PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 5, 2024

European indie game developers can submit their game no later than Thursday 11 January. The post European indie game devs have one week left to submit for the European Game Showcase at GDC 2024 appeared first on PreMortem Games. The event will be held at Swissnex located at Pier 17 in the Embarcadero, San Francisco during GDC.

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Game Developer

MARCH 25, 2024

The studio's next project is vaguely described as a return to its work before being made into a Call of Duty support dev.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Indie Game Dev Fund Just Launched If you are an indie game developers, with a PC or Console game in development with at least a playable demo, the just launched Game Dev Fund might be ideal for you.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Crop Circle is one of many studios from Undead Labs founder Jeff Strain, and is at work on an unannounced project.

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Game From Scratch

AUGUST 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials by GameDev.TV Humble Bundle The Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers featuring game development courses from GameDev.TV. Additionally artists are not being forgotten as it … Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials by GameDev.TV

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Game Developer

MARCH 22, 2024

"This is a rough environment for a lot of indie studios, and like them, we're faced with some very hard choices."

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Game Developer

MARCH 5, 2024

Like other indie studios before it, Nine Dots is turning to publishing to help smaller studios get their games out the door.

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Game Developer

MARCH 26, 2024

Stay lean, make games with your heart, and steal from the best.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 20, 2024

Solo dev Tuomas Auronen , operating under the name Redbeak Games , looks pretty relieved three days after the launch of his game Mortal Glory 2. Working in a good team would likely be the most ideal way to do indie game development. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs. How do you deal with that? “I

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

Intricate mechanics The dev team faced two major challenges when translating the physical act of climbing to gameplay mechanics: replicating the intricate mechanics of grip, support, weight, and motion, and ensuring user-friendliness. Boogaard: “It was our idea to create an excellent game for interested people, not an okay one for everyone.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 11, 2024

Indie Interview With Lee Easson and Odd Infinitum Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I interviewed self-taught indie developer Lee Easson about working on his first game Odd Infinitum.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 28, 2024

Indie Showcase 185 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The indie showcase highlights the many indie games we play weekly on this channel. 0:00 Intro… The post Indie Showcase 185 appeared first on Game Wisdom. Get in touch if you would like to submit a game.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the game now announced for a 2024-release, the part time solo dev is motivated to finish the game. The advantage of the indie space in general is that we get to work on smaller, more niche ideas. I drastically underestimated just how much time Marketing would take The toll on your mental health can be quite high as a solo dev.

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Game Wisdom

JANUARY 29, 2024

Indie Game Showcase 186 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The indie showcases highlight the many indie games we play here on the channel. All games shown are either press key submissions or demos.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The State of Indie Game Coverage Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The state of the indie market has changed and so has getting coverage on your game.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. On Twitter , she’s known to her 13K+ followers as ‘dev on a boat’. I went to school twice for game dev, both times did not work out. Maybe I can work at a small indie company, I guess I haven’t tried. last year as a solo developer.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Solo dev Lente lives and works on a boat and that shows in her game Spilled! Despite being a solo dev all that time, he never really struggled with his motivation. “I

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Google has announced that applications are open for its 2023 Indie Game Fund. The $2 million investment will select a group of small Latin American game studios. Read more

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

With Mad About Pandas, Focus continues its goal of becoming another big name publisher in the games space.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 9, 2023

Today sees the arrival of a new indie publishing label in the form of Cult Games. Cult will be responsible for publishing Galacticare – the sci-fi hospital management game by War for the Overworld dev Brightrock Games – as well as the next title from Witch Beam, the studio behind the multi-BAFTA winning puzzle game Unpacking.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2023

The India Hero Project offers developers funding and resources to help developers bring their games to market, including financial help (a minimum of $100,000), marketing, access to dev kits and tech support, plus other promotional opportunities. Developers in India can also make use of PlayStation Studios' internal resources and expertise.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox DoubleFine Productions and Iam8bit have announced that the next Days of the Devs event will occur on December 6. The indie game presentation, in partnership with the Game Awards, will be livestreamed. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2023

When he left his day job in 2014 to become a full-time indie developer, he realised he had to come up with something special to stand out from the crowd. In 2014 I decided to leave my (unrelated) day job after saving up money for years in order to go ‘full indie’. It’s hard to get noticed as an indie dev.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If UEFN is the future for Epic 5.0, what's it like making games for it? Cabbage Systems co-founders Kevin Cancienne and Margaret Robertson have some ideas.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 15, 2023

Yet in the past few years we've seen the rise of several showcases that do a great job of presenting everything happening in the indie space, from Wholesome Direct and Guerrilla Collective to the veteran-run Day of the Devs.

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Game Wisdom

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Indie Game Showcase #169 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Each showcase highlights the many indie games we play on the stream here, if you would like to submit a game for a future video and stream please reach out.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Thank you for the great game dev stories appeared first on PreMortem Games. The post So long 2023!

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 12, 2024

When we hire engineers for game dev, be it AAA or indie, we look for candidates who can work with a team and have a knack for solving problems with performant, legible, and elegant code. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Unity Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

While the list of indie studios building with assets from the Unity Asset Store grows by the day, here are four stories to inspire you in your quest to build your dream game.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Indie creators must submit their game for consideration by September 20.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

My friend and I collaborated on a small indie game about the Wild West, called Dead Dust. The toll on your mental health can be quite high for solo devs. That’s where I get my motivation from.” Will you ever work in a team or is it only solo for you? Yes, I have experience working in a team, and it was positive!

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Game Wisdom

MAY 30, 2023

Indie Game Showcase #162 Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" The indie showcases highlight the many games we play here on the channel. All games shown are either demos or press … The post Indie Game Showcase #162 appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game Wisdom

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

How Nextfest and Festivals Changed Indie Game Marketing Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com For this chat, we have a mini roundtable discussion about how steam festivals and nextfest have changed the state of Steam and marketing your game, and what does that mean as an indie developer.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2023

Spanish solo dev Daniel Manzano (aka Dr. Kucho !) Which is only avoided with a well-defined hierarchy of power and/or competencies that not everyone in the indie world is willing to assume. The post Solo dev Dr.Kucho fights for true video games: “People play guided tours now” appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I didn’t take the thought seriously until I watched Indie Game The Movie and even then it was another few years before I released my first game, Swoopy Boi. The post Solo dev Rohan Nowell of Doggy Don’t Care “Just start building and ideas will come” appeared first on PreMortem Games. I want to work smart, not hard.”

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 12, 2024

For me, it has always been a goal to make Hitori De Productions mean something in the world of indie horror games”, he says. “I For me, it has always been a goal to make Hitori De Productions mean something in the world of indie horror space. Chris is a wonderful and very understanding person, so he had no objections.”

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Danish studio described Ghost Ship Publishing as a "passion project."

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