2. AGENDA
IN PICTURES
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Introduction to Gobbo
Games
What is Gobbo Games and
who am I.
Introduction to Unreal
Engine
A quick-start guide to
getting started with Unreal
Engine and why Gobbo
Games chose Unreal
Engine.
Gamification
What is it? Why?
Game Development in
South Africa
What does the current state
of Game Development look
like in South Africa and
where do I think it is going?
Hollywood Life
A quick-look at the Virtual
Interactive Training
Simulator that was written
for Star Factory.
4. THE COLONY 2174
Q2 2016, The Colony 2174
board game is released.
FOUNDED
While in the U.K., I came up
with the concept.
Gobbo Games is an Independent Games
Development company and creators of board
games operating from offices in Durban,
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
2007
2008
2016
ABOUT GOBBO
GAMES
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5. COMPANY REGISTERED
Q4 2016, company was
registered as a PTY (LTD).
RIDERS OF ASGARD
Q1 2017, Riders of Asgard
released on Steam
2017
2017
2016
TIMELINE
FINISH
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6. CORE TEAM
The core team of Gobbo Games assists with
various tasks inside the company ranging
from proof reading all the way to testing and
social media management.
QUINTON DELPECHE
FOUNDER AND GO-
TO GUY
KARL MULLER
GAME DESIGNER
AND SOUND
SUPERHERO
MATTHEW LEACH
GAME DEVELOPER
AND CODE NINJA
SHIRLEY DELPECHE
KEEPER OF THE
WORDS
NANETTE GIQUEL
GAME TESTER
NADINE GIQUEL
GAME TESTER
OUR
TEAM
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7. INCUBATOR
MEMBERS
The Gobbo Games incubator helps potential
game developers and game designers to
meet other candidates and collaborate on
projects.
Gobbo Games will assist in getting the
completed project on Steam and/or Xbox
under the Gobbo Games banner and provide
assistance throughout the project life cycle.
JEROME RAGAVAN
GAME DEVELOPER
AND DESIGN GURU
DANIEL BOTHA
3D ARTIST AND
GUITAR HERO
CORA KWAN
3D ARTIST AND
MANGA MANIAC
OUR
TEAM
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9. WHAT IS UNREAL
ENGINE
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Unreal Engine is a complete suite of creation tools
designed to meet ambitious artistic visions while being
flexible enough to ensure success for teams of all sizes.
As an established, industry-leading engine, Unreal
delivers powerful, proven performance that you can trust.
10. READY TO SHIP WITH
PLATFORM SUPPORT
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The Unreal Engine is a full product suite that comes
production ready out of the box without the need for
additional plugins or purchases with deep support for
the platforms that matter.
11. VIRTUAL REALITY
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There are no shortcuts to creating immersive
experiences that are believable to the human mind. VR
requires complex scenes rendered at very high
framerates. Unreal Engine meets these requirements and
provides a solid foundation to build content on all VR
platforms - from PC to console to mobile.
12. MOVING MOBILE
FORWARD
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With the best support for
Vulkan and Metal rendering
APIs, Unreal enables you to
deliver console quality
content on mobile devices.
With features like dynamic shadows, physically-based
rendering and custom post-processing, Unreal powers
the most cutting-edge gaming experiences on mobile.
Increasingly powerful
devices can take
advantage of increasingly
powerful technology.
13. GETTING STARTED IN
UNREAL ENGINE
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Desktop PC or Mac.
Windows 7 64-bit or Mac OS X 10.9.2 or later.
Quad-core Intel or AMD processor, 2.5 GHz or faster.
NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD series
card or higher.
8 GB RAM.
14. DEMO TIME
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Lets take a practical look at how easy it is to
get started in Unreal Engine.
16. WHAT IS
GAMIFICATION
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Gamification is the process of taking something that already
exists – a website, an enterprise application, an online
community – and integrating game mechanics into it to
motivate participation, engagement, and loyalty.
Gamification takes the data-driven techniques that game
designers use to engage players, and applies them to non-
game experiences to motivate actions that add value to your
business.
