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From 3h11m PB to 2h55m in 100 days. All aboard the Bharat sub 3 express!
New Delhi Marathon is done, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai. I'm coming for you next.
Oliver Jones
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Oliver Jones
@Agent_Oli
Welsh Founder. Ex @Zynga @Glu co-founder bombayplay.com & moonfrog.com. 2:55 Marathoner, Donkey impression heard by over 100m Indians, yes really.
- I love stray dogs. Especially the ones who join me on my runs in Bangalore.
- Had a #gamejam last week. During which our team @Bombayplay1 made 'Daily Wordle' in Cocos. Pretty neat! So today we launched it on Facebook Instant games. Play here: fb.gg/play/wordlemeta Updates on the way! Hope to evolve it into something special. #wordle #FacebookGaming
- To folks asking me why I don't leave India, I won't because I believe in something, and am willing to go all the way. Sometimes that means dog bites, watching my parents grow old from afar, landing in a new country with only $300, sharing a bed with pigeon nests, I have built twoI love stray dogs. Especially the ones who join me on my runs in Bangalore.
- Replying to @sreeharivariarBoarding a flight, two random people asked if I'm ok...? ...I'm going to be known in Bangalore as the white guy who was bitten by a dog arnt I?
- 'Zynga mafia' is not the Illuminati The startup success of some early Zynga folks is not due to fraternity. It's due to a 'do or die' mindset that has now proliferated throughout the Indian ecosystem. 1/7 🧵
- Best way to kickstart 2023 is with the Bangalore Game Dev gang! Come wish your fellow devs a happy new year 8th Jan, 1pm at our favourite spot. Murphy's brewhouse at the Paul hotel. Also I'm married now so first round of drinks on me 🍻
- Haldi at our wedding went a bit off the chain. I also didn't tell my fam from US & UK what to expect over the 3 days. 😜 💛👰♀️
00:00 - Kaboom! Bangalore Game Dev meet-up announcement! 8th October. This week we are gatecrashing another amazing studio...@xigmagames ! Join us and get the first-ever playtest of Xigma's newly announced game 'Metal Haven' (looks so awesome)! Join via the QR code in the image.
- Went to Singapore to collect Google Play's award for Most Awkward Nerd. Thanks for watching 🙏
00:00 - 'Of course you think adding a daily bonus feature will improve D1 retention, you're a hot shot fresher PM joining a gaming studio after all. Next sprint you will pitch adding some achievements and quests before reducing the number of steps in the tutorial. After that...'
- In our last game design space we decided Godzilla was the most fun & viable solution to the Monopoly economy problem. 150 people tuned in 🥳 Please do set a reminder for the next one! 👇👇 Anyone can come and chat. Would love for you to join. x.com/i/spaces/1rmGP…
- Replying to @Dante12309837My strategy is (was) to ignore them completely and keep running at my normal pace. These ones were weird as they chased for over 100m (usually they give up fast) in the middle of the day before taking a chunk out of my ankle. It was my 2nd time passing that day, perhaps rabit 🫣
