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SuperOne is a gaming company that is on a mission to become a market leader in gaming, technology and entertainment.
We want to create rewarding gaming experiences that will thrive in a fast-growing global market.
The Company was founded in 2013 by the Norwegian entrepreneur and investor Andreas Christensen with the objective of creating a new and profoundly rewarding generation of games that capitalise on the growing trend of visual communication in mobile technology.
Our focus is to provide a highly engaging, differentiated entertainment experience where the combination of challenge and progress results in real rewards.
Many our games are free to play, while players also can purchase tickets to access premium skill based tournaments, where they compete against each other for prizes and rewards.
We have put the long-term retention of our players at the heart of our business model.
While our players can enjoy our games for free, we generate the majority of our revenue by selling tickets that are used to access prize tournaments to a subset of players who wish to enhance their entertainment experience.
We believe that targeting a modest share of our customers’ entertainment spend drives game longevity and customer loyalty, and is the most effective way of building a sustainable business over the long term.
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Why enter VR? Earnings and learnings from Into The Radius VR and new products...DevGAMM Conference
Two presenters from CM Games share narratives, insights, numbers, fails and plans on creating and nurturing premium live games for virtual reality, with Into The Radius VR and new products as the basis
SuperOne is a gaming company that is on a mission to become a market leader in gaming, technology and entertainment.
We want to create rewarding gaming experiences that will thrive in a fast-growing global market.
The Company was founded in 2013 by the Norwegian entrepreneur and investor Andreas Christensen with the objective of creating a new and profoundly rewarding generation of games that capitalise on the growing trend of visual communication in mobile technology.
Our focus is to provide a highly engaging, differentiated entertainment experience where the combination of challenge and progress results in real rewards.
Many our games are free to play, while players also can purchase tickets to access premium skill based tournaments, where they compete against each other for prizes and rewards.
We have put the long-term retention of our players at the heart of our business model.
While our players can enjoy our games for free, we generate the majority of our revenue by selling tickets that are used to access prize tournaments to a subset of players who wish to enhance their entertainment experience.
We believe that targeting a modest share of our customers’ entertainment spend drives game longevity and customer loyalty, and is the most effective way of building a sustainable business over the long term.
Welcome to the Future of To
Job Descriptions (JDs) matter! They speak about your Company, your clarity of mind and how you think about your Job Positions and Employees. Pay attention to creating the perfect JD and attract dream candidates!
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2. We are a group of people who find
candidates and job placements for
the gaming companies
Who we are?
As Zindhu HR, we believe in
Obsession
Pioneering
Unconventionality
3. people
&
culture
Our approach to your internal human resources ;
that provides teammates to follow leader's vision for sustainable growth.
as your most valuable asset to make your dream game a reality.
4. Our journey started with finding new
contracters to publishers.
How we started and transformed ?
What we call ''Studio Scouting''
Then discovered such a
HR services gap when the
game industry in Turkey
grew so fast.
5. Increase of
young
population
Why gaming industry grew so fast in Turkey?
1 2 3 4
Entrepreneurship
mindset and
passion for
games
Game Dev & Design
departments
in Universities
Local Publishers'
generous
approach
6. What happened in Turkish Game Industry?
Rollic Games established (so
the others).
A lot of people heard about
potential and started to
work with Rollic
Local entrepreneurs
became aware about
the potential market
Rollic couched
hundreds of gaming
companies
Other foreign
publishers entered the
Turkish Dev Market
Hundreds of games
published and scaled
from Turkey
After bunch of success
stories private Investors
and VC's focused on
Gaming
2
1
3
4
5
6
8. The growth of the Turkish mobile gaming industry has led to
increased demand for skilled game developers and designers.
About Turkish Gaming Market
Game Studios Talents Job Post Education
There are more than
300 Game Companies
in Turkey
There are around
8000 talents in Turkish
Gaming Industry
Gaming Companies in
Turkey looking for the hire
around 240 talent into
their studio (for now)
There are Digital Game
Design Departments in 12
different university in
Turkey
9. Employees Female/Male Ratio
Salary Expectations of Talents
Work-type Choice: Remote or Hybrid Game Genre Choice
0.76%
76.34%
H Y B R I D
8.99%
O N S I T E
14.89%
R E M O T E
81.89%
11.7%
CASUAL
2.97%
P C
3.4%
O T H E R
F R E E L A N C E
H Y P E R C A S U A L
67.2% 32.8%
(2-4 years)
6 0 0 - 1 5 0 0 €
1 5 0 0 - 2 5 0 0 €
2 5 0 0 - 8 5 0 0 €
Junior
(0-2 years)
Senior
(4+ years)
Mid
(2-4 years)
10. Dear remaining studios, I will not be able to
upgrade your monthly fee or proto payment
Hey dear 20,30,40 studios, I'm sorry I need to
cancel your deal to optimize my cashflow
Hey studios hurry up! We need much
unique mechanics
Timeline of the HC Publisher & Studios Relation
Hey gaming gurus come here, we'll
teach you something and even pay for it
Hey studios we love how you guys grow, we'll
pay you much, grow your team
We need more studios to test more
prototype! Capitalism Rockss!!!
Dear studios, I will only be able to pay
you per prototype this year
Dear studios, I will not be able to pay
you per prototype unless we test it and get X result
Publishers Interest Level / Payment to Studios
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
11. Timeline of the Founders' Motivation Level
I have a dream, one day my game will be played by millions of
people
Woow, there is game genre called ''Hyper-casual'' and someones
ready to make me payments for producing prototypes
I am the best Gaming studio in the town, my publisher
has a special communication with me. Someday they may acquire my
studio.
We launched a game with our publisher!! We reached 10M Download
but still not reached to breakeven :S
I never make an MRR from my games but let me calculate my
company valuation including my publishers monthly payment.
My Publisher cancelled my deal, now I decided to self-publish
my hyper casual games but before this I need to raise capital with
50M $ Valuation (No any major scaled game)
I am not a student anymore, people call me ''CEO''. Now I have office
and my parents are proud of me
No any investors wants to invest in me :( It wasn't like this few years
ago I think I need to go back to my school
Game Studios Founders Motivation Level
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
12. Timeline of the Investments to Studios
What is gaming? Atari? Its better to invest in fintech
or sustainable energy
Hey! Gaming market reached 150B $
Mcap
Let's invest in some promising Game Studios
Invest, Invest, Invest! Hyper casual died, Match3 Invest,
Hybrid Casual Invest, Super Casual Invest!! Uber Casual Invest!!!
Hmm, why our portfolio companies can not even published 1
one? What they are doing with our millions $ ?
Oh sh*t! Gaming industry hype was a
bubble
Woow, we should ask our LP's for more money to
invest in gaming, otherwise we'll be missing the
opportunity
Gaming industry is not our focus anymore, let's focus chatgpt
and AI related startups
Investors Interest Level / Investments to Studios
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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