Where I write words and that, instead of working
Original blog post on alpha-funding and Spacebase DF-9 here. You can’t seriously expect a company to relocate somewhere cheaper and still retain their staff! Well… no, probably not. That said, if that’s what it takes to produce an alpha-funded game in terms of “money it’ll likely (not hopefully) make” to “money it will definitely cost”,…
Please note: Throughout this piece, I am going to be referring to “Early Access” a lot. In the context of this blog post, by “Early Access” I refer to those games which follow the “alpha-funded” model whereby the first build available is pre (or very early) alpha. “Early Access” games which launch with an open beta are…
Yeah, I’m hugely late to the party on this one, but since I’m still seeing this discussed and argued on my Twitter feed I’m going to chime in. On the one hand you’ve got a load of gamers feeling like they were attacked and, on the other hand, a load of writers claiming bewilderment and saying, “geez,…
So, game development eh? What a flupping nightmare. Before I begin, I’d like to state that I can only talk about what I know as an indie developer based in the North-East of England, and I’m not going to comment on the really horrible comments/attacks since it’s flupping obvious that’s detestable and also utterly irrelevant to…