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Carolina will talk about her work with producing impact games.  These are games that in addition to being fun to play, also have deeper connections to the communities and cultures portrayed in the games.  Carolina has worked on impact game projects in Central America, Asia, and the Middle East with focuses ranging from maternal health and civic engagement.  She champions an inclusive development process that ensures an impact framework is implemented across all of E-Line's creative and design processes.

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Top game development teams know that regular playtesting is the difference between a successful launch, and being forgotten at the bottom of the Steam charts. 

However many of the tools large game studios rely on are out of reach from indie and small game teams, due to being expensive or requiring specialist skills. This discourages small teams from doing playtesting, which has an impact on the quality of their games - issues are often not discovered until when it's too late to fix and fewer options are available to fix them.

In this talk, Steve will share how to run effective and affordable playtesting throughout game development, including: 

- How to find unbiased players to take part in playtests 

- How to find the right research method for your development questions 

- How to gather and analyze playtest data 

- How to prioritize and incorporate feedback from playtests into a development schedule 

You don’t need a full-time user research team, or lots of money, to build quality games. Save time and money by running usability playtests throughout development so that you can fix problems quickly and affordably!

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Overall view on the African Games Industry ecosystem, How African studios and Developers are striving to put a mark on the western saturated Games market.

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IP has evolved from written word for the masses to technology-driven  narrative curated for the single viewer. 

New technologies and platforms  have pushed consumers and society to think in a more immersive and 360  way, interconnecting areas such as gaming, film, and music. 

This is most  pronounced in the growth of the gaming ecosystem, where gaming has  evolved into creating a virtual world where players socialize, immerse  themselves and uniquely engage with an IP. IP is now platform-agnostic with the goal of growing and strengthening various communities. 

The gaming ecosystem has become the most interesting platform and system for  world-building as it’s evolved from single player narrative to people  building together to fulfill a vision. Future IP should be built for  this new evolution.

Pontus Mähler joins us today to discuss game events post-covid, beginning a startup, raising capital from publishers/investors, and what the Global Top Round Conference is all about! 

Global Top Round Conference 2022, Game Events post-covid, finding co-founders for your startup, raising capital from publishers and investors.

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On today's Indie Game Business, we have Caleb Smith, owner of Triangle Esports Academy!

We are discussing how interest in esports leads to video game development careers, esports in K-12 and collegiate education, esports education in K-12 and colleges, and all things esports!

You can follow Triangle Esports Academy on social media at:

facebook.com/triangleesportsacademy

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linkedin.com/company/triangleesportsacademy/

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Today, our special guest is Edward Moore and we will be speaking about all things User Experience!

Some of the topics we will cover today are:

* What is UX and why is it important for indie games

* General UX, localization, and certification consideration to get on digital storefronts worldwide (console and PC)

* Guerilla UX Research methods for indie game devs on a budget

* Accessibility in Game UX

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

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Today we have the developer of Backpack Hero, Jasper Cole!

Backpack Hero SMASHED their $20k goal on Kickstarter and raised $200k +!

We are going to be discussing Kickstarter, of course, and a few other things including.

Backpack Hero Kickstarter and Early Development

Inventory Management in Games

Gamejams and releasing free games on Itch

Backpack Hero Early Access starting August 15th

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

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Today on Indie Game Business we are discussing early access versus simultaneous release for video games with Brian Etheridge from Tripwire Presents!

Our topic list is: 

    When does early access NOT make sense? 

    Discussing early access with potential publishers first.

    Early access as a tool for pitching your game

    Early access on console/PC vs. mobile

    When to release on early access

    Alternatives to early access

and we will be taking questions from the community as well!

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

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

Thank you so much to Trip Wire Presents for sponsoring Indie Game Business! 

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Today we are talking with Jacques Benchetrit from Zordix and we will be learning about key debt terms, the M&A process in general, valuations in the press vs in actuality (i.e. how earnouts inflate headlines), the devil in the details of deal terms, and, the fundraising process.

Connect with Jacques on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbenchetrit/

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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business

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