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Zero to Million Dollars:
Marketing Postmortem of Star Chef
THE STORY SO FAR
© 99GAMES 2015
• Lovingly Crafted Cooking and Restaurant Management Game
• WW Release: 21 Aug 2014 on iOS
• Target Audience: Women aged 20-55
QUICK SPECS
© 99GAMES 2015
FREEMIUM
SOCIAL COOKING
• UniversalTheme
• Wide Audience:
•Millions of Foodies
•Cooking Enthusiasts
•Fans of Chef Series on TV
THE GLOBAL APPEAL - THE RIGHT MIX
© 99GAMES 2015
4.0Mil
TOTAL INSTALLS
1Mil MAU
5.32 Mins Session
Length
8 Sessions/DAU
Engagement
3.47%
Payer Conversion
© 99GAMES 2015
• United States
• Europe
• United Kingdom
• France
• Italy
• Germany
• Switzlerland
• APAC
• Taiwan
• Malaysia
• HongKong
• China
• Australia
TOP PERFORMING GEOS ($)
© 99GAMES 2015
> 100k Ratings
Avg 4.7 Stars
> 50k Reviews
EXCELLENT REVIEWS AND RATINGSWW
© 99GAMES 2015
MARKETING STAGE 1
© 99GAMES 2015
• Soft Launch in Australia and Canada
• iPad first strategy
• Extended soft launch in UK!
• Small scale UA to validate CAC vs LTV model
• Focussed on Customer delight
SOFT LAUNCH
© 99GAMES 2015
• Goals: Retention, Monetisation, Social Elements
• Pilot period of 6 months!
• Built a Scalable Backend System
0
10
20
30
40
Feb Mar Apr May June July
Retention
SOFT LAUNCH CONTD…
© 99GAMES 2015
• Love To Trade: FoodTruck saw over 16 Million
Trades of Ingredients and Recipes
FoodTruckTransactions
0M
4M
8M
12M
16M
Aug14 Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
PLAYER COMMUNITY AND REAL TIME TRADING
© 99GAMES 2015
iPhone
Support
21Aug2014
En, Fr, De,
Sp, It, Ru
Localisation
50 Levels
Gameplay
WORLDWIDE LAUNCH
© 99GAMES 2015
> 100k Likes!
> 0.5 Mil Daily
Impressions
43% DAU
FACEBOOK COMMUNITY
© 99GAMES 2015
WORLDWIDE LAUNCH
© 99GAMES 2015
INITIAL MARKETING ASSETS
© 99GAMES 2015
MARKETING STAGE 2
© 99GAMES 2015
• SEA - a pleasant Surprise!
• Simplified andTraditional Chinese
• China,Taiwan, Hongkong, Malaysia Rocks!
EXPLORING SOUTH EAST ASIA
© 99GAMES 2015
NOT JUST LOCALISATION…
CULTURALISATION
© 99GAMES 2015
• Characters, Decors, Recipes from different geos
CULTURALISATION CONTD…
© 99GAMES 2015
• Take care of cultural nuances
CULTURALISATION CONTD…
© 99GAMES 2015
• Splash screens for Western/European and Asian countries
CULTURALISATION CONTD…
© 99GAMES 2015
• Chinese NewYearTheme
• Russian MaslenitsaTheme
• Prominent Featured During Russian New YearProminently Featured Across Asia during Chinese New Year
CULTURALISATION CONTD…
© 99GAMES 2015
• Culturalization Success: One of the few Global IPs inTop Grossing Charts ofTaiwan
CULTURALISATION SUCCESS
© 99GAMES 2015
• Rewarded on-DemandVideos
AD MONETISATION: ON DEMANDVIDEOS
© 99GAMES 2015
• Non-intrusive Native Ads
AD MONETISATION: NATIVE ADS
© 99GAMES 2015
MARKETING STAGE 3
© 99GAMES 2015
Pride of Ownership and Star status
Star Chef is not just a game about cooking and food…
It connects to player over:
PLAYER SENTIMENTS
Love for Food
Joy of Creation
© 99GAMES 2015
Star chef
© 99GAMES 201
Star chef
FROM MARKETING…
The game sentiments are reflected in the marketing assets to target the right players
© 99GAMES 2015
Star chef
© 99GAMES 2015
…TO FTUE
When players start the game, the FirstTime User Interface animation reflects the same
sentiments as well
© 99GAMES 2015
THANK YOU
SHILPA BHAT
@shilpabhat_
shilpa@99games.in
© 99GAMES 2015

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