Going premium on iOS: One team's results 14
by Gamasutra Community [05.08.13]
At $3.99 with no in-app purchases and little promotion, Nameless: The Hackers has faced an uphill battle for downloads on iTunes. The developers share their stats on how it's gone so far.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Blog: If you truly want diversity in games, take the risk 3
by Gamasutra Community [05.08.13]
MIT research Todd Harper argues that now is "the perfect time for people with passion to take the risks" in increasing diversity in their games' characters -- and this impassioned plea explains why.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing

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Porting to Android pays off nicely for another indie dev 1
by Kris Ligman [05.08.13]
With the release of its revenue data for action-puzzle game Spirits, mobile dev Spaces of Play illustrates how going multiplatform - and going against Android assumptions - can pay off.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Sony waives fee on PlayStation Mobile development 24
by Mike Rose [05.08.13]
It seems like barely a week goes by when there isn't an indie-based announcement from Sony -- and today is no different, as the PlayStation Mobile development license has been waived.
Indie, Business/Marketing

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See the guts of an Ouya without tearing yours apart 4
by Mike Rose [05.08.13]
With the public launch of the Ouya Android-powered home console fast approaching, electronics repair company iFixit has taken the console apart, to see exactly what's inside this $99 box.
Console/PC, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing

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Watch how this cello controls a video game  
by Mike Rose [05.08.13]
It's not often that we see a video game in which a classical instrument is the controller -- but then Cello Fortress is quite unlike any game we've seen before.
Console/PC, Indie, Design, Business/Marketing, Video

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Should games have stories? 93
by Soren Johnson [05.08.13]
A reprint from Game Developer magazine's February issue, industry veteran Soren Johnson questions whether video games should have stories, and explores various examples.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, GD Mag, Design, GD Mag Exclusive

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Blog: The single most useful advice for making any game better 31
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
Epic veteran turned indie Lee Perry argues that players need feedback for their actions -- and shares examples from his and others' games, as well as what works for different platforms and genres.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Art, Design

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Valve met with Steam Greenlight devs - here's the report 31
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
Steam's Greenlight service continues to be a focal point of discussion, and Valve isn't always transparent as it could be. This report on its latest developer chat should help clear some things up.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Acttil: A new game publisher from former NIS America execs 1
by Mike Rose, Christian Nutt [05.07.13]
A group of former NIS America executives have launched a new independent game publisher in Los Angeles, with a focus on digital content distribution.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Indie development in the 1990s: The Game-Maker story 15
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
Well before any of today's tools, 1991's Game-Maker allowed proto-indie developers to get their start -- and this extensive history tells its groundbreaking story.
Indie, Design, Production, Business/Marketing, History

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Why Candy Box became more social than 'social games' 14
by Leigh Alexander [05.07.13]
The recent fervor for browser-based Candy Box yields fascinating lessons about social games -- maybe it hasn't been the mechanics or the virality players hated, but the presentation.
Social/Online, Indie, Design, Exclusive

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11 tips for maximizing player expression 5
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
While it's well and good for the author of a game to express herself, the player doing so is more crucial, argues Daniel Cook, designer at Triple Town studio Spry Fox.
Indie, Design

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'Indies' are getting their own PlayStation Store section 23
by Mike Rose [05.07.13]
With Sony's recent moves to get more indie games on its PlayStation platforms, the company today revealed a new "Indie Games" category in its PlayStation Store.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Learning in games, learning from mistakes 2
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
An interview with SpaceChem's Zach Barth, on the complexities of using games to teach players -- and how the hard lessons he learned making his last game improved his new one, Ironclads.
Indie, Design

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Blog: How to avoid a Kickstarter disaster 25
by Gamasutra Community [05.07.13]
Having been involved in a failed Kickstarter project, Troy Lonergan started thinking long and hard about what would make one succeed. Here are his observations.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing

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This Week in Video Game Criticism: From Design to Mirror Worlds  
by Cameron Kunzelman [05.06.13]
This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Cameron Kunzelman on topics including mirror worlds and more.
Console/PC, Indie, Design

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Figuring out a way to discuss games as experience 6
by Gamasutra Community [05.06.13]
DigiPen professor Neils Clark sifts through the fallout of recent design debates, highlighting the struggle we face when attempting to describe games as experiences as opposed to designs.
Console/PC, Social/Online, Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Design

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Breaking into mobile games with a premium-priced RPG 10
by Gamasutra Community [05.06.13]
In this stat-filled blog post, first-time indie developers BoxCat share a detailed breakdown of sales for Nameless: The Hackers alongside details on how the studio promoted the game to potential players.
Smartphone/Tablet, Indie, Business/Marketing

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Watch heads roll in this guillotine simulator for Oculus Rift 4
by Mike Rose [05.06.13]
While we've seen plenty of experiments showing the potential for utilizing the upcoming Oculus Rift technlogy to fully immerse a player in a game world, we haven't seen anything quite like this.
Console/PC, Indie, Business/Marketing, Video

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