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Episode Name:
Building Games and Community with Purpose
Episode Description:
Indie devs often wear too many hats, making it hard to give each area, like production, marketing, and community the attention it deserves. But what happens when you’re stretched too thin? How does that affect your game, your message, and the trust you’ve built with players?
In today’s discussion, we’ll look at the real-world challenges of running indie projects balancing chaos and creativity by exploring how teams can better align development and communication using practical systems that support both teammates and players.
Q?Box Round Answers
What was your childhood favorite game?
Street Fighter 2
What advice would you give to someone else that’s just starting out?
Be fearless, you will have the rest of your life to be worried about, just do stuff. Don’t wait for permission. Have something to say.
What game are you playing now?
I try to play a new game every 3 days. Currently on Dredge.
TIPS and ADVICE
We covered quite a bit today. Could you list 3 suggestions or tips you would recommend to indie devs based on our discussion?
- Use Codecks 😉 https://www.codecks.io/welovepodcasts/
- Spend more time on ideation. We’re obsesses with production and marketing, but we should focus more on testing ideas quickly.
- TIP THREE
RESOURCES and LINKS
How to get in touch with Riad Djemili
Website:
https://riad.de/
https://codecks.io
E-mail: riad@codecks.io
Twitter: @riadd
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iiindiegamedev