Death of an Indie Studio
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The slides from a talk I did at PAX 2011 on closing down my indie game studio, Macguffin Games.
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Death of an Indie Studio
- 1. Death of an Indie Game Studio Scott Macmillan Macguffin Games Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 2. www.macguffingames.com/ 2011/pax-slides Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 3. Why I did it. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 4. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Idyllic Prehistory Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 5. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Rockin’ with Dokken Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 6. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Oh Crap No Money Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 7. A Brief History of Macguffin Games The Social Network Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 8. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Oh Noes Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 9. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Idyllic Prehistory Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 13. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Rockin’ with Dokken Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 16. Graham Sternberg Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 17. Whitney Sternberg Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 18. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Rockin’ with Dokken Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 20. A Brief History of Macguffin Games Oh Crap No Money Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 21. A Brief History of Macguffin Games The Social Network Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 23. A Brief History of Macguffin Games The End Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 24. Things We Did Wrong ? ? ? Things We Did Right ? ? ? ? ? Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 25. Things We Did Wrong Scope (aka Game Was Too Big) Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 26. Things We Did Wrong Lack of Deadlines Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 28. Take $50 bets from everyone. Brag a lot to everyone. Publicly pledge you’ll give money to Jack Thompson. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 29. Things We Did Wrong Respect and Learn Marketing Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 36. Purple Cow / Free Prize - Seth Godin Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 37. Purple Cow / Free Prize - Seth Godin Inbound Marketing - Shah and Halligan Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 38. Purple Cow / Free Prize - Seth Godin Inbound Marketing - Shah and Halligan What is Marketing - Harvard Biz School Press Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 39. Things We Did Wrong Understand The Market Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 41. Things We Did Wrong Scope Lack of Deadlines Learn Marketing Things We Did Right Know Your Market ? ? ? ? Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 42. Things We Did Right Learned how to fail. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 43. Things We Did Right Found / Built a Community Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 48. Things We Did Right Learned how to code. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 50. Things We Did Right Break things down into real tasks. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 51. - Learn how to code. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 52. • - Do the first 3dbuzz.com tutorial on Unity, and code it. Due: 12/15/10 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 53. Things We Did Wrong Scope Lack of Deadlines Learn Marketing Things We Did Right Know Your Market Learn How To Fail Find / Build a Community Learn to Code Real Tasks Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 54. MONEY = TIME ART != BUSINESS Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 59. One year. $10,000 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 60. One year. $10,000 Art - $3000 $7,000 Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 61. One year. $10,000 Art - $3000 $7,000 Sound - Free Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 62. One year. $10,000 Art - $3000 $7,000 Sound - Free Coding - 10 Months Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 63. 1.5 years? $7,000 Art - $4000 $6,000 Sound - ??? Coding - 13 Months? Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 64. MONEY = TIME ART != BUSINESS Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 65. Pure Art Pure Business Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 66. Pure Art Pure Business Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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- 68. Pure Art Pure Business Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 69. Pure Art Pure Business Us? Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 70. MONEY = TIME ART != BUSINESS Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 71. - Start a company. - Make a game. - Put the game on the market. - Lots of people buy the game. - Sit on a beach earning 20%. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 72. - Start a company. - Make a game. - Put the game on the market. - Lots of people buy the game. - Sit on a beach earning 20%. - Start a company. - Start a game. - Never finish a game. - I spent a down payment on a house wait crap. - Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 73. Pure Art Pure Business Us? Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 74. In Conclusion: Maybe a company isn’t the right thing for some people. But if you want to make a game, for God’s sake, do it. Nothing can stop you if you are persistent. Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 75. What’s next for me? I’m making a game! Wednesday, March 23, 2011
- 76. Thank you! Special thanks to Vincent Diamante, Christian Baekkelund, Justin Houk, and ALL the Boston Indies. Email: scott@macguffingames.com Twitter: @MrMacguffin Wednesday, March 23, 2011