by Raghav Mathur | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development
The number one golden rule of business: Always have a contract. Contracts help clarify business relationships on paper and provide mutual protection for everyone involved. Whether it’s a one-off consulting contract or an ongoing revenue share contract, you should be...
by Black Shell Media | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog, Business, Indie Insider, Interview
Indie Insider Indie Insider #30 - Tyler Bushnell, Founder of Polycade Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 10 seconds 00:00 / 68:04 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Download file | Play in new window | Duration:...
by Daniel Doan | Apr 16, 2017 | Blog, Business, Developer Spotlight
Design risk. This is the basic idea that your game might completely suck on release. Okay, so you have a great design document, and everything is perfectly outlined. You then call in your crack team of programmers and . . . they say they can’t code the game with your...
by Jennifer Mendez | Apr 13, 2017 | Blog, Business, Marketing
Consider the following scenario: you’re working on a game, and it’s going to take a while. You’ve already launched a game, and it sold very well. Now that technology has been improving and coming up with all sorts of crazy things you could do, would...
by Barbara PM | Apr 12, 2017 | Business, Game Design, Game Development
Consulting companies are a very common type in the software development world. One day, one company decides to outsource the development of a certain product or the maintenance of a service to a third-party provider that knows better. This is also happening when...
by Jennifer Mendez | Apr 6, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development
Jobs in gaming aren’t like others. In fact, jobs in games are creative, demanding, exciting and intense. They’re filled with deadlines and time crunches, sure, but also with a great sense of pride over being able to create something artistic. Something...