Our burning souls

Description : Ana's birthday leads her to a man who seems to be everywhere she goes—even as her mysterious boss. As she uncovers his secrets, a world of danger and hidden supernatural elements defies reality.

total reads

performance metrics

year 2021

Episodes : 66

Studio: Pocket Gem

App: Episode

1.7m

80 %

retention rate

$

2.1m

gems spent

#5

fantasy rank

conversion rate

105 %

#40

overall rank

Game Development Journey

OBS was the first full game I developed. Before that, I created a smaller project called Our Worst Nightmare as a way to learn the basics of DanaCode and understand how to transform a written script into an interactive game.

OBS became my first large-scale project, which I wrote and coded over the course of two years. During that time, I continuously updated the story, usually writing and coding three chapters at a time. I also started analyzing which directing and narrative techniques performed best on the platform in order to improve player retention and ranking. At that stage, however, I had not yet fully understood the impact that gems and in-app purchases had on a game’s performance