Everything About The Creator Of Ludo King: Vikash Jaiswal.
Ludo King and its creator.
The App is downloaded by 330 million people and played by 50 million people on a daily basis. It is an Indian free to play mobile gaming app developed by Gametition Technologies Pvt Ltd. It is available in Android, iOS, Kindle, and Windows Platforms. The creator of Ludo King hails from Patna, Bihar.
Let me introduce you to the creator of the Ludo King.
He is Mr. Vikash Jaiswal.
In this article, we gonna discuss the early days of Vikash, His passion for Gaming, and about the most loved Gaming App in India “Ludo King“.
So, Let’s get started.
Early days.
Vikash Jaiswal was born and brought up in Patna, Bihar. In his childhood days, he was very fond of Nintendo Mario Games.
After his schooling, he pursued engineering at MIT, Bulandshahar. He had also done a Graphics designing course but he felt that there was not much scope in it, so he joined engineering.
During Vikash’s engineering days he created a video game called “Eggy Boy” as a part of his thesis. The game became successful in its initial period and listed as “Game of the Month” by PCQuest Magazine.
Venturing into the Gaming Industry.
After Vikash’s graduation in 2004, He went to Mumbai to pursue his passion for Gaming. He joined IndiaGames and started working with them as their Tech lead.
After 4 years of putting into his job, He was unable to hold his entrepreneurship spirit and ventured into starting his own company “Gametion” in 2008. With Rs 2.5 Lakh of investment and a team of seven people, the creator of Ludo King pursued his passion.
Initially, they were making online games websites that can be played in the browser only. Slowly with the passage of time, they entered into Android and iOS games.
Gametion published various games such as Snake and Ladder, Baby’s Big Adventure, and much more. But all of them were average. In 2013, Their gaming site was in peak as almost 20 million people visited them on monthly basis.
The numbers started declining and it became quite evident that the future of gaming was on the smartphone.
By 2014, They started making app versions of their successful web games. After uploading the games in the app versions the results were that they were moderately successful.
In 2015, Vikash came with the idea of Ludo after the release of the Snake and Ladder game.
Launching Ludo King.
In February 2016, Gametion launched the game in India. They never expected the game to be a hit. The game became a sleeper hit and crossed over 120 million downloads by 2017 worldwide including countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, Nepal, Brazil, Saudi Arabia.
In 2018, Vikash focused on overseas players and worked with Iranian and Indonesian developers to create a localized version of Ludo king.
Also in the same year, Ludo king was noted as being one of the fair apps among the top 5 apps on Google Play in India. By April 2020 it had more than 330 million in downloads.
About Ludo King.
Ludo King is a board game that is derived from Pachisi. The motive of the game is to move 4 pawns from the start and the one who will reach the center wins the game. It has four modes
1. Computer
2. Local mode
3. Online Multi-Player
4. Private Multi-Player
The Ludo board is composed of limestone blocks, and Egyptian hieroglyphics are engraved on them. The in-app audio adds a mysterious feel to the gaming experience.
In its recent app upgrade, The Gaming App has also rolled out support for low–end devices.
Effect of COVID — 19.
Ludo King saw a 50–75% boost in the audience during India’s COVID — 19 Lockdown, reaching the Top 5 Downloaded Apps in India between 25 March and 10 April 2020, with 9.5 million downloads.
Ludo King’s daily download figures changed from 150,000 in early February to over 450,000 in India by April 13, 2020.
According to an AppsFlyer report, Ludo King saw a 100% surge in gaming during the Lockdown. News18 reported that Ludo King had a fivefold increase in traffic during the lockdown. It has more than 330 million downloads, with about 50 million daily active users.
Conclusion.
In this article, we had discussed the creator of Ludo King Vikash Jaiswal’s early days, his gaming career, and about his most popular product “Ludo King”.
In my opinion, Ludo King will remain popular also after the Lockdown. But not as much it is now during the Lockdown. Yet, It would have increased it’s consumer base as compared to that before the lockdown.
Vikash Jaiswal is a good example that if you have passion for your craft then one day you will definitely achieve success.
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