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Submitting, Preparing & Showcasing An Indie Game At Indie-Megabooth & PAX!
An article sharing insights on our experience as exhibitors at Indie-Megabooth & PAX West. The blog also details various aspects of showcasing a game with an intention to help game developers prepare much more efficiently for such important events.
Sept. 19, 2016
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Showcasing your game at EVO
I’d like to share with you our experience with showcasing our upcoming game at various gaming events. Some are huge, well known events, like Gamescom and PAX, while others are more focused, on fighting games in our case, like EVO.
Sept. 19, 2016
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Lessons from the Skulldug! ARG
Skulldug! designer Jon Gill shares what his two-man tabletop studio learned when they created and ran a promotional alternate reality game for their crowdfunding backers.
Sept. 19, 2016
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The iMessage is the Medium
With iOS 10, iMessage now has 3rd party apps. Because these apps sit in the context of a chat session, and players can add apps during a chat session, this makes player to player social gaming far more appealing by removing friction in the process.
Sept. 19, 2016
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MonoGame – Building multi-platform solutions
This tutorial walks through the best practices with MonoGame projects with the intention of hitting as many platforms as possible.
Sept. 19, 2016
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Video Game Music Composer: Music and Sound in VR Headphones (Part Two)
This article by video game music composer Winifred Phillips explores the technology of audio headphones built specifically for virtual reality. Topics include galvanic vestibular stimulation, VR motion sickness issues and ergonomic design considerations.
Sept. 19, 2016
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Raw Data becomes first VR title to hit $1M in a month
Vive-exclusive sci-fi shooter Raw Data has become the first virtual reality game to hit $1 million in sales in the space of a month.
Sept. 16, 2016
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No Man's Sky PR strategy 'wasn't great,' says PlayStation head Yoshida
Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida says he understands why players might be frustrated with Hello Game's procedurally generated space explorer, No Man's Sky.
Sept. 16, 2016
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Battlefield 1 just had the biggest beta in EA history
The open beta for Battlefield 1 has become the biggest in publisher EA's history, attracting 13.2 million players in just over a week.
Sept. 16, 2016
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Poland puts CD Projekt Red's Witcher on official postage stamps
It's rare to see a nation recognize the work of game developers with an official stamp, and it's a fun nod to how highly Poland seems to value CDPR's games.
Sept. 16, 2016
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After big losses, Mad Catz sells its Saitek controller biz for $13M
Mad Catz sold off Saitek in a $13M deal with Logitech that will see the latter firm acquiring the brand, all of its accompanying flight/space/farm sim game controller assets, and 8 Saitek employees.
Sept. 16, 2016
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Come out to VRDC and learn to make great interactive VR characters
Come to VRDC in November and hear Limitless chief Tom Sanocki (a veteran of Bungie and Pixar!) talk about designing 'Gary the Gull', an interactive VR film that talks to you -- and you can talk back!
Sept. 16, 2016