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Are you thinking about meeting with a publisher or have you met with one already? Jay has some tips and tricks for you and a list of things YOU SHOULD KNOW. Get your questions about publishers ANSWERED TODAY! To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsultin...

Are you thinking about meeting with a publisher or have you met with one already? Jay has some tips and tricks for you and a list of things YOU SHOULD KNOW. Get your questions about publishers ANSWERED TODAY! To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsultin...

Let's discuss Kickstarter campaigns with Francesca! -The Cartomancy Anthology project, a collection of 22 games created by development teams all over the world. -Current Kickstarter campaign and the logistics of making this huge project possible. -Games anthologies and large-scale collections of games. Finding more community-centered ways to support independent game making and make experimental wo...

Jay and Indie talk about shady publishers and what red flags you should look for! To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Gam...

From video games to TV, the list of games to TV shows is growing exponentially! We have Larry Kuperman, Director of Nightdrive studios with us today and we are discussing the System Shock TV Mini-Series. https://twitter.com/larrykuperman  https://www.nightdivestudios.com/ https://twitter.com/NightDiveStudio To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie devel...

Today we are hanging out with John Cooney twitter.com/jmtb02 from Armor Games discussing why they went to a 4 day work week. We are going to dig deep into this and discussing a variety of things. - Why a small indie publishing team would choose to move to a four-day workweek. We researched several different models, we conducted extensive research (which was challenging given how little there was e...

We are talking with Tim Beaudet twitter.com/timbeaudet from Fyre Bytes www.fyregames.com about his journey to becoming a full-time indie developer. Topics of discussion today are: 1. The Indie Dream. 2. What are the Risks? 3. How He Prepared? 4. Why Time is a Cost 5. How Live Streaming Helped Him Please share the stream with your friends! To learn more about the show or our online business matchma...

Today we are talking with Damon Slye from Mad Otter Studios. They have the long running MMO, Villagers and Heroes which has been around for quite some time! Want to know a bit more about Damon? Here's what he had to say. "I've been running Mad Otter Games since 2007, and before that I cofounded Dynamix in 1983. Currently, we publish a cross-platform MMO, Villagers & Heroes. In the past, I was...

We welcome leaders from Mastiff, Fundamentally Games, Those Awesome Guys, and Neon Doctrine. They're going to be telling you what they want to see when you meet with them at a conference! #gamedevelopment #gameindustry #indiedev To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group:...

We sit down with the Director of Business Development from GlobalTopRound, Pontus Mahler to discuss getting funding for your indie game. We will cover topics such as: 1. How developers can make their funding presentations more appealing to investors 2. How developers can execute successfully to secure funding 3. How developers can use their funds to complete their projects 4. How to proceed next w...

Today we are talking with Andrew Czarnietzki from Only By Midnight twitter.com/onlybymidnight about their journey into publishing.  We will be discussing: - Their original marketing plan (including capital raised for paid marketing) - Marketing failure - Pivot to a publishing model - Finding the right publisher (including turning down a deal) and signing with Maximum Games To learn more about...

Today we are talking with Jim Mulford from acQyr eXchange about loyalty programs. We will be discussing why retail loyalty programs drive top and bottom-line growth, KPIs - proof points, best practices today, and will they work for the mobile and video gaming industry? To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game B...

Our expert panel entitled "How To Get Your Game Funded" is LIVE!. The panel is open to all members of the Discord and will be heard on the "How To Get Your Game Funded" channel. The panel is hosted by Elena Lobova, Founder of Achievers Hub and will include: - Archie Stonehill, Investor at Makers Fund - https://makersfund.com/ - Thibaud Morin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Level-Up - http://ww...

Legacy Games has been around for 23 years, making and selling games and working with 50+ developers; their strength has been at retail, selling casual games but that business is declining steadily. They are turning their talent for spotting great products, marketing and selling them towards indie games, and are launching a new program/website devoted to that. https://legacygamespublishing.com/ To...

On today's Indie Game Business, we are talking with Derek Lieu, the Creative Director from Derek Lieu Creative LLC about video game trailers. We are discussing the importance of your game trailers, when to start thinking about making a game trailer, how long it should be, and more. Check out Derek on these links.  http://instagram.com/derek_lieu http://twitter.com/derek_lieu https://www.linke...

Karl Kontus joins us from Video Game Insights to show you how to do market research for your game and he'll be answering your questions as well. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusines...

Today we are talking with Karla Reyes @kreyes121 and Kinsey Erickson @WaitWhatNoStop from Code Coven about Code Coven's summer program with Facebook Gaming! https://codecoven.co/ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live...

To help marginalized developers explore new monetization options outside of the Western norm, the IGDA Foundation established the $300,000 Diverse Game Developers Fund in February. In this discussion, we speak with IGDA Foundation Executive Director Nika Nour and Lead Project Manager Sarah Spiers to learn more about how their organization is supporting developers from emerging markets explore more...

We will discuss the evolution of video game 'translation' with historical errors and examples and how localization is the process we know and use today. We will elaborate on current processes, best practices, common mistakes and why Linguistic Quality Assurance is so important, and how context is key for your localization team. The presentation will show what to detect and how to analyze if the lo...

Let's talk about marketing video games! What is marketing? How do you know if it's effective? And, perhaps most importantly: where do you go from here?  Attendees will come away with a basic understanding of video game marketing, an opportunity to submit questions to be addressing during the panel, a shareable deck, and links to resources for further. To learn more about the show or our onlin...

Today we are talking with Leslee Sullivant (www.twitter.com/leslee_annsh) about production skills and methodologies. Learn how to take your vision and scope to the next level by estimating and anticipating work.  Learn about the tools that you need and how to go about it in the most efficient and effective ways. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie...

You don’t want a toxic outsourcing relationship. There are great benefits of hiring remote teams for development/ artwork work. However, many times you see companies failing to get their million-dollar ideas executed by WFH teams properly. In most cases, if an outsourcing studio is capable enough yet fails the project, it’s usually due to one problem: A organizational cultural mismatch between the...

Are you worried about your game’s prospects? Wondering how other games sell so well? Running out of ideas for spreading the word on your game?  In this very actionable talk, Chris Zukowski will demonstrate the tools and techniques he uses to research games and build an effective marketing plan. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit:...

Content Acquisition specialist Julia Kenny will detail the key features and considerations relating to the initial pitch discussion with publishers. From someone who has worked both on the publisher and developer side, how to pitch will discuss best practices for presenting a game. This will feature both practical tips on what to include in the pitch deck presentation, and high-level goals develop...

For successful developers, IP is more than half the company's total value! But how do you build this value? Christian Fonnesbech will share the creative and business-related foundations of building long-term brands and IPs. Takeaways: - Why are IPs so valuable?  - How does IP help you build a sustainable company? - What's the difference between an IP and a Brand? - What are the foundations yo...