It's not easy to make a game built for pockets play well on a personal computer, and devs can face significant obstacles when bringing their mobile games to Steam.

At GDC 2015, Ndemic Creations' founder James Vaughan spoke directly to that when he took the stage to showcase the many challenges Ndemic faced in bringing its hit mobile strategy game Plague Inc to Steam.

He shared his approach to overcoming the "mobile stigma" along with other pitfalls, using post launch data to illustrate the impact of choices. He went on to reveal key lessons learned, touched on useful Early Access strategies, the differences between Steam vs. mobile, and how you can determine which platform to start with.

It was a great talk, so if you missed it live don't miss out on your chance to now watch Vaughan's talk completely free on the official GDC YouTube channel!

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