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Aug 9, 2020

Early Access launch of Alldone.app

On the 29th of July 2020 the team working on Alldone.app in Cuba made me one of the best birthday presents ever — we finally launched the very first version of the team productivity tool Alldone.app — thank you! :) As any good MVP it is still a little embarrassing…

Alldone

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Early Access launch of Alldone.app
Early Access launch of Alldone.app
Alldone

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Apr 12, 2020

Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world —Summary

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Summary We have seen that the challenges designing a game and running a country are remarkably similar. Game Designers have the big advantage that they can alter their systems much…

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Apr 5, 2020

Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #10 Community

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 10: Community Abraham Lincoln defined a democratic government as “of the people, by the people and for the people” in his famous Gettysburg Address. Let’s assume that the community of a…

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Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #10 Community
Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #10 Community

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Mar 28, 2020

Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #9 Analytics

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 9: Analytics Measuring the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is crucial for a gaming company in these days. Forgone are the days where you could just create a game which looks…

Gameoflife

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Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #9 Analytics
Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #9 Analytics
Gameoflife

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Mar 21, 2020

Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #8 Cheating

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 8: Cheating Cheating does not only happen in taxes — people will always try to “game” the system to get advantages for themselves. This of course can either directly hurt other…

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Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #8 Cheating
Game of Life: What if game designers ruled the world — #8 Cheating

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Mar 12, 2020

Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #7 Achievements

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 7: Achievements What have achievements in games in common with taxes in real life? This chapter will try to give an answer to that question. Achievements are very popular among…

Gameoflife

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Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #6 Achievements
Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #6 Achievements
Gameoflife

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Mar 5, 2020

Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #6 Monetization

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 6: Monetization With the rise of free2play games both the gaming industry and real world governments have one thing in common: They need to raise revenues but cannot charge an “entry”…

Gameoflife

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Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #6 Virtual Currencies
Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #6 Virtual Currencies
Gameoflife

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Feb 27, 2020

Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #5 Virtual Currencies

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 5: Virtual Currencies Oh boy, it’s hard to design a monetary system for an economy — even in such a controlled environment such as a game. It’s easy to put prices on…

Gameoflife

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Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #5 Virtual Currencies
Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #5 Virtual Currencies
Gameoflife

18 min read


Feb 24, 2020

Software development outsourcing to Cuba? Really?

As you may have read I am currently building a team collaboration tool called Alldone.app on the side. However somebody gotta do the actual development work so i needed an outsourcing partner which i can afford without needing sweet VC money. As described here I eventually decided to go with…

Alldone

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Outsourcing to Cuba? Really?
Outsourcing to Cuba? Really?
Alldone

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Feb 18, 2020

Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #4 Balancing

This post is part of the book Game of Life — you can read the introduction and all other chapters here. Problem 4: Balancing A game needs to find the right balance between challenges and rewards in order to keep the gamers playing. It needs to give players meaningful things to do and…

Gameoflife

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Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #4 Balancing
Game of Life: What if Game Designers ruled the world — #4 Balancing
Gameoflife

25 min read

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