Antoine Mayerowitz
@antoine.mayerowitz.io
Half of @hushcrasher.bsky.social - PhD in economics / data science / generative art. Paris.
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Why "Kei" you may ask? The term sparked a long debate. "Mini" felt misleading, potentially confused with minigames, and carried a "lesser value" connotation. Same for "Tiny", "Micro", and "A-". "Solo" didn't fit 2-3 person teams. Plus, we're two weebs ⛩️
Indie game is so passe, it's now Kei game
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Why "Kei" you may ask? The term sparked a long debate. "Mini" felt misleading, potentially confused with minigames, and carried a "lesser value" connotation. Same for "Tiny", "Micro", and "A-". "Solo" didn't fit 2-3 person teams. Plus, we're two weebs ⛩️
Reposted by Antoine Mayerowitz
I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
People talk about "indie" games, AA, AAA. But no one agrees on what those really mean. With @juliebelzanne.bsky.social we went down the rabbit hole and used a data-driven approach to provide a definitive answer.
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
By the way, what are AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...
hushcrasher.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
People talk about "indie" games, AA, AAA. But no one agrees on what those really mean. With @juliebelzanne.bsky.social we went down the rabbit hole and used a data-driven approach to provide a definitive answer.
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Reposted by Antoine Mayerowitz
Do you (really) know what a AA game is? Or even what an indie game is? We do, now 👉
open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
It's free to subscribe! It's a great way to show your support 🫶
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedevs #videogames #indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #datasciencetalk #clustering
open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
It's free to subscribe! It's a great way to show your support 🫶
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedevs #videogames #indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #datasciencetalk #clustering
September 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Do you (really) know what a AA game is? Or even what an indie game is? We do, now 👉
open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
It's free to subscribe! It's a great way to show your support 🫶
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedevs #videogames #indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #datasciencetalk #clustering
open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
It's free to subscribe! It's a great way to show your support 🫶
#gamedev #gamedevelopment #gamedevs #videogames #indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #datasciencetalk #clustering
Bayesian statistics is so much more popular on social media. I guess frequentists are too busy having a job 🤷
July 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bayesian statistics is so much more popular on social media. I guess frequentists are too busy having a job 🤷
Reposted by Antoine Mayerowitz
Big streamers? Hit or miss. Smaller streamers? Hit.
Video games industry is so so competitive (+40 every day)
Yet, Twitch is still untapped: high potential ROI & low marketing cost
The era of micro streamers is upon us 💎
www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/th...
#indiedev #twitchmarketing #gamedev
Video games industry is so so competitive (+40 every day)
Yet, Twitch is still untapped: high potential ROI & low marketing cost
The era of micro streamers is upon us 💎
www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/th...
#indiedev #twitchmarketing #gamedev
How Balatro publisher Playstack delivered a marketing masterclass
A carefully curated 'Wheel of Attention' became Balatro's best friend.
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Big streamers? Hit or miss. Smaller streamers? Hit.
Video games industry is so so competitive (+40 every day)
Yet, Twitch is still untapped: high potential ROI & low marketing cost
The era of micro streamers is upon us 💎
www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/th...
#indiedev #twitchmarketing #gamedev
Video games industry is so so competitive (+40 every day)
Yet, Twitch is still untapped: high potential ROI & low marketing cost
The era of micro streamers is upon us 💎
www.gamedeveloper.com/marketing/th...
#indiedev #twitchmarketing #gamedev
Vibe traveling
March 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Vibe traveling
The 0 penny tech stack for broken indie hackers 🧵👇
March 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The 0 penny tech stack for broken indie hackers 🧵👇
Drove me crazy for 3 hours
March 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Drove me crazy for 3 hours
Reposted by Antoine Mayerowitz
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
Reposted by Antoine Mayerowitz
Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory
Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky
blueskydirectory.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
November 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
With Bluesky trending again, it feels like the perfect time to repost my course on Pareto optimality #econSky
November 15, 2024 at 7:42 AM
With Bluesky trending again, it feels like the perfect time to repost my course on Pareto optimality #econSky
I won’t dive into the Python vs R debate. But can we all agree that R {ggplot2} is far superior for plots?
November 14, 2024 at 8:44 AM
I won’t dive into the Python vs R debate. But can we all agree that R {ggplot2} is far superior for plots?
31 years old and I finally made my first accepted pull request for a popular library ✌️
October 25, 2024 at 9:12 AM
31 years old and I finally made my first accepted pull request for a popular library ✌️
Millenials complaining they don't find "third places": do you know about LAUNDROMAT ?
- Heated
- No entry fees
- Seats
- Open 7/7
- Heated
- No entry fees
- Seats
- Open 7/7
October 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Millenials complaining they don't find "third places": do you know about LAUNDROMAT ?
- Heated
- No entry fees
- Seats
- Open 7/7
- Heated
- No entry fees
- Seats
- Open 7/7
