Elite Game Developers
Joakim AchrenMy personal Substack
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AI Can Build the Game. But Is It Fun?
For a long time, I thought making a great game was enough. Build something fun, and players will stick around. It took me years to understand that fun is just the entry point.
My new book, After the Download, is about what comes after a ga...
My Thoughts On The EU Kids Gaming Act
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News flash!
My new book, “After the Download,” comes out on November 9th 2026. The Amazon pre-order is available here!
As a parent of two boys, I have seen this up close, and it feels like I’m livi...
The Old-Game Problem
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First, some news I’ve been sitting on.
My new book, After the Download: Twenty Years Building Apps, Games, and the Companies Behind Them, comes out in November. Twenty years of building games and ba...
The Wrong Layer
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A few weeks ago, my kids introduced me to a Minecraft mod called Verity JE. After a few days of looking into this mod, I had changed how I think about AI in games.
Minecraft has been part of our hous...
The Future of AI-Assisted Craftsmanship
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As you might have read in the news, Anthropic has announced that Claude’s outputs, all the text, images, and anything else it creates, will carry watermarks in the future. The European Union’s AI Act...
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Joakim, an entrepreneur of 20 years, co-founded Next Games (acq. by Netflix). He runs Elite Game Developers, aiding startups. As an investor at F4 Fund, he backs ventures in gaming and non-gaming. Before F4, Joakim was an angel in over 30 startups.
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