IndieGameBusiness®

We are talking with the CMO and CEO of Indie World Order Con today! Want to know what it is, what it's all about, and where it's headed? You are in the right place! We will be getting into the nitty-gritty and find out how it can help you as a game developer and more. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Bu...

I'll provide a framework for people to navigate environments in a post #metoo ​ era, without throwing away opportunities for love and relationships. This session will help male-dominated sectors like the gaming industry, to better understand the implications of sexual harassment, how to navigate business and professional environments, and help those who may be struggling with an identity crisis as...

Game Developers will grasp the value of planning a budget in pre-production for game audio. In addition to selecting team members to perform such services early during the design process to prevent extra production delays and well-crafted game experiences. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is pr...

Money makes game development a lot easier. But what happens if you pitch  and do everything right and still don't get the funding? Here's a group of game developers who have found creative solutions for when the typical funding routes don't work out. And the games still got made!  For those who don't appeal to publishers or funds, hopefully, they feel less like a failure and are filled w...

A live presentation and Q&A on how to discover and research your partners before you sign long-term contracts. 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: t...

Are you a Game Designer taking on your first Game AI system and you don’t really know where to start? Are you a programmer writing very elegant code for a boss fight leaving the player a bit indifferent? Are you a producer attempting to make some critical cuts in a series of assets while trying to maintain a maximum of bang for your bucks? This talk might be FOR YOU! Join me as we explore the basi...

Are you ready to pitch your game to a publisher but you just don’t know how much budget is acceptable to ask for? Or do you simply want to learn how to get a quick fact check on your current scope? If you are interested in making your game viable for the market, this talk will give you an overview of where and what to look for and how estimating unit sales early on can help you understand if your...

This informal, highly interactive panel will bring together members of the gameHERs team to discuss such things as how they started the company, how they grew their community, the roles in the company, how we partner with brands, how our first annual gameHERs awards went viral, why the founders try to be the 4 least important people in the room, how we went about raising money when less than 3% of...

How indie studios can work together to stay afloat. This talk will cover some time-tested tactics and some half-baked idealistic theories (that may hold water) for how micro to medium sized indie game studios can work together to decrease risk and strengthen your business, so we can all stay afloat in this turbulent sea of an industry that we love so much. To learn more about the show or our onlin...

The audience will learn the different type of motivation and their effect on the player/s, and how to correctly apply them to increase  player satisfaction and the game monetization 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 offici...

A look at sales numbers, what can be expected trying to sell your first game, and ideas for improving your odds.  This is a bit of a case study showing the difficulties of selling a small indie game.  I explore creating a small side project to gain experience launching a game and face the harsh reality of how difficult it is to market and sell a game.  I cover the numbers of sales,...

Victoria Tran is the community manager for Among Us and she's going to drop some wisdom and answer any of your questions. https://twitter.com/TheVTran https://sites.google.com/view/thevtran/ 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 of...

Today we will be discussing: How Bradford built a following of over 100k in less than a year, starting with 0 The stereotype of the typical gamer and how gamer businesses keep trying to prove  made by gamers for gamers The stereotype of the lazy, unmotivated basement-dweller How most gaming related businesses totally ignore their marketing plan https://www.thegamerpreneur.com/business To lear...

Making it as a freelancer has never been easy, and especially now in the digital age many have had a hard time adapting to freelancing and networking in virtual space. Join us as we talk with freelancers from all different aspects of game dev share their experience as freelancers and how they've adapted their careers in a post-COVID world. To learn more about the show or our online business matchm...

Join us today w/ Guy Blomberg (@Yugstar) the creator of @GIGathering sharing a new virtual event experience within the gaming industry. #TheGIG connects various people while in a much safer and inclusive virtual space. #gamedev #videogames 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 Pow...

Retrospective of our campaigns + Kickstarter funding analysis + Current Meta for Funding Big Audience should leave planning to run a Kickstarter, even if they were not planning on doing so before. 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...

Learn when & why you should consider working with streamers as part of your #indiegame marketing strategy. 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: twitc...

Ask anything you want about Kickstarter with their Director of Games, Anya Combs! 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...

This lecture focuses on how past combat experiences evolved into making a  game. We also go into detail about how this affects the creative process. 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/indiega...

An overview of past, current, and future M&A deals, trends, and insights from the Corporate Development Director of EG7. EG7 is a global gaming cooperative comprised of established companies from around the world that specialize in video game entertainment such as Daybreak Games, Piranha Games, Antimatter Games, Toadman Studios, Petrol, Sold Out, and Big Blue Bubble. Our mission is to provide...

To give the audience a transparent overview and comparison of 4 different methods of funding (VC, bank, credit cards, and UA funds) while highlighting each advantage but also their opportunity costs. Depending on the allotted time I would like to kick this session off with the question of publisher or self-publishing (funding?) as only for the latter these four options really make sense.  The...

The session aims to give a brief introduction on how new technologies and features such as asset tokenization and micro-rewards in Bitcoin blockchain-based games using sidechain like Liquid or Lighting Network have brought a completely new form of relations between Studios, Publishers, and their audiences. These technologies are already being used in other fields and its arrival to the gaming indu...

You don't need ISBN or local publisher for driving sales and marketing in China! Listen to this talk from Logan Liu, the CEO of Arcus Key as he talks about marketing your game in China. 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 officia...

Failing is a necessary and essential part of learning. We're discussing how to prepare for it and learn from it. #videogames ​ #gamedevelopment ​ #indiegamebusiness 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...

Chel is an award winning composer for games such as Kine and Watch This Space. She joins us today to talk about making it as a freelancer and offering her tips for networking. (and why Fiverr is the "scourge of the Earth") _________________ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: https://indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced b...