by Daniel Doan | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development
I’ve done my fair share of design work over the years both for internal projects and external clients and thought I’d share a few pointers. Let’s talk user experience, also known as UX. A properly designed user experience allows players to lose themselves in...
by Daniel Doan | Apr 10, 2015 | Blog
It seems as though people are willing to pay less and less these days for indie games. Studios that slave for years on their beloved games have been setting their initial price point to somewhere between $1 and $10. Is this even remotely fair? Some might argue in the...
by Daniel Doan | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog
Are you considering starting your own game development studio? You might want to avoid the most common mistakes. There are many mistakes indie developers make when they first open the doors of their indie studio: being overstaffed/understaffed, underestimating how...
by Daniel Doan | Apr 3, 2015 | Blog
1. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS To make a living from indie games, you will have to start running your own business. There is no way around it. If this idea scares you, or you find it largely uninteresting, then get yourself a commercially-minded but creatively-sympathetic...
by Daniel Doan | Apr 1, 2015 | Blog
There is a lot of information out there on how to make it in the video game industry, but the truth of the matter is that a lot of stuff out there just won’t work. We wanted to show you the best ways to truly elevate your game development career. Many of these...
