9 Game Design Mistakes That Will Kill Your Indie Game
I share the 9 game design mistakes that will kill your indie game, and how I have encountered these mistakes over and over in my development. Afterall, Game design mistakes can make or break...
Author: Tim Ruswick
Fail Faster
I used to be afraid to fail. And worse yet, I thought I was alone. But it turns out, most of the people on Earth are afraid to fail. It’s a pretty common thing...
Do You Ever Feel Guilty Or Scared Of Selling Your Game?
I used to be absolutely terrified of selling virtually anything. But it wasn’t always that way. And it’s weird too, because I grew up in a very entrepreneurial household. As a kid, I would...
5 Arguments for Quantity Over Quality in Game Development
I used to dream about how one day I would be able to make a game like Halo. I remember when I got my first computer out of the dumpster (yes, I was that...
Should You Go To College For Game Dev? Here’s My Experience.
In 2007 fresh out of high school as a senior, if you would have asked me if I was excited for college, I would not be able to contain the emotion in my face....
How Sharing Ideas Might Just Be Killing Your Motivation
Sharing ideas with others is one of my favorite things to do. There’s nothing quite like coming up with something clever and sharing it with a group of people that acknowledge the cleverness, and...
Indie Game Marketing for Introverts: 3 Tips for Social Survival
I’m an introvert. Being around people drains my batteries…and I consider my alone time some much-needed solitude. A lot of people (my extrovert friends especially) don’t really understand that when I tell them. They...
The Zombie Project Effect: How to Succeed By Quitting
If you ask any developer about their zombie projects, they will instantly know what you mean. And not just in game development either, its a common thing with creators across the planet. Every person...
The Deep Dark Cave of Game Development Depression (and How to Dig Yourself Out!)
Depression is one of those things that doesn’t really get talked about. But I’m going to talk about it. Because depression can destroy lives. It can mentally and physically destroy people. And worst of...
7 Of My Worst Game-Killing Assumptions, And What They Taught Me
We’ve all heard the age old philosophy that if you learn from your mistake, it isn’t really a mistake. But what if you don’t learn from it? What if you continue on doing it...
Focus on Zero to One – A Game Dev Business-Building Philosophy
I used to dream of making millions from a video game I created. I would wonder what it would be like for people to love and play my creations but pay for them. When...
Marketing is a Feature (And Why You Might Be Doing It Wrong!)
Over the past few months, I’ve been on a content frenzy. Some of the recruits that read this have been with the underground since 2013 when it started (and they’ve seen more content in...
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Developers
I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work with some amazing developers over the past couple of years. I got to watch in the shadows when I consulted with game companies, I got to work...
The Anatomy of an Indie Game Press Kit
A press kit is one of those things that just sounds intimidating to the new developer. It sounds like something that big corporations do, or some big complex project that you hire a PR...
7 Signs You’re Stuck in the Dev Cycle of Doom
For a long time I would tell people that I was a game developer. And then people would ask me what games I made. Shit!!! I realized that although I was developing, I wasn’t...
Finish a Damn Game!
It took me 10 years to finish my first game. I wish that was a joke. But life is full of surprises. You start a project, you work really hard on it, it loses...
The MASSIVE Indie Game Marketing Post (And How To Get Started!)
Marketing is probably the biggest topic in the indie game universe right now. Even if you’ve never finished your first game, you’ve probably already given thought to the way you might get it out...
60 Tips to Stay Motivated and Finish Your Indie Game
When I started programming WAYYYY back in 2005, making stuff was awesome. But more often than not, I found myself starting on projects and abandoning them when something else that was cooler popped into...
59 Ways To Monetize Your Indie Game
Are you dead broke? Eating Ramen noodles? Trying desperately to make a few bucks off of your labor of love in the form of an indie game? We’ve all been at the point of...
