GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2024

One indie developer alleged that they had to wait up to six months to get paid, "which almost put them out of business". Mobilegamer.biz asserts that studios have reported issues with getting timely responses from the Apple Arcade team, poor tech support, and problems with discoverability. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 19, 2024

This was due to previous experience from making a mobile game which had a publisher that didn't go so well. Even when its first game, genetics survival title Niche, started getting publisher interest after crowdfunding success, the studio continued to decline offers. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 2, 2024

Mobile and indie game developer Paladin Studios has ceased its operations. Paladin's announcement attributed the decision to the studio's lack of work. "We We unfortunately failed to land enough work to cover our burn-rate. Yesterday we hit an inflection point for our financial security," it said. Read more

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

The mobile gaming industry has exploded recently. What makes it special is that it is well-liked among indie designers and large studios. Advantage A faster learning curve allows quicker game development, which is ideal for startups & indie developers. Advantage Budget-friendly for indie game creators and startups.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2023

. - Executive of a small developer who has till date amassed well over 100M installs on mobile The end of discovery also means that there will be no indie breakouts from small indie developers. Instead, the indie developers will have three options. Join one of the few powerful game companies taking over mobile.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. Plus, various Korean indie games that launched on Steam have experienced considerable success. The post Korean indie dev Funnylocks “We made Unstoppable for a global audience” appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 24, 2025

Its obviously different for an indie developer with one or two games than for a publisher with several titles out there. Mobile gamers on TikTok are 70% more likely to talk about games on social media. You have to keep the interest of the audience up.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

But the Dutch industry is also home to a vibrant community of indie game developers. Dutch Indies Like Paladin Studios. by Paladin Studios Another indie you will find at the Netherlands Lounge is Linx Interactive. It’s a fully animated social game for mobile and desktop.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. His first game, mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. But not only is it the first to make it to mobile, it’s also the first one to be free to play. Summoners War: Chronicles is yet another MMORPG to make it to mobile. It’s tricky taking any game from PC and Console to mobile.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Indie game studio and publisher Monumental has entered another agreement to acquire mobile developer Game Circus. As reported by Pocket Gamer , the Dallas-based studio will help expand Monumental's expanding portfolio of mobile games with titles such as Coin Dozer, Merge Zoo, and Prize Claw.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 12, 2024

I've seen plenty of programmers who had experience working at smaller or mobile studios move to AAA games and many go in reverse. When we hire engineers for game dev, be it AAA or indie, we look for candidates who can work with a team and have a knack for solving problems with performant, legible, and elegant code.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2023

It will also consider mobile games on a 'case-by-case basis'. Developers in India can also make use of PlayStation Studios' internal resources and expertise. The project covers developers producing games for PS5, PSVR 2 and PC. Developers can find a full FAQ and also apply through here. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I get to travel the world and help indie game developers succeed.” Efficiency is key in this industry, particularly for indie to midtier developers who are resource conscious.” We’ve launched 151 Web Shops this year and are featured in 40 of the top 100 mobile games. I am super lucky in the role that I have.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 7, 2024

Headquartered in British Columbia, Canada, Simply Sweet Games is a fully remote studio that is currently developing its inaugural mobile title – the roguelike word puzzle Criss Cross Castles. Merry and Kom have over thirty years of experience in AAA, mobile, and indie game development.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I believe that mobile games could be facing the same deliberate death-by-a-platform as games Facebook suffered a decade ago. Just remember one thing: Even though Facebook pulled the plug on games, the gaming business rose to unexpected new heights on a new platform, which was mobile. And many indies are.

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The Art of the Game

APRIL 21, 2022

early ideas on the mobile game. Since I already have characters / assets / framework already in place for a game I want to make – how about bang out a mobile game that I can get out quick? And it avoids the failed KickStarter / Ko-fi / Patreon route that seems to doom a lot of indie devs.

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Mnenad

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This is the story of the mobile game Countryball Potato Mayhem - my first ever published, solo indie game. Let's see how it all started as a whacky prototype and if it became a great success or an epic failure.

