The Indiepinion

Indie Game Crowdfunding 101 (or two)

steffenj@gaminghorror.net (GamingHorror alias Steffen Itterheim) — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:49:07 +0000

These days the game Interstellar Marines is making news. It’s an FPS that rivals top titles like Halo but it started out as a four-man project in 2006 and is entirely funded by the community. The game is available for free as chunk-size bites called chapters that can be played for free. And it’s being [...]

Interview with Team Wanderlust

steffenj@gaminghorror.net (GamingHorror alias Steffen Itterheim) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:00:58 +0000

A few days ago, I received an email from an Indie developer who are about to release their game. They were looking for ways to promote their game. So far, nothing special. Except: their game is! Made with Game Maker, in development since 2006, featuring Online-Coop-Action in a game that on first sight looks like [...]

Ship Your Game With Programming, Motherfucker!

steffenj@gaminghorror.net (GamingHorror alias Steffen Itterheim) — Sat, 28 May 2011 12:57:43 +0000

Bryan Sawler of Muteki Corporation posted an intruiging revelation about why it doesn’t feel like they succeeded even though they created award winning games (Pirate Bay, Topple, MazeFinger) for ngmoco, EA, Pogo, Tapulous and many others. The reason? Because while we’ve spent half a decade helping everyone else be successful, we’ve only set aside tiny [...]