IndieGameBusiness®

Are you a Game Designer taking on your first Game AI system and you don’t really know where to start? Are you a programmer writing very elegant code for a boss fight leaving the player a bit indifferent? Are you a producer attempting to make some critical cuts in a series of assets while trying to maintain a maximum of bang for your bucks? This talk might be FOR YOU! Join me as we explore the basics of game AI  systems and the quick tricks and hacks to convince your boss and your players that you TOTALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING :P To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

Are you ready to pitch your game to a publisher but you just don’t know how much budget is acceptable to ask for? Or do you simply want to learn how to get a quick fact check on your current scope? If you are interested in making your game viable for the market, this talk will give you an overview of where and what to look for and how estimating unit sales early on can help you understand if your scope and budget are viable. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

This informal, highly interactive panel will bring together members of the gameHERs team to discuss such things as how they started the company, how they grew their community, the roles in the company, how we partner with brands, how our first annual gameHERs awards went viral, why the founders try to be the 4 least important people in the room, how we went about raising money when less than 3% of women-founded companies receive outside funding and more! We want the audience to learn more about all the awesome women in our community, all the incredible organizations we work with who have paved the way for women in gaming, we'd love to inspire women who may be listening and most of all answer any questions the audience may have for us or for any of our teammates who may also be on the panel. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

How indie studios can work together to stay afloat. This talk will cover some time-tested tactics and some half-baked idealistic theories (that may hold water) for how micro to medium sized indie game studios can work together to decrease risk and strengthen your business, so we can all stay afloat in this turbulent sea of an industry that we love so much. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

The audience will learn the different type of motivation and their effect on the player/s, and how to correctly apply them to increase  player satisfaction and the game monetization To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

A look at sales numbers, what can be expected trying to sell your first game, and ideas for improving your odds.  This is a bit of a case study showing the difficulties of selling a small indie game.  I explore creating a small side project to gain experience launching a game and face the harsh reality of how difficult it is to market and sell a game.  I cover the numbers of sales, what was effective at generating sales, and what seemed like it should have had an impact but didn't.  I also discuss things that I could have done better.  This may have some depressing numbers, but hopefully, a dose of reality will help devs better prepare for what may happen after launch. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

Victoria Tran is the community manager for Among Us and she's going to drop some wisdom and answer any of your questions. https://twitter.com/TheVTran https://sites.google.com/view/thevtran/ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

Today we will be discussing: How Bradford built a following of over 100k in less than a year, starting with 0 The stereotype of the typical gamer and how gamer businesses keep trying to prove  made by gamers for gamers The stereotype of the lazy, unmotivated basement-dweller How most gaming related businesses totally ignore their marketing plan https://www.thegamerpreneur.com/business To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

Making it as a freelancer has never been easy, and especially now in the digital age many have had a hard time adapting to freelancing and networking in virtual space. Join us as we talk with freelancers from all different aspects of game dev share their experience as freelancers and how they've adapted their careers in a post-COVID world. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie

Join us today w/ Guy Blomberg (@Yugstar) the creator of @GIGathering sharing a new virtual event experience within the gaming industry. #TheGIG connects various people while in a much safer and inclusive virtual space. #gamedev #videogames To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie