Author Archives: A.H.

True Indies Have Part-Time Jobs

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Over the last few weeks I’ve adopted the motto of a new definition for “indie.”

“Indie” used to simply mean that you were independent, that no one was paying you to do something, that you were completely free.

And yet, we have multi-million dollar projects appearing on Kickstarter every year. Projects run by famous figureheads. Are these really comparable to the tiny developer spending their savings and their time into their work?

And thus, I repeat my new definition of “indie:”

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Kickstarter Funding Goals (How High Is Too High?)

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Kickstarter is a fantastic site. Crowdfunding is one of the greatest inventions of the last decade.

Many people use this as a method of getting extra funding for their projects. But how much funding is too much? Who should be using Kickstarter?

Dan Crawley of “Gamesbeat” writes a fantastic article about the subject, and how larger developers using crowdfunding can both hinder and help smaller bedroom indies. Larger developers, with better experience with PR and marketing, can get in most of the viewership they require. But despite this, their funding goals are sometimes too high, and they simply fall short of their goals.

 

Contrary to popular belief, this is not what Kickstarter.com looks like (image from VentureBeat.com)

Contrary to popular belief, this is not what Kickstarter.com looks like…

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Thanks To The Press! (James – Journey of Existence)

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Over the last few months, various forms of media and press have been kind enough to write about me and my indie game “James – Journey of Existence.” For personal reference and for the rest of you, I’ve decided to post some of the sites here. If you find others, feel free to let me know so I can add it. If you’ve mentioned my game in the past, I’d love to add you here. This article may be updated with press relating to “James,” and not to other games which I (may) make in the future.
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Some Cool Crowdfunding Projects (March 2014)

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I’m going to start a new habit of listing some cool Crowdfunding projects you should check out every month. Not all of them get the press they desparately need, so why not tell the four people who read my blog about them?

Only games. Not MMORPGs or table-top games, I never liked them and there are way too many of those on Kickstarter to begin with.

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4k Resolution: Does It Matter?

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I’m sorry, it’s silly that I make a post about 4k resolution here (a blog about game development and crowdfunding), but I’ve wanted to talk about this for months.

If you don’t know, 4k refers to the next revolution in television displays. We’ve already seen 3D tv as a failed experiment, we’ve seen Smart tv slowly get bargain prices, and now 4k is coming along. It refers to roughly four thousand horizontal pixels in the screen, which comes out to roughly 4x as many pixels as 1080p, our current max resolution. 4k tv has actually been around for almost a year, but hasn’t caught on yet either, due to a lack of content.

Is 4K worth it?

Personally, I say yes… sort of.

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