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Tobias Batton
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Jul 27, 2021

The Founding of Ex Populus

Website | Linkedin | Discord | Telegram | Twitter | Instagram I am very excited to announce my next venture, Ex Populus. Ex Populus is a game publishing company that is focused on partnering with the industry’s most talented creators next in line to create legendary games and content. I…

Games

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The Founding of Ex Populus
The Founding of Ex Populus
Games

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May 6, 2021

Games as a Purpose

Like many, I enjoy making games, but I have often questioned if it is worth my time. At some point, like the rest of us I will die and its important to me that my time spent on earth was about something more than just chasing money or fooling around…

Game

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Games as a Purpose
Games as a Purpose
Game

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Mar 2, 2021

Extreme Programming for Games

AN INTRODUCTION Often young game developers ask me how to build a large scale development process with a large team. I thought I would write this article outlining the best practices I have learned and leveraged over the years. Note: I started a new independent game publishing company called Ex…

Game Design

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Extreme Programming for Games
Extreme Programming for Games
Game Design

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Mar 11, 2020

Marketing PC Games is so 2005, Gross.

How you can hot-wire mobile to sell PC games profitably at scale Note: If you need assistance publishing your game, I’ve founded a new independent game publisher Ex Populus. In mobile, it’s not who you know, it’s what you know. Don’t have any connections at Apple or Google? Doesn’t matter…

Games

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Marketing PC Games is so 2005, Gross.
Marketing PC Games is so 2005, Gross.
Games

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Feb 26, 2020

How Investors Get Defrauded By Their Portfolio Companies

If you are an early stage investor, you’ve heard it before: “Users absolutely love our product. Just look at all of our installs, reviews, likes and followers. We just need the cash to finish x,y,z so we can scale.” Entrepreneurs often see red. They can be afflicted with a sort…

Fraud

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How Investors Get Defrauded By Their Portfolio Companies
How Investors Get Defrauded By Their Portfolio Companies
Fraud

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Jan 13, 2020

Do Users Dream of Electric Sheep?

Fake users, fake friends and fake news. How the digital ecosystem is being manipulated to game and drain you. Humans have been counting things since we were able to stand upright and look at the sky. First, it was the stars, then it was our crops we so industriously grew…

Fraud Detection

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Do Users Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Users Dream of Electric Sheep?
Fraud Detection

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Jan 6, 2020

The Story of Signal Zero: A Final Hope

TapRivals Part Deux: A Final Chapter This is Part 3. Go back and read Part 1 and Part 2 if you haven’t. Once I had processed the Crypto crash and the end of our project, I realized that revenue for TokenWall had for some reason increased dramatically. It still wasn’t…

Programmatic

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The Story of Signal Zero: A Final Hope
The Story of Signal Zero: A Final Hope
Programmatic

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Jan 6, 2020

The Story of Signal Zero: Esports and Crypto

Enter TapRivals This is Part 2. Go back and read Part 1 if you haven’t. In early 2017 I was looking for a match. At this point, I had spent millions of dollars on proprietary software development that would detect and stop cheaters. I had a rewards platform that supplied…

Blockchain

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The Story of Signal Zero: Esports and Crypto
The Story of Signal Zero: Esports and Crypto
Blockchain

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Jan 6, 2020

The Story of Signal Zero: Appstore Domination

In the begining, we pwned the rankings In late 2013 I decided to found my 3rd company. I think in many cases entrepreneurs feel the pressure to build world changing companies because of the start-up culture that exists, but these massive enterprises are often as much about time and place…

Startup

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The Story of Signal Zero: Appstore Domination
The Story of Signal Zero: Appstore Domination
Startup

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Tobias Batton

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