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AUGUST 7, 2024

No More Robots founder Mike Rose explains how cynicism can ensure survival and offers indie devs some pitching advice.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The indies love Xbox Game Pass, and the unions believe the merger will offer a blueprint for labor relations in the game industry.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 9, 2024

"If you find yourself a bit bored while playing the next AAA title, thinking something like “I’ve seen this so many times before”, open a search engine of your choice, type “indie games” and press enter."

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Indie publisher Versus Evil reportedly laid off its entire staff as the holidays have begun, closing its doors after ten years in operation.

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Game Developer

MARCH 29, 2024

The line between triple-A and indie is very thin for studios like Evil Empire and Thunder Lotus, so they've made a space for themselves.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The new publisher is geared toward indie games based on systems and with the potential to foster passionate communities.

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Indie developers like Quinn K, Cosmo D, Taylor McCue and more name their "unsung heroes" of 2023.

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Game Developer

MARCH 2, 2023

Aran Koning and Ruben "Rubna" Naus, two members of indie quartet Sockpop Collective, share what they learned after releasing a century of games.

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Game Developer

MAY 9, 2024

Yes, the industry is experiencing a shift, but change often breeds opportunity, especially for nimble indie developers.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 30, 2023

How 2DBoy created 2008 indie darling World of Goo , with a little illumination from WiiWare and Steam.

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Game Developer

MARCH 20, 2023

Attorney Kellan Voyer laid out five common problem areas for indie developers to watch out for in publishing contracts, including issues with licensing, DLC, and IP.

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Game Developer

MARCH 14, 2023

Unity's data shows that indie developers are looking to crunch less, and strategizing to get games to market faster.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 1, 2024

Ex-staff claim the publisher has eliminated its entire publishing team. If true, it's unclear what that means for the games Armor's expected to publish.

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Game Developer

JUNE 9, 2023

The French studio said it wants to help Indies create "the best version of the game they are developing."

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Indie publisher Hooded Horse specializes in certain genres and takes a strong tact in marketing to niche players.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Merge's story comes to a close after a 15-year run.

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Game Developer

MAY 20, 2024

The IndieDev program will grant £15,000 / €15,000 to the seven studios in the island of Ireland to generate ideas and create game prototypes.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How can you trust a business partner that will radically change the terms not only of your future relationship, but your existing one as well?

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Game Developer

JULY 8, 2024

The news comes amid rumours that Embracer has shuttered the Gothic and Risen maker.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The country's 18-month program will provide current and future studio founders with money and guidance to run their teams and help grow out the German game industry.

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Game Developer

MARCH 4, 2025

'One of the key goals for the relaunched Acclaim is to resurrect and revitalize its beloved portfolio of classic IP.'

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Here are some 2024 tips for being an exhibitor/booth staff, based on experience from PAX East, GDC, and PAX West.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 7, 2024

The fledgling company will deploy a financing model built around 'small acquisition-type buyouts of existing titles.'

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 7, 2024

But not in the world Tomasz Ostafin, founder of indie studio Petums , is creating. Pirofauna is the second game by tiny indie studio Petums. That took seven years…) The post In Pirofauna by Polish indie studio Petums, fire is the hero of the forest appeared first on PreMortem Games. Petums is actually just me.

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Game Developer

MARCH 11, 2025

Generative AI is becoming more prevalent in games, and not every developer is completely honest about their intentions with it.

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Game Developer

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Solo VR dev Zander Dejah, formerly gameplay programmer on Vader Immortal, explores finding the fun with Vendetta Forever.

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MAY 22, 2024

The Company of Heroes studio hasn't been independent since THQ acquired it over 20 years ago.

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Game Developer

JANUARY 18, 2024

After 15 years and developing the likes of Battle Planet and All I Have is Time, Threaks is definitively calling it quits later this year.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Recorded during GDC Showcase 23, we picked strategist Chris Zukowski's brain about how to best cut through the noise and successfully market an indie game.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 5, 2024

Amber is putting its focus toward 'emerging markets,' and snatcheed up Madbricks to get a foothold in South America's game industry.

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Game Developer

AUGUST 29, 2024

Game narratives change all the time during the production. In this article we describe the methods we use to quickly iterate on our narrative content.

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Game Developer

JULY 11, 2024

The new publisher will target smaller studios looking for their first break into the game industry, and will release multiple projects in the near future

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Game Developer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Game Developers Conference has donated several passes to Indie Giving, which provides discounted rates for hopeful attendees in exchange for one day of volunteering with a Bay Area charity group.

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Game Wisdom

MARCH 17, 2025

Indie Interview With MI Pixel Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" For this perceptive podcast, I spoke with Michael “MI Pixel” to talk about making his first game, Defend from Candyland before talking about some of the lessons learned about marketing and indie dev.

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Game Developer

MARCH 1, 2024

CEO Koen Deetman says the cuts come after trying to prevent them from hitting the staff 'as long as humanly possible.'

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

'We weren’t quite ready to throw in the towel just yet.'

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Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

There's one thing that combines those two games: they require patience and experimentation. They are expressive. Even though on the surface they’re very different, they both just feel amazing to play!'

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