story pokemon game maker

in game •  8 years ago 

I was amazed at the creator of this game.,. he story,

It took 20 years for John Hanke, the creator of the game Pokemon Go, to create games that are phenomenal at this time. At the initial appearance, Pokemon Go successful record. With the number of downloads reached 10 million more in the first week of his presence, the use of game Pokemon surpassed daily active users on Twitter and has an average time users is higher than Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Success John makes the idea of ​​the game Pokemon Go, is not the result of 'work overnight'. John spent 20 years in the course of his career until now successful with Pokemon game. Here are excerpts career journey John Hanke:

In 1996, while still a student, John co-create the MMO (massively multiplayer online game) was first called 'Meridian 59'. But eventually he sold the game to the 3DO company. John pursuing another passion that is mapping the world.

In 2000, John launched the 'Keyhole', a service that connects maps with aerial photographs, and create a 3D map of the world with the aerial photos connected to the GPS for the first time

In 2004, Google bought Keyhole, and with the help of John, Keyhole finally now become the 'Google Earth'. It turns out the game is not lost passion of self Jhon. That's when John decided to focus on creating a GPS-based game.

During 2004 to 2010, John led the Google Geo team which have created Google Maps and Google Street View. During that time, John began to gather people who will be part of the team in creating Pokemon Go.

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