Benjamin is the founder of Inland Studios; an independent game company. He has dabbled in just about everything that has to do with gaming, from programmer to entrepreneur to writer and educator. His love of all things pretty has taken him down a path of graphics programming and technology design.
@Jeferson r n r nI think people see what they want to see. My 4 year old just today was playing a game where she rolled off her inflatable slide into a little kiddie pool that came up to her ankles. With no real threat in sight she then playfully ...
In short, you can go broken supporting a bunch of wildcards. The sure bet is in decoding the formula, much like Hollywood has done for film. There is no exact formula but there are a fixed set of archetypes and story arcs that are used in pop films, just like ...
Well said Kenneth. I recently abandoned a project of my own because of this very reason. I had a simple and subtle plot about personal struggles with the loss of a loved one. In the end it became a production nightmare for a lone developer to tackle and a subject ...
@James r n r nYou are reading WAY between the lines my man. Go read the research. What I am describing goes far beyond video games and has nothing to do with sexism or tits or exploitation of men or women, it is how humans you and I and everyone ...
If your theory is correct then it seems short sided. I suppose I might be considered an affluent adult but so far I just cant muster any sort of excitement. So it must be a niche of this affluent adult market you are talking about. r n r nEither way, ...
Jane, I dont dare list examples because it doesnt matter. Any indie on this site knows that success is relative, 100 or 1M and both are a success to someone out there even if not to you or I. Even if one copy was sold and that person was the ...
