In a recent interview conducted by Game Academy and Buildbox founder, Trey Smith, Florian Porkert, the creator of the hit game Ball Jump, shared a few of his top tips…
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A reader commented on yesterday’s post asking us how to endure those long, working hours. You know the ones I’m talking about: those work schedules that seemingly force you to…
Continuing our theme on unique ways to market your indie studio, today we’re going to focus on using merchandise to promote your indie games and studio at large. We’ve mentioned…
Marketing your indie studio is essential to your success – but almost everybody knows that. What’s more, it’s vital that you know of a few, unique ways to market your…
Hello everyone – and welcome to another exciting edition of Free Tool Friday! Every week, we take a look at a free tool designed to help you to work better…
Everybody loves contests – and if you don’t, you’re kidding yourself. Everyone wants to know they have a chance of winning something, and besides: contests are fun to enter (especially…
There is less than a month to go until North America’s biggest video game convention, E3, invades Los Angeles yet again. An event that is always jam-packed with breaking news,…
How many times have you picked up a game that you thought was going to be incredible, only to find that the game wasn’t quite as…challenging as you thought it…