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One half of BAFTA-nominated narrative microstudio Weather Factory, making Cultist Simulator and BOOK OF HOURS. Find me as @tronbevan on Twitter.
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With nearly 700 entries in the communal salary spreadsheet, we can work out average British indie salaries for different disciplines. There's a *lot* of variance - some of us a due a raise.
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A deep-dive into Cultist Simulator's data from its first year on sale. Sales, units, ratings, features and more! Hope you like numbers.
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on Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:19:00 EST
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What a whole load of Steamworks traffic data taught me about marketing Cultist Simulator after launch.
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on Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:22:00 EST
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A three-part deep-dive into Weather Factory's merchandise experience: how we set up the shop, what the numbers were in Month 1, and some pitfalls to watch out for when doing it yourself.
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on Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:00:00 EDT
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The postmortem for Alexis Kennedy's 1920s Lovecraftian card game Cultist Simulator, an indie success story for 2018.
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on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 01:11:00 EST
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Production doesn't come with an easy how-to guide. As a new producer, it's hard to know where to start. Indie producer Lottie Bevan offers five of the most useful lessons she's learned so far.
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Glad it was useful We ...
Glad it was useful We didn 't run any Facebook ads though I 'm experimenting with some now and they 're doing better than I expected . We just made sure we populated it with constant content like we do with our Twitter feed. r n r nI tried to ...
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Great article It 's so ...
Great article It 's so hard to summarise a producer 's role, especially, as you say, when the role is often t-shaped to fit in with a specific team or studio. But this is great. r n r nThe one thing I 'd add is some very useful advice once ...
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[Blog - 06/30/2016 - 02:59]
Really useful insight into producing ...
Really useful insight into producing I 'm a producer, and it 's hard to find or give advice because the role is so varied - particularly, as you mention, because successful producers change themselves and their processes to fit the team they work with. But your article is super helpful, ...