Oh Lara, why the frak do you have a blog if you never update it? Marketing – the art and science of letting people know about your stuff – is hard. Your voice needs to propagate everywhere it might land on an interested ear. Your message needs to be clear and …
Making games is easy, anyone can do it. We really have to push Heart. Papers. Border. in Early Access as soon as possible, but the game’s loop is incomplete without a properly functioning blog and influence system, to the very least. We prioritised the blog because it is the most confusing feature …
There is a universal game development truth which lurks in what we all call milestones. The single, most terrifying milestone know to the gamedev man is The Release. A milestone, especially of The Release kind, means endless crunch, generously dedicated to polish stuff that otherwise was perfectly fine. Even if …
Here’s me following my own advice: Hey #gamedev‘s, are you having troubles talking/ blogging/ tweeting about your game? Some inspiration: https://t.co/EhDb3oEWh7 #indiedev — Laura Bularca (@sarienn) March 8, 2017 Frankly, though, be honest&raw&really talk about what matters TO YOU. Help! Talk about what u wish u knew when u started. …
I’ve always wanted to make my own independent, crazy and never-before-heard-of games* and in the autumn of 2016, my dream got really real: my beloved husband got fired** and he decided he likes my obsessive “optimistic strategy game about travelling, freedom and changing the world” idea enough to pick up Unity and …
We are riding the Greenlight roller coaster with Heart. Papers. Border. and it is intense, it happens way faster than we hoped and we feel unprepared. I don’t think we could have ever be prepared for this, but thinking If Only scenarios is always seductive. However, Valve decided to pull the …
Today we pushed Heart. Papers. Border. on Steam Greenlight. Please vote for us here if you think this game is worth publishing on Steam <3 Otherwise, we greatly appreciate if you can tell us why you think other wise. We pushed the game on Greenlight because Valve will soon replace …
Heart. Papers. Border. goes on. We spend each evening preparing a brand new build with new art, an impressive number of bug fixes and polishes, as well as a bunch of new features, for Casual Connect/ Indie Prize in Berlin. We REALLY want to get the tags system in!! The …
Don’t worry, I am not talking about the real one.* I’m talking about how to fundamentally disrupt planet Heart if you travel in our optimistic strategy game Heart. Papers. Border. You see, we are making this game out of a profound belief that borders are unnecessary obstacles against our evolution …
The Heart. Papers. Border. prototype is OUT and we had our first round of feedback. IT HURTS. But this is crucial. I am so grateful that there are people out there who dare tell us their honest impressions. If we will ever have any sort of success with Heart. Papers. Border., …