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Game Development News

MARCH 27, 2025

Pantaloon has announced The Pantaloon Label, a new indie publishing imprint for 'misfit games'

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Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2025

NEOWIZ has unveiled a new indie game development program called NEOWIZ Quest

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 24, 2018

This is based on dollars, not units, so mobile numbers will be smaller due to price. For indie devs that don’t have money to advertise, you’re at the mercy of the platforms, and this goes for Steam, GOG and the others. Here is a breakdown of Thimbleweed Park sales by store for 2017.

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Grumpy Gamer

JANUARY 25, 2018

This is based on dollars, not units, so mobile numbers will be smaller due to price. For indie devs that don't have money to advertise, you're at the mercy of the platforms, and this goes for Steam, GOG and the others. Here is a breakdown of Thimbleweed Park sales by store for 2017. 75% of the money from Apple comes from iOS.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 29, 2024

The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. “Ah Ah yes those co-pilots!” Drive Rally is expanding their racing portfolio while maintaining the game’s aesthetic.

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Private Division’s Michael Worosz and Blake Rochkind sat down with Vince Pavey to tell him all about Take-Two’s independent - but not indie - developer label

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 17, 2024

Japanese indie game developer Yamada has used ChatGPT as a key design element for his latest project, Doki Doki AI Interrogation. Over the past 25 years, he worked for major companies like Square Enix and DeNA, and even running his own mobile game company.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The market is so saturated, that every little defect becomes an ‘elephant in the room’ for players that often compare a low-budget indie title to AAA games. Consoles and Mobile will follow in a few weeks. And that maybe sometimes it’s better to make it simple, but make it perfect.

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Game Development News

JUNE 13, 2023

Tandem Events has announced the shortlist of finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase competition - MCV/DEVELOP

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

Now, with the follow-up, Nirvana Noir , the New York-based indie studio Feral Cat Den is crafting audio-visual poetry in motion. Previous to making their own indie games, the studio’s background was in advertising and product design. Their first game, Genesis Noir, was already a moving work of art.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 12, 2019

Welcome to the second episode of our Mobile Publisher Series. In each of the episode we sat down with the CEO of top mobile publisher and discussed how they approach publishing, what is their company’s strategy, how do they work with developers and how do they see the future of publishing on mobile.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Levin highlighted the growing opportunities in indie games , driven by developers exploring new business models. The gaming market is now big enough for both AA titles and innovative indie projects to succeed. Whether it’s through transmedia storytelling, carrier investment, or indie game development, the future is expansive.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Small teams and solo developers often produce some of the most unique and personal games, and this holds true for Rablo Games, an indie studio led by founder Pablo Coma. During his time there, he reconnected with a colleague from a previous game jam, Baptiste Remy, who shared an interest in making smaller indie games outside of work hours.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 28, 2024

The challenge is an initiative to improve representation and increase visibility for underrepresented game developers in the mobile gaming industry. Four mobile games from indie studios in the U.S., Europe and Africa received awards for ‘innovative stories, highly engaging gameplay, and real-world impact’.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The post So long 2023! Thank you for the great game dev stories appeared first on PreMortem Games.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

I've been writing indie (aka shareware) games as the nearly sole source of my family's income for 30 years. During those decades, I've written a ton about the indie business, for money and on my blog. My most popular article , written wayyy back in 2013, was about the creation of the Indie Bubble. And indie games!

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The Bottom Feeder

JUNE 29, 2022

So just for fun, I decided to fire up my phone and try a bunch of mobile games, to find out how weird things have gotten with them. Based on the ethical level mobile gaming operates on, that wouldn't surprise me. Then adware took over and micropayments were everywhere, and mobile games sucked for a while. Weirdly cheap.

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OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

Pocket Gamer Connects London 23rd – 24th | London, UK Pocket Gamer Connects provides value for every level of the mobile and portable device gaming industry from global corporations through to indie developers, whether you’re looking to develop strategies or make new connections. Find out more. Find out more. Find out more.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mobile game makers and indies can get mired in a host of different costs and expenses as component licensing arrangements—by relying on different service providers for specific technologies (e.g., Unity’s game engine is a popular developer tool and, by comparison, easier to master than Epic Games’ Unreal Engine.

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