by Black Shell Media | Nov 29, 2017 | Blog, Game Development, Marketing
There’s been a lot of debate as to whether game demos are good or bad. There’s the argument that demos are great because they encourage potential customers to try your game out, when they may not otherwise. There’s also the argument that they’re bad because someone...
by Barbara PM | Nov 22, 2017 | Game Design, Game Development, Uncategorized
Testing the usability of your video game means evaluating how happy, comfortable, and satisfied your potential users are when they play it. It seems obvious that you’d want your video game to meet all of those standards, but achieving them is probably not something...
by Alex Cicala | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog, Game Development, Technology
There are no bones about building a computer for game development. Many indie developers don’t plan on building a computer the first time they start making games. Many use the system they already have, whether it is a outdated low tier Macintosh laptop or a...
by Jennifer Mendez | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development, Writing
Even the most creative people in the world struggle with creativity at some point in their lives. It can be in the form of failure, with their ideas not succeeding, or it can simply be a genuine lack of ideas. As Brene Brown, author of Braving the Wilderness once...
by Raghav Mathur | Oct 7, 2017 | Blog, Game Design, Game Development, Marketing
Getting players to share your content can be a very tricky task. The bulk of it requires creativity, the ability to create content that is attention grabbing and interesting enough to share and make it go viral. Viral marketing can take a lot of time, effort, luck,...
by Jennifer Mendez | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development
Building a game community involves plenty of work. You have to establish moderators, secure and reliable servers, as well as plenty of rewards for players who are highly active. There’s a lot of trial and error involved, but what if we told you there are two...