the galaxy on fire saga - a mobile game franchise resonating with russian players in particular
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Michael Schade, CEO, FishLabs (The Winter Nights: Mobile Games Conference http://www.wnconf.com/en)TRANSCRIPT
Michael Schade, CEOFISHLABS Entertainment GmbH
The Galaxy on Fire saga – A mobile game franchise resonating with Russian players in particular
St. Petersburg, February 9, 2013
Russians love outer space…ahead of their time!
Images courtesy: bisbos.com, University of Camebridge
Fishlabs love 3D space on mobile…ahead of their time!
New Frontiers
• World’s 1st open city mobile racing game• World’s 1st 3D physics on mobile
• World’s 1st First Person Shooter on mobile• World’s 1st PvP (meta) multiplayer on mobile
• World’s 1st mobile open space game• “Phenomenally good, this'll change the way
you think about mobile phone games forever,” Pocketgamer Gold Award – 9/10
Evolution of CPU Clock Speed (GPU even faster)
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*iPhone 5 features same GPU as PS Vita but only 3 instead of 4 cores
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Evolution of Mobile Games
Galaxy on Fire™, J2ME, 512 KB, 2005
Galaxy on Fire™ Release: 2005 Device: Sony Ericsson K700, Nokia 6230i (S40), Nokia 668x
(S60) Platform: J2ME (Mascot V3 / JSR-184) File size: 350 – 512 KB Resolution: 128 x 128 – 176 x 220 pixels
Galaxy on Fire on Feature Phones
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Release: 2009 Device: Sony Ericsson K800, Nokia N95 Platform: J2ME (Mascot V3 / JSR-184) File size: 1 MB Resolution: 176 x 220 – 240 x 320 pixels
Galaxy on Fire 2 on Feature Phones
Release: 2009 Device: iPhone 3G Platform: iOS File size: 17 MB Res.: 480 x 320
Release: 2010 Device: Nokia N8,
X7, C6, C7, E7 Platform:
Symbian^3 File size: 17 MB Res.: 640 x 360
Galaxy on Fire on Smartphones
Release: 2010 Device: iPhone 4 Platform: iOS File size: 200 MB Res.: 960 x 480
Release: 2011 Device: Nokia Platform: MeeGo,
Symbian^3 (cancelled) File size: 200 MB Res.: 854 x 480
Galaxy on Fire on Smartphones and Tablets
Release: 2011 Device: iPhone 4 Platform: iOS File size: 330 MB Res.: 960 x 480
Release: 2011 Device: Xperia PLAY Platform: Android File size: 330 MB Res.: 854 x 480
Galaxy on Fire 2 – Valkyrie
Release: 2011 Device: Tegra-powered Platform: Android File size: 800 MB Res.: 1280 x 800
Galaxy on Fire 2 THD
Release: 2011 Device: Tegra2 Platform: Android File size: 800 MB Res.: 1280 x 800
Galaxy on Fire 2 THD
Release: 2011 Device: Tegra2 Platform: Android File size: 800 MB Res.: 1280 x 800
Galaxy on Fire 2 THD - unchained
Release: 2011 Device: A4-powered Platform: iOS File size: 800 MB Res.: 1024 x 768
Release: 2012 Device: Playbook Platform: Blackberry File size: 600 MB Res.: 1024 x 600
Galaxy on Fire 2 HD
Galaxy on Fire 2 – Supernova HD
Release: 2012 Device: A5-powered Platform: iOS File size: 1.2 GB Res.: 2048 x 1536
Release: 2013 Device: any GPU Platform: Android File size: 1.2 GB Res.: 1920 x 1080
Achievements in Russia on J2ME
• Galaxy on Fire 2 (J2ME) six months uncracked ;-)• Mods of Galaxy on Fire 2 (J2ME)• Community website www.fishlabs.su
Achievements in Russia in Social Media
RU18%
US12%
DE7%
UA6%UK
4%
BR3%
FR2%
CA2%
PL2%
IT2%
ROW41%
Achievements in Russia in Social Media
US27%
DE19%
RU9%
UK6%ID
4%
CA4%
MX3%
IN3%
FR3%
AU3%
ROW19%
Achievements in Russia on iOS
• Galaxy on Fire on: #1 free app
• Galaxy on Fire 2:
• Galaxy on Fire 2: #1 grossing game (no IAP!)
• Galaxy on Fire 2 HD: #1 free app
Achievements in Russia on iOS
US31%
DE14%
UK11%
RU7%
FR5%
CN4%
AU4%
CA3%
CH2%
JP2%
ROW16%
Achievements in Russia on Android
US30%
RU14%
DE11%
UK9%
FR6%
CA3%
AU3%
IT2%
NL1%
AT1%
ROW19%
What‘s next?
Possible Releases:
Blackberry 10 Windows Phone 8 Windows 8 Steam
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