With just over a month to go before release day and trying my hardest to get some traction on gaining visibility for Glo I don’t have as much time to spend on research. So this week’s vault is just another single entry. AIE Industry Talk: Matt Trobiani – I was reading a post on reddit …
It feels like every day for the last week I’ve been learning something new. Yesterday I realised how good reddit can actually be. I’m embarrassed to say I’ve largely avoided it over the years as I assumed it to be a troll’s playground. You hear a lot of negative stories about how volatile the communities …
I started this morning feeling a little deflated. It’s the first time since I’ve started making games that I’ve felt that way. Yesterday I sent out my first real attempt at contacting press. The last few months of effort are now finally at the point of being tested. I don’t really know what I was …
Another busy week has flown by. The tasks for the week were: Getting sliding platforms to work – finally got those bad boys working! Finishing the first pass of the remaining 50 levels – I got a load done with 21 left to do. On top of that I also continued with some biz dev. …
As the weeks close in and 23rd October gets closer things are starting to fall into place nicely. Specifically for what I had originally planned for the development of Glo. The game development is moving along nicely with no big bugs as of yet. The biz dev side of things is starting to feel more …
A single quick entry into the vault this week but one of the best yet! Everything You Need To Know About YouTubers But Were Afraid To Ask – This is an absolutely brilliant GDC talk by YouTuber BaerTaffy. It is hands down the most useful information I’ve come across so far with regards to marketing. …
#Glo is now in its final stretch of development so that signals the time to start putting all the hard work collecting contact information and building a press kit into action. This is Part 3 of the Marketing Strategy. How to Communicate So we’ve done all the hard work of gathering contact information, we’ve carefully …
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You know when feel so close to finishing something, so close to rolling through those final steps to completion? But there’s one thing that’s just stopping you from making that final sprint. Every day it holds you back it adds another day on the end. That’s where I’m at right now! After a really good …
Busy week of biz dev last week! I’d originally set out to achieve: Create a trailer Complete the press kit I managed to get trailer created early in the week that I was really happy with. It took a late night but it was worth it! With the trailer complete I was able to also …
It feels like ages ago I filled out the long detailed application to become a Steam developer. Since then I’ve been checking my email account countless times each day waiting for that acceptance email from Steam. Knowing it takes about 30 days for them to do all their checks I had no option but to …
