Going From Indie Game Dev To Small Volunteer Team

Frank, from Mantis Studios, talks about developing the 3D game Dragon Royale

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/mantis-studios.mp3

Or listen to it here…

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Importance of Marketing Your Game…

Hey folks,

I’ve been listening to the radio recently…and the song “Safe and Sound” keeps on playing a lot. It’s popular. I went to YouTube to check out the video…and it blew my mind…the song was made in 2011…and now it’s only getting popular.

The song is about 2 years old. A great song. I like listening to it. But the initial version, that sounds the same — as far as I can tell — to the current version, did not work.

They obviously made some changes to the song, but probably did different promotion?

I hear people say that people will find your game if it’s good…but….I think that’s wrong. There has to be a way that people “connect” to the game. Maybe it’s more than just fun. Maybe it’s entertainment on another level.

I look at Minecraft — yes, it may be a fun game. But without the constant updates and blogging, would it have met critical mass?

Maybe it is the little polish that makes the game or song take off?

I’ve embedded the 2 videos below…the first one is from 2011…and also a little more scary…
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The second one is from 2013…
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Casual Connect USA 2013 Videos Now Available…

Hey folks,

Once again, Casual Connect is nice enough to post the videos of their recent conference in San Francisco…you can view them on YouTube…
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL63BVidWw3h81zRkapJm2DC__tLIOGznm

Enjoy 🙂