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oh hey, I've played the original defenders quest, thank you for making that. I think this framing exactly applies to our space, down to the term "anti-platform

by flaque 5y ago

oh hey, I've played the original defenders quest, thank you for making that. I think this framing exactly applies to our space, down to the term "anti-platform". Also I'd be deeply interested in how "Instant games" effects game-land, especially with WebGPU + faster internet on the horizon.

larsiusprime 5y ago
Aw thanks :) I promise to ship DQ2 before I die. Happy to chat about instant games anytime, email me at Lars.doucet@gmail.com and in return you can tell me more about what you’re doing in video. Specific questions for here on HN comments - 1) how do you feel you contrast with say, supercast? 2) Chicken or the egg problems are tough. What’s your plan for delivering a truckload of one or the other to break the deadlock? (In this case chickens = content creators, and eggs = viewers/subscribers)
- flaque 5y ago
  > Happy to chat about instant games anytime, email me at Lars.doucet@gmail.com and in return you can tell me more about what you’re doing in video. I'll absolutely take you up on this! :D Email coming soon! > how do you feel you contrast with say, supercast? I think we are using the trappings of supercast in order to advance the goal of an "open video platform". But the core goal is "open video platform", not necessarily to follow that exact playbook. > Chicken or the egg problems are tough. What’s your plan for delivering a truckload of one or the other to break the deadlock? (In this case chickens = content creators, and eggs = viewers/subscribers) Two things: - Shrink the eggs required to make an omelette. (forgive me for stretching this metaphor) If you make paid, subscription feeds; you need fewer individual people, and you can use existing platforms (Youtube / Twitch / Tiktok) as a marketing channel for your paid videos on the open platform where you control the business. - Piggyback on the existing channels that podcasts have in place (search rankings, recommendation rings). If the balance is right, it'll work and we'll have an open video platform! And if not, then at least it's been fun to work on. Or maybe to put it another way, if it doesn't work, it will still have been the right thing to have done.

by flaque 5y ago

larsiusprime 5y ago

Aw thanks :) I promise to ship DQ2 before I die. Happy to chat about instant games anytime, email me at Lars.doucet@gmail.com and in return you can tell me more about what you’re doing in video. Specific questions for here on HN comments - 1) how do you feel you contrast with say, supercast? 2) Chicken or the egg problems are tough. What’s your plan for delivering a truckload of one or the other to break the deadlock? (In this case chickens = content creators, and eggs = viewers/subscribers)

flaque 5y ago
> Happy to chat about instant games anytime, email me at Lars.doucet@gmail.com and in return you can tell me more about what you’re doing in video. I'll absolutely take you up on this! :D Email coming soon! > how do you feel you contrast with say, supercast? I think we are using the trappings of supercast in order to advance the goal of an "open video platform". But the core goal is "open video platform", not necessarily to follow that exact playbook. > Chicken or the egg problems are tough. What’s your plan for delivering a truckload of one or the other to break the deadlock? (In this case chickens = content creators, and eggs = viewers/subscribers) Two things: - Shrink the eggs required to make an omelette. (forgive me for stretching this metaphor) If you make paid, subscription feeds; you need fewer individual people, and you can use existing platforms (Youtube / Twitch / Tiktok) as a marketing channel for your paid videos on the open platform where you control the business. - Piggyback on the existing channels that podcasts have in place (search rankings, recommendation rings). If the balance is right, it'll work and we'll have an open video platform! And if not, then at least it's been fun to work on. Or maybe to put it another way, if it doesn't work, it will still have been the right thing to have done.