How Indie Developers Combat Oppression
Today’s guest post is by Heather Ware of Mega Cat Studios. For a lot of people, the gaming community […]
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Game Dev Pro Tips Vol 5
Below is an excerpted collection of game development tips from Daniel Doan, Co-Founder of Black Shell Media. Enjoy! How
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Game Dev Pro Tips Vol 4
Below is an excerpted collection of game development tips from Daniel Doan, Co-Founder of Black Shell Media. Enjoy! How
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How to Build a Grassroots Indie Community
This guest post by Nicholas Laborde of Raconteur Games originally appeared on Gamasutra. Community. This is the word that
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Indie Insider Podcast #15 – Richard Bartle, Father of MMOs
On the fifteenth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Richard Bartle, Co-Creator of M.U.D. and
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Indie Insider Podcast #14 – Jason Della Rocca, Co-Founder of Execution Labs
On the fourteenth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Jason Della Rocca, Co-Founder of Execution
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The Effect of Being the #1 “Popular New Release” on Steam and How We Got There
We just launched Dungeon Souls, our most popular title, out of Early Access last Friday (12/02/2016). By the middle of
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Indie Insider Podcast #13 – Mark Soderwall, Founder of IndieGameU
On the lucky thirteenth episode of Indie Insider, host Logan Schultz sits down with Mark Soderwall, the founder of
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The Basics of Building Incremental Marketing Pipelines
Think about the last time you bought a game. How did you go about it? You probably didn’t go from
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Indie Insider Podcast #11 – Rick Davidson, Game Career Coach
It’s Thanksgiving here in the United States, and we’re all extremely thankful to all of you for listening to
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9 Things They Didn’t Tell Me About Being an Indie Developer
When I started working with Daniel on SanctuaryRPG, I had no idea what I was in for as an indie
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Started at the Bottom: The Importance of Your Marketing Story
The marketing story is the ‘meta-story’ behind the product; it’s the story of how the product came to be. In
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Channel Your Inner Journalist: Mastering the 7 News Beats
There is a distinct “news beat” that game companies follow for their launch, and once you notice these beats, you’ll
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Networking at a Game Convention Part 3: Following Through
This post is Part 3 of a three-part series outlining how to network at a gaming convention. In Part 1,
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Networking at a Game Convention Part 2: Get in There!
This article is Part 2 a 3-part series on networking at a convention. Check out Part 1 to discover what to do before a
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Networking at a Game Convention Part 1: The Calm Before the Social Storm
Last year’s Game Developers Conference had 26,000 industry professionals under one roof. That’s a heck of a lot of networking
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Gaming for Reality: 6 Gaming Nonprofits You Should Support
Nonprofit organizations have been well known to be powerful forces for good in society, and gaming nonprofits are no exception.
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The two categories of gaming immersion, or How I Became a VR Fanboy in 10 Minutes
If you asked a thousand random gamers what they thought the biggest gaming buzzword of the last few years was,
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From a “Proper Job” to Indie – Part 4: Assemble your Team
This post by Gary Burchell originally appeared on the Abandon Ship game blog. “From a ‘Proper Job’ to Indie” is
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Building for Success by Building a List of Your True Fans
Seeing numbers like Pokemon Go’s 100 million downloads can make you feel like you can easily get a slice of that