Gamasutra - Blogs http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ Byron AtkinsonJones's Blogs Sat, 18 May 2013 09:39:03 EDT en-us scarless@think-services.com (Simon Carless) Call for Entries - GDC Plane Jam 2013! - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130212/186464/Call_for_Entries__GDC_Plane_Jam_2013.php Indie,Design Are you going to GDC 2013? Are you going to be sitting on a flight patiently waiting for it to get to SF? If so, if you have the guts - join us in Plane Jam and make a game during your flight. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130212/186464/Call_for_Entries__GDC_Plane_Jam_2013.php Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:37:00 EST Can you mainline Kickstarter? - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130129/185712/Can_you_mainline_Kickstarter.php Business/Marketing,Indie What nobody tells you about doing a Kickstarter campaign is that watching the progress of it is like a drug. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130129/185712/Can_you_mainline_Kickstarter.php Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:10:00 EST Hard choice - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130111/184643/Hard_choice.php Indie,Production Should I spend money going to GDC this year or spend that money finishing my latest game? http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20130111/184643/Hard_choice.php Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:01:00 EST Indies, we aren’t in competition with each other, no, really… - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20121127/182381/Indies_we_arent_in_competition_with_each_other_no_really.php Indie,Business/Marketing There's a lot that Indie developers can do to help each other out with selling games. To do that though we have to break through this illusionary barrier that we are in competition with each other. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20121127/182381/Indies_we_arent_in_competition_with_each_other_no_really.php Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:11:00 EST Who controls the App Store? - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20121002/178681/Who_controls_the_App_Store.php Smartphone/Tablet,Business/Marketing Who really controls the App Store? An opinion piece about the recent changes to the iOS developer terms and conditions that could possibly have a large impact on the way that indie developers thrive on the App Store. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20121002/178681/Who_controls_the_App_Store.php Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:53:00 EDT Boardtastic - project planning with post-it notes - by Byron AtkinsonJones http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20110425/89387/Boardtastic__project_planning_with_postit_notes.php Production,Indie Quite a few of the dev studios I have worked at moved to agile based project planning and used post-it notes on boards to show progress and track tasks. I wanted to be able to do this but remotely and so Boardtastic.com was born. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ByronAtkinsonJones/20110425/89387/Boardtastic__project_planning_with_postit_notes.php Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:51:00 EDT