17. GAMIFICATION VS
GAMES
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When people hear gamification, they envision games created
for a business purpose. But gamification is not about creating
something new. It is about amplifying the effect of an existing,
core experience by applying the motivational techniques that
make games so engaging.
When you gamify high-value interactions with customers,
employees, and partners, you drive more sales, stronger
collaboration, better ROI, deeper loyalty, higher customer
satisfaction and more.
18. GAME MECHANICS
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Gamification is built upon 10 primary game mechanics,
proven to motivate and engage users, and may use any
combination of these techniques to accomplish business
goals.
19. THE PROMISE OF
GAMIFICATION
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Gamification is transforming business models by creating
new ways to extend relationships, craft longer-term
engagement, and drive customer and employee loyalty. It
works because it leverages the motivations and desires that
exist in all of us for community, feedback, achievement and
reward.
When combined with the latest research on motivation and
the big data generated by user interactions, gamification
empowers businesses to create true loyalty.
21. HOLLYWOOD LIFE
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Hollywood Life is primarily focused on
applying game-related principles —
particularly those relating to user experience
and engagement — to non-game contexts
such as education.
Is an interactive training simulator that was
developed for Star Factory using Unreal
Engine.
22. HOLLYWOOD LIFE
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PROCESSES
TRAINING
POLICIES
Allow the employee to learn by doing and in the
same process have some fun, the more fun you have
while learning the more you will learn and want to
learn.
There’s a better way to manage
employee performance, motivation
and learning.
23. GAMIFICATION OF
HOLLYWOOD LIFE
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In Hollywood Life we follow four standard principles for gamification:
Challenges that are made up of various tasks which results in
achievements being unlocked that ultimately lead to rewards.
CHALLENGES
These are grouped
tasks.
01 TASKS
Individual tasks that
need to be performed.
02
ACHIEVEMENTS
Completed challenges
unlock achievements.
03 REWARDS
Achievements unlock
rewards.
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24. DEMO TIME
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Lets take a practical look at Hollywood Life
and how Star Factory is going to apply it in the
business.
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AFRICA IN THE
GLOBAL
CONTEXT
16,36%
of global population
(1.2Bn people in total)
293.8M
Number of Smartphones
on the continent
3,6%
of global spend on video
games ($4Bn US dollars)
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REGIONAL
CONTEXT
South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria
are the major hubs of activity
in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Egypt and Morocco are the
major hubs in North Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA
Most mature Game Development Ecosystem
NIGERIA
Largest Consumer Market
21,82%
Revenue by Platform
45,79%
Revenue by Platform
32,39%
Revenue by Platform
Where Consumers are spending their money
28. GLOBAL GAMES MARKET
$108.9 BILLION IN 2017
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2.2 billion gamers across the globe are expected to generate
$108.9 billion in game revenues in 2017. This represents an
increase of $7.8 billion, or 7.8%, from the year before. Digital
game revenues will account for $94.4 billion or 87% of the
global market.
Mobile is the most lucrative segment, with smartphone and
tablet gaming growing 19% year over year to $46.1 billion,
claiming 42% of the market.
29. MOBILE REVENUE
RISES
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Mobile gaming will generate $46.1 billion this year, or 42% of
all global game revenues. More than three-quarters of this, or
$35.3 billion, will come from smartphone gaming, with tablet
games accounting for the remaining $10.8 billion.
Tablet unit sales have plummeted over the years, but with
280 million tablets used actively, the segment contributes
significantly to the success of mobile games.
30. CONSOLE GAMING
BETTER THAN 2016
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The console gaming segment performed better than expected
in 2016 thanks to console manufacturers, publishers, and
consumers embracing of a variety of digital business models.
Microsoft and Sony generated more than $14 billion in
combined revenues from first-party games, third-party game
fees, and subscription revenues. In 2017, we expect console
gaming to generate a total of $33.5 billion in revenues
worldwide, of which 65.8% digital.
