Delivered at Casual Connect Europe 2017. The world of casual games has been transformed forever by the emergence of .io titles like agar.io, slither.io and vertix.io. What are the key features of a successful .io game? What are the challenges of development and publishing? Jamie Cason, Miniclip’s executive producer leading the company’s .io strategy speaks about Miniclip’s experience, insights, analysis and the exciting prospects coming next to define .io 2.0.

1. .io 2.0 – The .io Phenomena & Where It’s Going Next
Jamie Cason
Executive Producer

2. Miniclip - a leading digital games company .io 2.0 01

3. Hello, I’m Jamie 02.io 2.0

4. Agar.io and emergence of .io 03
Agar.io, April 2015
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5. Second wave - Slither.io 04
Slither.io, March 2016
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6. Third wave - diep.io, wings.io, vertix.io 05
Diep.io, April 2016
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7. Market size, who, where? 06
191,557,168 Monthly
Visits
Country Sessions %
United States 28
Brazil 14
Turkey 9
Mexico 9
Argentina 8
Russia 8
France 7
Poland 7
United Kingdom 6
Peru 5
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8. Challenges - Development 07
Splix.io, July 2016
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9. Challenges - Publishing 08
Snowfight.io, December 2016
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10. Opportunities 09
Ovar.io, February 2017
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11. What next? 10
Brutes.io, March 2017 Squadd.io, March 2017
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12. Thank you! Any Questions? 11.io 2.0