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Hotel Tycoon

Team Lead

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01Context

An idle hotel tycoon game released on Android and iOS, led as team lead.

A commercial mobile title is only partly the game. The rest is ads and IAP, the SDKs and analytics behind them, two store pipelines, and the crash fixing and support that keep it alive after launch.

02My Ownership

  • Team Lead

  • Gameplay

  • AI

  • UI

  • Monetization

    Ads · IAP

  • SDKs

    Analytics

  • Platform

    Store Releases

  • Optimization

  • Post-launch Support

    Crash Fixing

03Engineering Scope

Two stores, a live audience, and a monetization stack that has to keep working through both.

Game

  • Gameplay
  • AI
  • UI

Commercial stack

  • Ads
  • IAP
  • SDK integrations
  • Analytics

Release and live

  • Platform integration
  • Store releases
  • Optimization
  • Crash fixing
  • Post-launch support

04Leading a Live Product

As team lead the responsibility spanned the game and the machinery around it. Gameplay, AI and UI were built while the monetization stack (ads, IAP, the SDKs and analytics that report on them) had to stay integrated and working across both Android and iOS.

Release was the beginning rather than the end. Store releases, optimization, crash fixing and ongoing support formed a continuing cycle on a title that was already in players' hands.

05Mobile Production

  1. 01Game
  2. 02Ads / IAP
  3. 03SDKs / Analytics
  4. 04Platform Integration
  5. 05Optimization
  6. 06Store Release
  7. 07Live Support

06Outcome

Released on Google Play and the App Store.

Supported after launch through optimization, crash fixing and continuing production work.

07Visual Evidence

Hotel Tycoon, hotel management and economy screen
Management and economy loop
Hotel Tycoon, staff hiring and room management interface
Staff and room progression

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