by Black Shell Media | Feb 12, 2017 | Blog, Business, Guest Post, Marketing
Today’s guest post by Jon Denton, video game critic and consultant, originally aired on Jon’s YouTube channel as a video. Check it out! In my eleven years of covering games, consulting on games, and even on occasion helping market games, the sheer...
by Black Shell Media | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development, Guest Post
Today’s guest post is by Zachary C. Strebeck, an attorney as well as regular blogger at Gamasutra and Ind13.com. While self-publishing a game is easier than ever, finding success can be an uphill climb for a new indie developer. Working with a publisher...
by Black Shell Media | Jan 16, 2017 | Blog, Business, Guest Post
Today’s guest post is by Justin Fischer of Breaking the Wheel, a site dedicated to improving video game production through better processes. Roy Disney once said, “It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” At first...
by Black Shell Media | Jan 15, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development, Guest Post, Marketing
This post by Gary Burchell first appeared on the Abandon Ship Dev Blog. Coming up with a name for your Game can be a hard decision. It is something that will be attached to your project forever, and can make a massive impact on how the game is perceived. In...
by Black Shell Media | Jan 4, 2017 | Blog, Business, Game Development, Guest Post
Today’s guest post is by Heather Ware of Mega Cat Studios. For a lot of people, the gaming community isn’t a welcoming and friendly environment like it should be. How is this possible? Video games have always been about having fun with those around you,...
by Black Shell Media | Dec 24, 2016 | Blog, Business, Game Development, Guest Post
This guest post by Nicholas Laborde of Raconteur Games originally appeared on Gamasutra. Community. This is the word that defines the game industry from my perspective. My name is Nicholas Laborde, and I started a little indie company called Raconteur Games a...