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How to secure funding for your indie game
Global Top Round's Pontus Mahler deciphers the world of funding, from accelerators to venture capital
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How to pitch your hypercasual game to a publisher
Supersonic Studios' Danielle Reich Cohen gives tips about how to pitch to hypercasual publishers the right way
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Finding a publisher in a pandemic: How to stand out in a sea of Zoom calls and digital events
Publishers discuss how to make your pitch more memorable, and the risks and rewards of platform holder deals
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Analyzing an indie F2P success on Steam
GameDiscoverCo looks at how Slapshot: Rebound went top shelf with customization microtransactions and in-game ads
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How to get the most out of your community and embrace its ideas
Star Stable's Johan Sjöberg gives tips about interacting with your players in a way that helps grow your company
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Valve answers your questions about SteamDeck and releasing on Steam
Missed our GI Live: London session? Watch the full video here
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How streamers pick games: An interview with SplatterCat
GameDiscoverCo's Simon Carless asks the indie-focused YouTuber about the logistics of constantly finding new games to feature
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How China's gaming regulations affect its market and the rest of the industry
Daniel Camilo explores the complexity of the Chinese market and whether it's worth considering for international developers
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A developer's guide to releasing a game on Steam
Everything you need to know about publishing on Steam, direct from established developers and Valve itself
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How Unpacking kept a steady heartbeat after going viral years before launch
Witch Beam's Wren Brier and Tim Dawson discuss how they cultivated their passion project's spark after it went viral
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Navigating the post-IDFA world: All you need to know about iOS 14.5
Check out all our GamesIndustry.biz Academy guides to complying with the disruptive iOS update
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Creating game videos: best practices and pitfalls to avoid
Alconost's Natalia Shuhman shares her experience in game trailer and teaser production
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Do Steam's pre-launch wishlists and post-launch sales line up meaningfully?
GameDiscoverCo is back with more takeaways from its recent survey of Steam developers
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A beginner's guide to mobile distribution
GameBake's Michael Hudson explains how to approach your development and distribution journey on mobile
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What might your Steam 'long tail' revenue be?
GameDiscoverCo shares the results of a developer survey to extrapolate first-month and first-year sales from launch week
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Three strategies for mobile ad creatives in an iOS 14 world
IronSource's Adam Stevens explains how to design creatives that address challenges introduced by the iOS privacy updates
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Pitfalls to avoid when looking for funding
1047 Games' Ian Proulx explores how to narrow down prospects, remove confusion, and speed up the funding process
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The biggest games in the world are only as successful as their communities
Keywords Studios' James Gallagher analyses recent success stories, showing the various ways to build a community
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The perfect publisher pitch deck
Fundamentally Games' Ella Romanos details each key section that should be covered in a pitch deck
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Deep dive: How Shapez.io went from web game to $1 million Steam hit
The latest GameDiscoverCo column digs into the numbers behind the successful game with creator Tobias Springer
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How to make bundles work on Steam
Piotr Bajraszewski breaks down the mechanics of 11 Bit Studios' Bundle Madness sale, and how it sold nearly 1m units in a week
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What you need to know to ensure your ad creatives are successful in China
Nativex's Irene Yang guides mobile developers who wish to enter the lucrative Chinese market
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How to take full advantage of Steam Festivals
TinyBuild's Michael Kuzmin details best practices when it comes to making the most out of Valve's events
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Five reasons why game localization matters
Keywords' Yago Sagrado explores the many reasons why developers and publishers should consider localizing their games into more languages
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Estimating Steam and console sales: Two battletested methods
GameDiscoverCo and Fellow Traveller offer developers two models to forecast their games' sales potential