The session will cover some of the nastiest pitfalls of indie studios scaling up to release their bigger and cooler next game. Irrelevant of technology used or target platforms, most of these mistakes can be avoided, though usually each team learns them the hard way.

1. Indie Teams' Growing Pains:
Do's and Dont's
Indie Teams' Growing Pains:
Do's and Dont's
Andrei Podoprigora, tinyBuild

3. Developer for PS2, PC, Mobile
Co-founded and ran A-Steroids
Switched to the dark side and went into publishing
About me
since 2017
2003 — 2007
2008 — 2017

4. You WILL underestimate it and you will delay

5. You’re a small team, building your Next Big Thing

6. Don’t lie to yourself:You suck at some of it

7. Find specialists to do stuff you suck at

8. Delegate to build a self-dependent team

9. Don’t understimate communication

10. Don’t allow administrative grind to suck you in

11. Learn how to do pre-production

12. Don’t think gameplay will come together later…

13. Don’t listen to praise, seek criticism

14. Use your publisher /if you got one/

15. Balance between Paranoid & Not Giving a Fuck

16. Dont'sDo’s
> Don’t lie to yourself: you suck at some of it
> Don’t allow administrative grind to suck you in
> Don’t understimate communication
> Don’t think gameplay will come together later
> Don’t listen to praise, seek criticism
> Find specialists to do stuff you suck at
> Delegate to build a self-dependent team
> Learn how to do pre-production
> Use your publisher /if you got one/
> Balance between Paranoid
& Not Giving a Fuck

17. facebook.com/zlotsky
andrei@tinybuild.com
Andrei Podoprigora
Executive Producer