My goal is to make games, pay rent, and help others do the same.
If your goal is similar to mine, Levelling The Playing Field exists to answer the questions I get most frequently from my consultancy clients, and to help you avoid the issues I solve most often in their work or business.
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Harnessing Regret
I know this is a development newsletter, but stick with me for a moment, and let's please talk about an old friend I have had to discuss a lot with various clients over the last year: regret.
Pitch Template
A bit of a different post, and it took a bit longer to put together. I hope you'll all agree it's worth the wait: a ready-made pitch template, with the blessings of folks working at several indie studios of all sizes, and folks working at two dozen publishers.
The Publisher's Lie
There's one lie between game developers that has been repeated so often, so frequently, that it has now become all but truth. It is a simple lie: publishers fund indie games.
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