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Maia developer Simon Roth dispels the idea that indie developer success stories are entirely built on luck
Read More »Indie Fund reveals new investing partners
List of investors triples to 21 companies
Read More »The Astronauts’ Adrian Chmielarz on going from indie to triple-A… and back again
To take a studio from obscurity to prominence once is impressive. To do it three times is extraordinary. This is the feat managed by Adrian Chmielarz, the co-founder of Metropolis Software and People Can Fly. These two outlets became renowned for globally successful titles including Painkiller, Bulletstorm and Gears of …
Read More »Ten tips to get your indie game in the press
With the explosion of the indie scene, and the volume of games it continues to produce, it has become harder than ever to garner the attentions of the press. Authors and producers of the upcoming Independent By Design(pictured) Stace Harman and John Robertson – who are currently funding their book …
Read More »Five ways you can make your own luck as an indie developer
The co-founder of mobile indie studio Rodeo Games Ben Murch shares five ways in which you can help make your company a success. I hate flying. More specifically, the take-off part. I wish I was one of those people who could rationalise aircraft failures into the tiny percentage of them …
Read More »Interface: Indie experts share their advice for aspiring studios
Attendees at yesterday’s inaugural Interface event were treated to a full day of insightful talks and panel sessions designed to help developers get their games out there. Highlights included a closing keynote from Sony’s Shahid Ahmad, a pitching workshop from Jon Torrens, a panel of PR experts on how to …
Read More »ID@Xbox comes of age
Right now, most major publishers are chasing the booming indie market and Microsoft is no different with its ID@Xbox programme. The firm is coming off a busy few months. Earlier this year at GDC it announced that it was planning on having games from the scheme appear on both Xbox …
Read More »A PC developer’s tale – William Pugh on making The Stanley Parable
In October 2013, an experimental game from a developer called Galactic Caf emerged on Steam. It was The Stanley Parable – a fullly fleshed-out version of a Source Engine mod of the same name. The title was developed by two-man team Davey Wreden and William Pugh. But Pugh wasn’t always …
Read More »Opinion: There’s a huge opportunity for indie games merchandise
There seems to be a small mountain of merchandise for most triple-A releases at the moment, but Insert Coin’s Dan Long believes there is also a real appetite for indie game merchandise. When it comes to merchandising for video games, people often only stop to think about the big hitters …
Read More »Winners of The Barbican and TIGA’s indie competition revealed
Chosen games will be exhibited at Newcastle’s Life Science Centre for six months
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