people leading the most innovative companies in the business attend E3 Expo to see groundbreaking new technologies and never-before-seen products for computers, video game consoles, handheld systems and the Internet.

Hope to see you there!

Casual Connect is the place to learn more about an industry which entertains 300 million people each month. Learn all about iPhone, Social, Android, Flash, Browser MMO and Downloadable Games.

Several folks from our team will be in Seattle attending the different tracks and meeting with companies and customers. There are many things happening in the mobile and social space and we would love to share everything we know with you. Please let us know if you want to meet at the conference.

Hope to see you there!