08-26-2018, 06:31 PM
Video: Understanding your market to make indie games sell
<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/video-understanding-your-market-to-make-indie-games-sell.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>In this GDC 2018 talk, Infinite Monkeys Entertainment’s Erik Johnson analyzes trends in the Steam marketplace and explores how his game, <em>Life Goes On</em>, failed to match the market.</p>
<p>Johnson explains market fit and how critical it is for the success of modern indie games, providing a postmortem market analysis of <em>Life Goes On</em> and discussing how to evaluate a game’s commercial potential.</p>
<p>He also covers how to keep on top of market trends and what it means to know your target audience, and i’s an informative talk that’s definitely worth watching, so developers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so now that it’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0Dfr-mnUY">freely available on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</p>
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<div style="margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%;"><img src="http://www.sickgaming.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/video-understanding-your-market-to-make-indie-games-sell.jpg" width="200" height="200" title="" alt="" /></div><div><p>In this GDC 2018 talk, Infinite Monkeys Entertainment’s Erik Johnson analyzes trends in the Steam marketplace and explores how his game, <em>Life Goes On</em>, failed to match the market.</p>
<p>Johnson explains market fit and how critical it is for the success of modern indie games, providing a postmortem market analysis of <em>Life Goes On</em> and discussing how to evaluate a game’s commercial potential.</p>
<p>He also covers how to keep on top of market trends and what it means to know your target audience, and i’s an informative talk that’s definitely worth watching, so developers shouldn’t miss the opportunity to do so now that it’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0Dfr-mnUY">freely available on the official GDC YouTube channel!</a></p>
<p>In addition to this presentation, the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/">GDC Vault</a> and its accompanying <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0JB7TSe49lg56u6qH8y_MQ/feed">YouTube channel</a> offers numerous other free videos, audio recordings, and slides from many of the recent <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference events</a>, and the service offers even more members-only content for GDC Vault subscribers.</p>
<p>Those who purchased All Access passes to recent events like GDC or VRDC already have full access to GDC Vault, and interested parties can apply for the individual subscription via <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/inquiry/">a GDC Vault subscription page</a>. Group subscriptions are also available: game-related schools and development studios who sign up for GDC Vault Studio Subscriptions can receive access for their entire office or company by contacting staff via the <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/demo/">GDC Vault group subscription page</a>. Finally, current subscribers with access issues can <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/contact_us.php">contact GDC Vault technical support</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Gamasutra and GDC are sibling organizations under parent UBM Americas.</strong></p>
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