Indie Games
What The Heck I Am Doing
Right, I’m going to set these in stone here, so that Internet commenters can one day hold this post up to my face and said that “I promised.” None of this is a promise, and it’s all subject to change,…
So, this game I’m making…
For those of you who know me as a writer, you may be wondering what I’m jabbering on about when I say I’m making a videogame. Well don’t worry, I am still writing Powerless book #3 (which does have a…
April updates and a get FREE copy of my book!
Hello all, Well that’s April almost over and we’re a third of the way through 2016! Bring on the Summer 😀 It’s been a busy one here. Even ignoring the DIY I’ve been doing, I’ve launched my comic digitally, made…
Hire me!
Just to let you know I have added a “Hire Me!” page with links to relevant resources. I won’t repeat what’s already there, and I’ve alread blogged more detail in this post, but if you are making an indie game…
Piracy and Loss
I’ve talked about piracy before but there are two recent articles that have struck a chord with me: – Tommy Refenes from Team Meat posted in IndieGames.com (via Gamasutra) his own thoughts about piracy, DRM and sales. If I had…
Indie games are all the same?
Just a quick post to say I am still alive! Been busy with my daytime work and writing my novel and have neglected this blog unfortunately. Thankfully other people have been keeping theirs more up to date, so here is…
I’ve just come back from the IndieCity*
Recently, Blitz Games launched IndieCity, a publishing service for independently developed games. Having heard how difficult and random it is to get your games on Steam I thought I’d take a look at what they had on offer. Thoughts on…
New crowdfunding initiative for indie devs from Desura
Well this is interesting. Desura, the indie/Mod digital download website from the guys behind MODDB have started up what they are calling an Alphafunding initiative. It will act in a similar way to Kickstarter but will run entirely through Desura…
UDK Royalty limit increased!
Apparently Epic have revised upwards the minimum number of sales a title must make before you start paying them royalties. Was $5000, now it’s $50,000. Which means my previous post about UDK is somewhat redundant in terms of the royalties…
World of Love – 28th Jan – nobody told me!
As you can see from this post I went to the World of Love indie conference last year. I couldn’t wait for the next one same time the following year, and it looks like neither could they, as there is…