IndieGameBusiness®

How can you successfully drive live operations for a massive project with experience limited to small indie studios and startups? In this talk, join PUBG Madison Producer Sarah Spiers to learn how to leverage diverse backgrounds and development fundamentals to effectively navigate maintaining and improving a live project.

Sarah Spiers

Producer

PUBG Corporation

Sarah Spiers is an award-winning game producer from Madison, WI, currently working with PUBG Corporation. Her ambitions focus on growing small and mid-size studios to support robust production and operational processes. Sarah also serves as the interim executive director of the IGDA Foundation, where she oversees sponsorships and internal programming focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Recently, Sarah was named as part of the inaugural #QueerinGames list and inducted into the Women in Game’s Hall of Fame for her leadership in the gaming industry.

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Each and every week, Kimberly reviews pitch decks from teams on the IndieGameBusiness Discord. In this session, she'll be giving the feedback live for you to see. The decks have been submitted in advance to make sure the event flows smoothly but we encourage you to tune in and listen. Hopefully, you'll attend one of these workshops on the Discord with your own pitch deck in the future!

Kimberly Rodatos

Founder and President

Digital Owl

Founder and President of Digital Owl, Kimberly works closely with Epic Games and the Epic Games store. She sees more pitch decks than you can possibly imagine. Kimberly hosts weekly pitch deck reviews on the IndieGameBusiness Discord server and she's looking forward to sharing that experience with a live session during the conference.

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Kickstarter's Director of Games returns for another AMA about all things Kickstarter for video games. Join us and learn a little something or get your questions answered!

Director of Games

Kickstarter

Anya Combs is the Director of Games at Kickstarter. She has been in the digital games space for over a decade, overseeing multiple mobile and online titles launched for Nickelodeon & AddictingGames, and has worked with countless game creators launching successful projects on Kickstarter. She is excited to continue supporting game devs as they bring their creative projects to life.

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

How to keep a handle on your cash, spot upcoming problems, and deal with them before they become critical.

Too many businesses fail because they are unrealistic about how their cash flow will work. This talk will give attendees some simple tools that help them to know where they are, spot any upcoming problems and give them tools with which to deal with them.

Stephen Swan

CEO

Leapfrog Digital Limited

Lawyer and Accountant turned game developer and business consultant. CEO of Leapfrog Digital Ltd

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

This is a roundtable discussion (including a Q&A) with representatives of several major investment companies in the industry. We will cover how to successfully manage a relationship with investors after you have their interest and investment.

Elena Lobova

Founder

Achievers Hub

Elena Lobova is a founder of ACHIEVERS HUB, a platform that unites indie developers with investors, publishers, services, and mentors from all around the world. During her 10 years of experience in game development, Elena has managed a game development outsourcing company iLogos as COO and then CEO, founded and organized a game developers conference Get IT in Ukraine, consulted and advised various companies on business development, strategy, negotiations, and pitching. Elena enjoys traveling, networking, sharing, and connecting people with great ideas.

Today we talk with Oscar Clark from the publisher, Fundamentally Games, and ask the question, "why are you making games anyway?"

What is the reason you are making games? Is it for the fame? The fortune? The pleasure? We want to know! 

Fundamentally Games: www.fundamentally.games/

Oscar Clark: www..twitter.com/Athanateus

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Are you thinking about meeting with a publisher or have you met with one already? Jay has some tips and tricks for you and a list of things YOU SHOULD KNOW.

Get your questions about publishers ANSWERED TODAY!

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Are you thinking about meeting with a publisher or have you met with one already? Jay has some tips and tricks for you and a list of things YOU SHOULD KNOW.

Get your questions about publishers ANSWERED TODAY!

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Let's discuss Kickstarter campaigns with Francesca!

-The Cartomancy Anthology project, a collection of 22 games created by development teams all over the world.

-Current Kickstarter campaign and the logistics of making this huge project possible.

-Games anthologies and large-scale collections of games. Finding more community-centered ways to support independent game making and make experimental work possible.

facebook.com/CartomancyGame

instagram.com/cartomancygame/

twitter.com/ceschiii

twitter.com/CartomancyGame

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness

Jay and Indie talk about shady publishers and what red flags you should look for!

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

Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness

Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness