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24 alternatives to Startup Tapes #006 — Riding Platform Shifts (with David Helgason, Unity)

From PC to Consoles, Flash games, Mobile and now VR

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Startup Tapes #006 — Riding Platform Shifts (with David Helgason, Unity) launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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a16z Podcast: Truce for Mobile, Battle for VR▲66
Deep dive on all the gear and players in the VR ecosystem
2016 · a16z.com · its alternatives →
2
Platform Panic▲55
Challenging oldskool platformer
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
3
Gamewheel▲73
Empowering creators in the digital world
2015 · gamewheel.com · its alternatives →
4
CTRL SHIFT!▲146
Stories and insights of startups and industries that pivoted
2022 · podcast.humbleteam.com · its alternatives →
5
WakingApp Realities▲126
Easy DIY AR / VR content creation platform
2016 · its alternatives →
6
App Masters - #474 - Trey Smith of Buildbox▲66
Simplicity of Game Design
2016 · appmasters.co · its alternatives →
7
Secrets for Scaling Podcast - David Cancel of Drift▲64
On hyper-growing a customer-focused company
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
8
The Hacking UI podcast #11 - Turning our side project into a full time gig▲62
1 month in, and launching The Side Project Accelerator
2016 · hackingui.com · its alternatives →
9
Hack To Start: Chris Messina [Ep #118]▲97
Talking about the hashtag, Product Hunt, and MessinaBot
2016 · hacktostart.com · its alternatives →
10
The Debug Log - 21: Game Monitization with Oscar Clark, Unity Evangelist▲55
Game monetization strategies & underlying design principles
2016 · thedebuglog.com · its alternatives →
11
UX and Growth Podcast — Startup Growth Tactics with Brian Balfour (VP of Growth at HubSpot)▲67
They discuss different user acquisition / growth tactics, a…
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
12
Software Engineering Daily — The Evolution of Rails with David Heinemeier Hansson▲67
DHH talks software, evolving Basecamp, and "unicorns"
2016 · softwareengineeringdaily.com · its alternatives →
13
Full Stack Radio▲128
A podcast for devs interested in building great products.
2015 · fullstackradio.com · its alternatives →
14
Marketplace Hacks▲86
A slack community of marketplace founders & operators
2014 · its alternatives →
15
App Guy Podcast - Alon Melchner ▲60
Breaking down the walls of VR/AR content creation
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
16
Brickies▲87
A fresh and colorful take on the classic breakout game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Eggggg▲69
The platform puker
2016 · its alternatives →
18
To Be Continuous - 19: Have We Forgotten How To Code?▲61
Paul and Edith discuss the fallout from left-pad
2016 · heavybit.com · its alternatives →
19
Refunct▲70
Vibrant first-person platformer
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
20
NTMY - 4: Ryan Hoover▲138
A chat about how Product Hunt started, VR and "hooverboards"
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
21
The Startup Tapes #023 — Enterprise is Eating the Software World▲55
with Ed Anuff (Apigee / Google)
2016 · its alternatives →
22
This Week in Startups - 642: News Roundtable▲89
Bots, VR, and Twitter with Veronica Belmont and Dave Mathews
2016 · thisweekinstartups.com · its alternatives →
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Onewheel+▲83
A new world of rideable terrain
2017 · onewheel.com · its alternatives →
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Stack Overflow Podcast - A Bunch of Bald Yaks▲66
HyperDev, the fastest way to bang out code and run it online
2016 · stackoverflow.blog · its alternatives →

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