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Simon Roth's Blog   Expert Blogs

Indie developer at Mode 7 Games and EngD researcher at Bournemouth and Bath Universities.

Credits include The Outsider, Kinectimals and VVVVVV.

Working on Maia, a sci-fi god game.

Opinions are his own.

Expert Blogs

Coding "To The Metal" is a dangerous ideal.  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Roth on Wed, 22 May 2013 05:37:00 EDT in Programming
Let's start this new console generation by ditching our bad habits and learning to love high level API's.
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Piracy is the purest form of Free-to-Play.  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Roth on Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:34:00 EDT in Business/Marketing, Console/PC
Free to play paradigms are upsetting your potential customers. You are doing it wrong, they should know, they were already playing your game for free.
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How to Apply For a Job With An Indie Developer  Featured Blogs
Posted by Simon Roth on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:47:00 EDT in Indie
Carefully targeted emails are key to finding work in the independent development community. I've been shocked by some of the obvious mistakes applicants make.
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Simon Roth's Comments

Comment In: Coding "To The Metal" is a dangerous ideal. [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 05:37]

Maybe, but the last Crysis ...

Maybe, but the last Crysis title cost 66 million and failed to make that back. We must learn to push boundaries without constantly facing financial ruin.

Comment In: Indie Elitism [Blog - 02/25/2013 - 11:38]

I actually turned off twitter ...

I actually turned off twitter the night of the PS reveal. Seems like everyone felt they needed to have an opinion, yet few had an interesting formed opinion to give. r n r nThat said, most of the tweets above are just poking a bit of fun by the look ...

Comment In: Indie games are due for a downward correction [Blog - 12/17/2012 - 11:49]

Exactly. I couldn 't of ...

Exactly. I couldn 't of put it better myself. r n r nNot to mention, historically, the entertainment industry usually booms during recession And current figures indicate significant growth in the sector in the UK and US.

Comment In: Frontier lays off staff in final few weeks of Elite Kickstarter [News - 12/17/2012 - 07:51]

To avoid paying Christmas bonuses ...

To avoid paying Christmas bonuses and to stop them hitting the 2 year mark where they gain more rights and a proper redundancy package I 'd wager.

Comment In: How to know when your game idea is good enough to make [News - 07/24/2012 - 03:52]

I strongly disagree with David ...

I strongly disagree with David 's point. His method may work, but your game has no value if no-one is playing it. You risk falling into a trap of unconscious cognitive bias when judging your idea. r n r nTo test the validity of a game 's design you should ...

   

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