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From Buckles to Games: The Journey of Rex Bowden and Africa Games Week

PreMortem.Games

Photos by Moe the Photographer Like the sturdy belt and shiny buckle Rex Bowden once helped sell as a child, entrepreneurship is woven into the fabric of this co-founder of Africa Games Week (AGW). He describes his music style as indie with hints of experimental electronica and dream rock.

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Anylysis • The games industry is thriving, so why lay off 8,000 people?

PreMortem.Games

Embracer, for example, regained favor from investors last week. Smaller, mostly privately-held game makers have had to let go of substantially larger groups of people. Reducing headcount is a tactic that goes over well with investors. Generally speaking, a cost reduction improves a firm’s profitability and with it its share price.

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Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin’

The Art of the Game

The above screenshot is from The Big Indie Pitch – a ‘speed dating’ style of pitching games to industry types; mostly for feedback, but there was a cash prize for the winner. I feel honored that I got an honorable mention, along with a twitter pal who is an amazing indie games advocate. I’m in a magazine!

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Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got ? And newly assembled groups often take a lot of time (even years) to evolve into a high-functioning team. The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games. The profiles make me think of something indie-looking.

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My week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and what I learned

CG Spectrum

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held last week in San Francisco, boasting 28,000 attendees ! Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, California, and let me tell you: it did not disappoint! Some of my GDC posse! They helped make each day extra fun.

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There Are Too Many Video Games

The Bottom Feeder

I've been working continuously making indie video games longer than, let's say, anyone. I was one of the first to correctly describe the indie bubble, writing blog posts that got many views and got me sweet gigs working for free giving talks at conferences. So let's get to it: There are too many indie games. A good long look.

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The Audit of Our 2023 Predictions

Deconstructor of Fun

This year even the indie developers have had to admit that App Store discovery is dead. Roughly put, 2023 created two groups of marketers. Yet one thing remains common for both groups. Verdict: CORRECT (1 Point) #2 Publishers Push to Off-Platform Payments Webshops, enabled by companies like Xsolla , have had a breakthrough year.

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