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A Postmortem. Making Games Is Easy. Selling Them, Not So Much.A Postmortem. Making Games Is Easy. Selling Them, Not So Much.

To mark the 1 year anniversary of releasing my last game, and after mulling on the project for the past year, I thought I’d do a quick postmortem (of sorts) on the project. Some hard lessons were learned and some truths uncovered, so here goes..

byChris Shrigley

Oct 15, 2019

8 Min Read

The Problem of the Indie Game Pedestal The Problem of the Indie Game Pedestal

Oct 14, 2019

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Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone Boycotts, Concrete Genie, Indie Sales 2 Video Game Deep Cuts: Hearthstone Boycotts, Concrete Genie, Indie Sales 2

bySimon Carless

Oct 11, 2019

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Hidden Treasures: A look at Scavenger Hunts in two modern Adventure Games Hidden Treasures: A look at Scavenger Hunts in two modern Adventure Games

Oct 11, 2019

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Region-Based Narrative Region-Based Narrative

byNathan Savant

Oct 11, 2019

9 Min Read

The simple most difficult challenge of bringing Frostpunk to consoles The simple most difficult challenge of bringing Frostpunk to consoles

byJakub Stokalski

Oct 11, 2019

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