He said toys - to - life (or as he calls it more generally, «connected play») can «absolutely» be a viable business,
even for smaller studios.
Game engines are extremely competitively priced, and we offer special pricing
programs for smaller studios, all of which makes the technology more accessible.
«Funding for indies is an issue here where there is very little government recognition or business
support for small studios,» says Williams.
Notable successful indie titles such as Braid and Limbo show how it is possible
for small studios with limited budgets to develop compelling games.
Felix entered the independent scene in 2012 doing PR and
Marketing for small studios and now works as a freelance indie games producer and bizdev specialist...
An ambitious open world
product for the small studio, Mafia III offered a rich plot covering issues that do not show up very often in the video game space.
A big thanks to our friends at Merch by Amazon, for making on - demand fan merchandise so easy to create and
distribute for small studios like Sunbreak!
Devoting extra resources to creating games for different devices can be particularly
difficult for smaller studios, whose creativity drive much of the virtual reality market.
Execution Labs (early - stage indie studio investors), the Technoculture Art & Games research / creation centre from Concordia University, and other leaders of the Montreal indie community recognized a
need for small studios and freelancers to network, share, learn and create together.
Serving as a shared
workspace for small studios and freelancers, we open the door to opportunistic, mutually beneficial creative collaborations.
The
opportunity for smaller studios to begin localising their games with more reach is certainly a positive development, but it means localisation companies once largely concerned with triple - A games are now having to adapt to meet smaller budgets for studios of a less significant size.
Hatch's platform has unique social features and multiplayer capabilities, making for example online synchronous multiplayer much more
achievable for small studios.
May showcase features business matchmaking and cost - effective demo space plus free delegate space for smaller studios
It hasn't exactly been plain
sailing for the small studio since their masterpiece was tossed to the depths of steam ratings and refunds were angrily sought.
For small studios with more than one person working a ton of hours to bring their indie vision to life, this is sobering news.
Felix entered the independent scene in 2012 doing PR and
Marketing for small studios and now works as a freelance indie games producer and bizdev specialist, collaborating most recently with studios such as Polytron (FEZ), NightSchool (OXENFREE), and Andrew Shouldice (TUNIC).
For small studios, this is an amazing opportunity.»
If a company like Electronic Arts were to ask for money via Kickstarter I'd be a little put - off by it, but
for those smaller studios, yeah, I think it's OK.
Testing is a challenge
for any small studio, and Wizard Games does so by recruiting family, friends and colleagues.
For smaller studios without the payroll to hire a plethora of beta testers, the first few weeks of a product's life can be nerve wracking - with developing rushing to fix the myriad of things that can go wrong with computer code.
For a small studio without the aid of -LSB-...]
TIFF Lightbox, King and John Streets: Starts under $ 500
for a small studio.