Today I'm speaking with CK Wang, CEO of Kooapps, the company behind mobile hits including Snake.io and Pictoword.

Hi CK, It's great to catch-up and thanks very much for talking today. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do?

I run a mobile gaming studio to make hyper casual games that people want to play forever. We do this by creating amazing daily experiences and connecting the world with our games. Some of our most popular titles include Snake.io, Stacky Bird and Pictoword.

What does a typical work day for CK look like?

My job title is to make sure there’s nothing I need to do but inevitably I always manage to find lots to do. Visually, I think we’re all the same, in front of a computer all day with three IPS monitors to make sure all our artwork is color perfect.

Running a studio during the pandemic must have been a challenge. How have you maintained a team ethos these past months?

This is extremely difficult and sadly I’m not sure we have a good answer.

Are you and AM or PM person?

Depends on what my wife feeds me for breakfast.

How did you first get into the mobile games industry?

Started out at Microsoft Games Studio on Fable 2. My job was to prayed that Peter Molyneux would not promise impossible game features at E3.

What was your favourite game growing up and what are you currently playing?

I love RTS games, StarCraft and Warcraft series but I stopped playing so I would never drop to Platinum in SC2.

What’s the biggest trend you think we’ll see in 2021?

Everyone will be meeting lots of ad tech people at conferences : )

I can't wait. Hopefully you're right and it's not too long until we're able to meet again in person. Fingers crossed we can run Gamesforum Seattle!