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“We treat all our players like whales”: Community management at 5th Planet games 26 Aug 2013 | 12:45 pm
“Zoe is a god to people.” I was interviewing Robert Winkler, CEO of 5th Planet Games. We’d been talking about his company’s platform policy (hit everything all the time) and their growth from ramen-p...
Can we get The Curve into the Bestseller charts? Please help 23 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
The Curve will be published on October 3rd 2013 in the US, the UK and the Commonwealth. (I know the Commonwealth is a bit old-fashioned, but it’s how the book industry divides up the English speaking...
“Your problem is that you are afraid of being punched in the face” 22 Aug 2013 | 03:13 pm
This was the borderline inappropriate comment that I made to a game designer at a client recently. The fact that the game designer was female didn’t exactly help my case. Yet this is the single bigge...
Funding our first independent project | Remode diary 1 21 Aug 2013 | 12:33 pm
This is the first in a series of development diaries from Remode. For other development diaries, check out the Spilt Milk diaries and Dlala Studios’ first post. I’m Ella Romanos, CEO of Remode, a ga...
Yesterday, I did something for the first time since I was 13 20 Aug 2013 | 02:41 pm
I fired up GameMaker and started to make a game. Actually, that’s a bit of an overstatement. I’m older now, and realise the value of following tutorials to save time later, so I’m just following the ...
Confessions of a failed indie developer 19 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
This is a guest post by Keith Judge, cross posted from AltDevBlogaDay.com At the Develop Conference in 2011, Sean Murray of Hello Games was the keynote speaker for the Indie Dev Day. One key point he...
[Gamesbriefers] Are sexist ad campaigns an inevitable result of A/B testing? 16 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
Quick note: the image to the right is a genderswapped parody produced by staff at free-to-play game studio Meteor. The story behind it is amazing. You should go read it at the Hawkeye Initiative. Que...
Dealing with online bullying and public criticism 13 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
Following Phil Fish’s dramatic retreat from online communication, I’ve been reflecting on one particular point that came out of the discussion about his problems. Many people say that ‘trolls’ are an ...
Social proof, sex and intrigue–a depressingly effective advertising combination 12 Aug 2013 | 03:32 pm
I just saw this ad in the Sponsored Link section of my Facebook feed, sandwiched between Farmville 2 and the Doctor Who Figure collection It is for Stormfall: Age of War, a Facebook game by Plarium, ...
Independent developers need partners, not “publishers” 12 Aug 2013 | 12:03 pm
This is a guest post from Giordano Contestabile of Tilting Point Media. Will Harbin, CEO of social games developer Kixeye, recently gave a Casual Connect keynote speech with the provocative title of ...
