Blaming Innovation

By GBGames, on May 25th, 2006%

Some of you may have been reading Spiderweb Software’s Jeff Vogel’s “View from the Bottom” series of articles. I think he is generally pessimistic when it comes to indie games, and his previous articles basically show that he thinks innovation won’t come from them. His latest article, #3, seems to make the argument that innovation . . . → Read More: Blaming Innovation

Beyond Pong

By GBGames, on May 24th, 2006%

Gregg Seelhoff recently posted about Beyond Pong, a student documentary about the maturation of video games.

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to view it on my system since it requires a later version of Quicktime than I have. Still, if you have 40 minutes to kill, it will probably be worth your while.

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Nethack Song

By GBGames, on May 23rd, 2006%

Greg Costikyan posted a link to the NetHack song. You can find the lyrics and an mp3 of NetHack.

And, of course, the game is teh awesomes.

Basic Marketing Plan for Indies

By GBGames, on May 23rd, 2006%

I have been using Steve Pavlina’s advice on business plans for indie game developers. I have found it to be a good guide, even though I think it is geared towards existing developers. There isn’t much talk about what to do if you’re just starting and you don’t have a product yet.

Luckily, Juuso Hietalahti . . . → Read More: Basic Marketing Plan for Indies

Thousander Club Update: May 22nd

By GBGames, on May 22nd, 2006%

For this weekâ€™s Thousander Club update:

Game Hours: 86.75 / 1000 Game Ideas: 357 / 1000

Target: 357

Well, my week was very unproductive. Until Friday, I didn’t do any work at all. For some reason, I had trouble waking up in the mornings. Normally I try to get up at 5:30AM, and if I . . . → Read More: Thousander Club Update: May 22nd