IndieGameBusiness®

By Jay PowellLeisure Video Games

IndieGameBusiness® episodes

July 14, 2019 Fedor Van Herpen - Using Technology for Networking at Industry Events
Fedor Van Herpen of MeetToMatch discusses the various ways you can reach out and connect before conferences without having to rely on the good old "cold email". By connecting and making basic introductions before a conference, you save valuable time while you're at the conference.
Or... you could attend one of our virtual business events where video calls make running between meetings a thing of the past!
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 19 min
June 28, 2019 Justin French - Turning Your Community Into an Extension of Your Team
Justin joins Indie and Jay to discuss the how's and why's of building a good Discord server. Why you should be building one pre-launch, how to put together your brand, communication and content strategy in order to help build one, setting up your community hub... you know, the basics.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 13 min
June 24, 2019 Esports, Predatory Contracts, an Overvalued Market and E3 Wrapup
Jay and Indie discuss the eSports market and Kotaku's recent article as well as Dr. Disrepect, contracts, and more. After a brief discussion on random motorcycle parts in Indie's garage.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 3 min
June 22, 2019 Yulia Vakhrusheva - Getting your indie game noticed!
Yulia walks us through how Tiny Build Games approaches PR for their games and the lessons indie teams who self publish can learn.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie

1 hr 14 min
June 21, 2019 Stephanie O'Malley Deming - The Importance of Localizing Your Indie Game
As Co-Founder and President of XLOC, Stephanie has successfully sim-shipped hundreds of language versions of high profile titles, including the Call of Duty®, Guitar Hero™, Tony Hawk™ and NBA2K™ Series, Rock Band™, League of Legends®, BioShock® and more. Stephanie holds degrees in both Psychology and Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She sits down with Jay and Indie to outline WHY localization is important and how you can plan for it from the beginning.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 17 min
June 17, 2019 Cory and Andrew Trese - Indie Success Story, Developers of Star Traders: Frontiers
Andrew and Cory Trese have been quietly releasing fantastic indie games for the last eight years. Their games are extremely deep, well developed, and they provide tremendous ongoing support for their titles. They have also fostered a killer community on their Discord server. In this episode we talk about how they've kept the company going this long without investment and how they continue to create great games with such a small studio.
Trese Breothers Links:
https://discord.gg/AhQeRu9
http://www.tresebrothers.com/
https://twitter.com/tresebrothers
https://www.patreon.com/TreseBrothers
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 36 min
June 17, 2019 Sarah Elmaleh discusses the upcoming GameDev.World Conference
Sarah is the Executive Producer of the upcoming GameDev.World conference. Featuring 30+ speakers from all over the planet, all talks will be close-captioned and translated into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Broadcast live on gamedev.world from June 21st – June 23rd, join us for the first-ever global games conference. Learn from top developers around the planet in talks and interactive Q&A’s, meet other developers speaking your language, and gain a global perspective on the art & business of game creation.
http://twitter.com/selmaleh
https://www.instagram.com/selmaleh/
https://twitter.com/gamedevworld
http://gamedev.world
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 5 min
June 08, 2019 Google Stadia predictions, Devs sue Apple, Gamestop going under, esports contracts, and more
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/06/despite-revolutionary-promises-stadias-biz-model-is-pure-establishment/
https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/70891/developers-sue-apple-over-app-store-fees/
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/344081/GameStop_share_price_hits_16year_low_after_Q1_results.php
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-monitor-stand-price-reaction-misses-point-2019-6
https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/5/18654012/faze-h1ghsky1-age-twitch-fortnite-ban
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 34 min
June 07, 2019 David Logan - Publishing 101
The Akupara Games CEO outlines what publishers are looking for and what developers should know when looking for one.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 38 min
June 07, 2019 Lottie Bevan - "To merch or not to merch"
Weather Factory's Lottie Bevan joins us to talk about merchandise for your indie game. Lottie did a ton of research and found the perfect way to sell merchandise for Cultist Simulator. She shares what she learned with us.
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To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business
Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com
Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness
Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE
Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord
The Twitters to follow -
Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp
Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay
INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie
1 hr 14 min

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