YGG Play Launchpad Goes Live to Scale the GTM Engine Behind GIGACHADBAT and More
Following the launch of Delabs Games’ GIGACHADBAT on YGG Play, Gabby sat down with Delabs co-founder and former Nexon CEO James Joonmo Kwon for Episode 3 of LOL Lounge, the YGG Play podcast on taking Web3 games to market.
To celebrate, we launched a GIGACHADBAT-themed board on LOL Land and co-hosted the CHAD PARTY with Delabs at the iconic Portal PC bang in Seoul, at the sidelines of Korea Blockchain Week.
Since then, YGG Play has posted progress on multiple fronts. Here are the latest highlights:
Read on below to learn why James hopes to hit a home run with the Casual Degen audience — plus a sneak peek of next week’s special episode featuring Abstract’s Luca Netz.
As Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) kicked off, LOL Lounge recorded its third episode at the Delabs Games office, featuring the visionary behind Rumble Racing Star, Ragnarok Libre, and GIGACHADBAT, Delabs founder and co-CEO, James Joonmo Kwon.
Joining host Leah Callon-Butler, Gabby and James talked about Korea’s rich cultural history and continued dominance in gaming, enabled by its openness to experiment with new technologies and business models. Topics included:
How to design a game that appeals to the psychology of the Casual Degen
How high-speed internet infra made Korea a world leader in gaming innovation
How art style can make or break a game’s success in different markets
Why Web3 gaming’s current “revenue meta” has been a long time coming
Catch it on Spotify and YouTube.
On the 0G Stage at KBW, Gabby joined Igloo Inc. and Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz to address the fact that blockchains live and die by the apps built on them. Luca also shared how he identifies a best-in-class builder and described Abstract’s role in facilitating discovery, UA, and monetization for the games that build on it.
With moderator Joony Koo of AO Labs, they discussed:
Why YGG Play chose Abstract, without receiving any grant or financial incentives
How Pudgy Penguins’ licensing model turns great apps into scalable startups
Gabby’s advice to builders thinking about building on Abstract
Subscribe now and follow LOL Lounge on Spotify and YouTube.
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