Alexandre Lainé, Game Manager at Gameloft discussed with Adrien Bacchi, CEO of Chibi Phoenix and fellow French citizen living in Bulgaria.

Alexandre moved to Bulgaria 12 years ago for a career opportunity and stayed for Gameloft, which he called his biggest love story. He also learned to love Bulgaria, a country that at the time recently joined the European Union.

He explains why Bulgaria can be on the European opposite side of France, but at the same time be so close.  On the business side, the video game expert also explains that the birthplace of the Cyrillic script is attracting more and more entrepreneurs from various sectors.

The French native describes how the video game industry changed, from his personal stories. According to Alexandre, you have to learn all the time because it is a fast-evolving industry, and techniques that were applied 10 years ago don't work anymore. The metaverse, for instance, is closely connected with video games.

Both video games professional also discuss the challenge of understanding this business, for instance for investors, which they consider a risky investment.

Alexandre believes that Sofia can become a hub of the industry. The video game community in Bulgaria doubled in terms of professionals in the last 10 years.

If you are interested in Bulgaria, we talked about Bulgaria in episode 13 of La French Tech on Air.

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