All the posts about our small indie game named Heart. Papers. Border.
Making games is hard. No matter the experience and size of the team, it is still a titanic endeavour that can easily go off track. The ever shifting demands of the market and the insecurity of commercialising a game add up to the danger of derailing. But what is perhaps …
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. …
Hi everyone! I’d like to talk to you about my mammoth. You see, deep down inside I know I am not REALLY a game developer, so obtaining an extraordinary success is crucial because it is the only way to ensure other people’s recognition and respect (especially in the video games industry). Of …
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 …
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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 …
