Gaming & StartupsKaushik Khatua, CEO, Playzio

What we’ll discuss

• Scale of Gaming Industry

• Game Development Process

• Engineering Challenges

• Story of Playzio

Scale of Gaming IndustryJust how big is gaming?

3 Billion Hoursspent per week

1.2 Billionuser base for games

Game Development ProcessHow games are made?

Story

Concept Art

Illustration

Game UI

Development

Sound Engineering

Marketing

Engineering ChallengesWhy developers should care about gaming?

Mobile GamingGolden window of gaming

Advanced State Sync

Concurrency

10,000operations per second

30,000Concurrent users

Z-CloudZynga’s In-House Cloud Infra

Story of PlayzioMy Journey

My First JobSoftware Engineer, 3.5 Lakh CTC, 2005

Apple App StoreWinter 2008

Borrowed MachineOnly Mac can build iPhone apps

Initial InvestmentRs 5000 ($100) for App Store Certificate

My First Office10x10 Bedroom where I lived

First Market ReleaseTop 10 in India within 24 hours of launch

100+ Horror StoriesTop 50 eBook in 165+ countries

Last day at VerizonEarly 2011

Started work on 1st gamePhysics Puzzler

Tragedy StruckBook sales dropped suddenly

AccommodationRent paid by friends

Daily MealsSurvived on Maggie for a week

Needed ArtistProgrammer art is horrible

InvestmentBorrowed money from friends

Company Registered26th July 2011

Needed Real OfficeNo one will come to my bedroom for work

1st Real Office10x10 Cabin shared office with another company

1st HireBhanu, Game Artist

1st Product of PlayzioPhysics Puzzler

Enter Co-FounderIIIT-A Batchmate, agrees to join early 2012

First Launch of Playzio7 months of effort goes to market

Total RevenueSlammed by market in 72 hours

31st Dec 2011Co-Founder’s Birthday

Market ResearchCould not afford to lose this time

Japanese Board GameFinished work in 2 weeks

Feb 2012 LaunchTop Board Game in 165+ countries

3rd HireRahul Prasad, BIT Mesra, July 2012

First Proper Office

2nd ProductAction Arcade, Winter 2012

3rd ProductBoard / Puzzle, Mid 2013

4th HireShalu, Product Manager, Early 2014

5th HireGautam, Game Artist, March 2014

6th HireAnshuman, SDE-I, Mid 2014

Playzio @ today11 Full-Time Playzians : 3 Million Users

–Bill Cosby

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”