SCRABBLE
SITUATION/CHALLENGE
Electronic Arts Montreal, developers of the popular Scrabble app for Facebook and mobile, needed assistance designing, producing, and product-managing the first complete overhaul to the game in years. Scrabble had been surpassed by Zynga’s Words with Friends and was in dire need of UX and feature upgrading.
AC&A’s Solutions
AC&A performed an extensive competitive analysis to understand the current state of the word-game market, player expectations, and trends vs. truly sticky features. In a presentation to the core Scrabble team, AC&A outlined Competitive Intellectual Social Game best practices that we would later help the team take action.
Over the course of eight months, AC&A worked on- and off-site with the Scrabble team, providing product management and production and design leadership. AC&A identified and addressed weak spots in the product’s UX, introduced social and sharing features, and designed key monetization opportunities.
Over the duration of AC&A’s engagement with the Scrabble team, we produced the Scrabble Beta and oversaw the launch and full deployment of the new version of Scrabble.
Results
AC&A directly contributed to KPI improvements across the board, most notably DAU, MAU, and retention increases that hadn’t been seen on the product for months. We provided a solid roadmap for ongoing development, including a prioritized server-reliant features list. We also successfully integrated the first sponsored content into Scrabble, with Toyota as a partner.
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Since 2008, Adrian Crook & Associates has helped over 300 developers of all sizes maximize the ROI of their freemium games.
As veteran product managers, economists, and designers, we guide each of our clients through an explicitly personalized, data-driven process. At every stage of a product’s lifecycle we provide actionable, innovative insights that deliver results.
