HushCrasher
@hushcrasher.bsky.social
We break down the video game industry.
Run by:
@juliebelzanne.bsky.social & @antoine.mayerowitz.io
Run by:
@juliebelzanne.bsky.social & @antoine.mayerowitz.io
How much does it cost to make a game today? We built a model to estimate the budget of 100,000 games and find out.
Come see what we learned: open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
Come see what we learned: open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
How much does it cost to make a video game?
We built a model to estimate the budget of 100,000 games. Here's what we found.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How much does it cost to make a game today? We built a model to estimate the budget of 100,000 games and find out.
Come see what we learned: open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
Come see what we learned: open.substack.com/pub/hushcras...
Reposted by HushCrasher
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
Reposted by HushCrasher
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...
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
Cooking our 1st article 🍲 👀
#gamedevs, publishers, video game enthusiasts, be ready
#data #journalism #indiegames #indiedevs
#gamedevs, publishers, video game enthusiasts, be ready
#data #journalism #indiegames #indiedevs
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Cooking our 1st article 🍲 👀
#gamedevs, publishers, video game enthusiasts, be ready
#data #journalism #indiegames #indiedevs
#gamedevs, publishers, video game enthusiasts, be ready
#data #journalism #indiegames #indiedevs