IndieGameBusiness®

By Jay PowellLeisure Video Games

IndieGameBusiness® episodes

May 21, 2021 Game Trailer Editing with Creative Director, Derek Lieu
On today's Indie Game Business, we are talking with Derek Lieu, the Creative Director from Derek Lieu Creative LLC about video game trailers.
We are discussing the importance of your game trailers, when to start thinking about making a game trailer, how long it should be, and more.
Check out Derek on these links.
http://instagram.com/derek_lieu
http://twitter.com/derek_lieu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dereklieu/

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
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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
1 hr 9 min
May 21, 2021 Market Research Tips For PC Games with Karl Kontus
Karl Kontus joins us from Video Game Insights to show you how to do market research for your game and he'll be answering your questions 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
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

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1 hr 5 min
April 30, 2021 Code Coven: Summer Program with Facebook Gaming
Today we are talking with Karla Reyes @kreyes121 and Kinsey Erickson @WaitWhatNoStop from Code Coven about Code Coven's summer program with Facebook Gaming!
https://codecoven.co/
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
1 hr 5 min
April 13, 2021 IGDA Foundation Diverse Game Developer Fund - What You Need To Know
To help marginalized developers explore new monetization options outside of the Western norm, the IGDA Foundation established the $300,000 Diverse Game Developers Fund in February. In this discussion, we speak with IGDA Foundation Executive Director Nika Nour and Lead Project Manager Sarah Spiers to learn more about how their organization is supporting developers from emerging markets explore more globally-minded models of revenue generation.

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

1 hr 12 min
April 13, 2021 Alexis Biro (Terra Localizations) Localization QA: Yay of Nay? Localization QA: Yay of Nay?
We will discuss the evolution of video game 'translation' with historical errors and examples and how localization is the process we know and use today. We will elaborate on current processes, best practices, common mistakes and why Linguistic Quality Assurance is so important, and how context is key for your localization team. The presentation will show what to detect and how to analyze if the localization work was done properly. We will also showcase studies as examples of these items, of both Indie and AAA games.
The audience will receive:
A model LQA Sheet + Query sheet examples + Bug Report sheet
and useful links to guarantee the best localization possible for their games.
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

1 hr 2 min
April 09, 2021 Chris Faylor (vgReleaseList) Marketing and Video Games: WTF
Let's talk about marketing video games! What is marketing? How do you know if it's effective? And, perhaps most importantly: where do you go from here?
Attendees will come away with a basic understanding of video game marketing, an opportunity to submit questions to be addressing during the panel, a shareable deck, and links to resources for further.
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

58 min
April 09, 2021 Break Into Creative Ways of Production with your Team! Guest: Leslee Sullivant
Today we are talking with Leslee Sullivant (www.twitter.com/leslee_annsh) about production skills and methodologies.

Learn how to take your vision and scope to the next level by estimating and anticipating work. Learn about the tools that you need and how to go about it in the most efficient and effective ways.

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
1 hr 15 min
April 08, 2021 Culture: The Key To Outsourcing Success
You don’t want a toxic outsourcing relationship.
There are great benefits of hiring remote teams for development/ artwork work. However, many times you see companies failing to get their million-dollar ideas executed by WFH teams properly.
In most cases, if an outsourcing studio is capable enough yet fails the project, it’s usually due to one problem: A organizational cultural mismatch between the client and the outsourcing team.
Culture varies from region to region and in most instances, impacts the way people work. If two parties from completely different cultures fail to understand this key concept, then most likely their project will suffer from communication problems and ultimately fail.
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

43 min
April 07, 2021 Chris Zukowski - How to spy on your competition to build your marketing plan
Are you worried about your game’s prospects? Wondering how other games sell so well? Running out of ideas for spreading the word on your game?
In this very actionable talk, Chris Zukowski will demonstrate the tools and techniques he uses to research games and build an effective marketing plan.
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

59 min
April 06, 2021 Julia Kenny (SEGA) - How to Pitch Your Game to Publishers
Content Acquisition specialist Julia Kenny will detail the key features and considerations relating to the initial pitch discussion with publishers. From someone who has worked both on the publisher and developer side, how to pitch will discuss best practices for presenting a game. This will feature both practical tips on what to include in the pitch deck presentation, and high-level goals developers should set out to achieve when making first contact with publishers.
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

1 hr 2 min

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