How many of my fellow #indiedev friends are building for themselves vs building for an audience? How exactly have you determined who your audience is and what makes them tick?

With our industry's obsession with vanity metrics such as wishlists, have you ever thought about the "why" behind them? Why do some games have super high conversion, but the average is usually below 5%?

How exactly can you make sure that the value of a wishlist is high enough that they'll convert?

As an Indie Dev, how do you use data to de-risk your projects? where do you get your data from and how do you make sense of it? What kind of data do you think matters the most?

I need to try and finish Pacific Drive at some point.

Just 100% Indiana Jones - what a ride!
Highly recommend it if you've not played it yet.
Might be my game of the year.

What's been your game of the year?

No 2 games of Nightmare: Dicebound will ever be exactly the same. Our procedural map layouts and placement of clues & objects will give you a fresh challenge with each try: https://buff.ly/3OM4Xvb Play our prototype: buff.ly/3ZNvddV

#indiedev #turnbased #survivalhorror

Thanks!

Looks awesome

Would love to be added please, along with our studio account: @dreamharvest.co.uk - we're making Nightmare: Dicebound

Our artist, Emily, has been working on the main protagonist, Charles, for our upcoming game Nightmare: Dicebound. We still have a small team right now (there are only 6 of us), but the quality and pace of work really show a dedicated and passionate group of people.

#indiedev #unity #turnbased

It's the start of a new week, so let's jump back into our Nightmare: Dicebound series and learn how curses can affect Charles' Stamina Dice and Dice Slots - https://buff.ly/3Ot5eTN Join our Discord to get hands-on with our prototypes: buff.ly/3ASIs4B

#indiedev #turnbased #survivalhorror

Emily is proving to be absolutely unstoppable! It's only Monday, and she's already digging into her creative duffel bag of Lovecraftian horrors and working on sketches for the Monster Journal in our upcoming title, Nightmare: Dicebound. buff.ly/49eKHMd #turnbased #boardgame #indiedev

Thanks! 🙏

Meet Twiggy, the fluff ball.
#devCat

Our studio and team would love to be added if possible
We launched NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy using Unity and are now developing Nightmare: Dicebound in Unity
Studio: @dreamharvest.co.uk
Team: @sven.dreamharvest.co.uk
@justin.dreamharvest.co.uk
@emloha.bsky.social
@kevin.dreamharvest.co.uk
Thanks!

Have you thought about adding voice acting to your games but hesitated due to costs, complexity, or management issues? I’ll explain our dialogue pipeline process in the coming days, based on my work with our titles and AAA dialogue.

#voiceacting #gameaudio #indiedev

Here's the next tip on de-risking your #gamedev / #indiedev project, number 8:

Develop a Strong Visual Identity

Our pitch deck received multiple offers from publishers who saw Project Nightmare’s potential. But as the industry hit tough times, those deals fell through—a reminder that while a great deck opens doors, the journey has its challenges. #PitchDeck #FirstImpression #GameDev

With the industry changes, it’s clear that a vertical slice is now essential for publishers. Our pitch deck made a strong first impression, but today’s publishers want to see the game in action. A playable demo has become the next step in moving from interest to funding. #GameDev #GamePitch

It's worth waiting a bit until they patch it. I've reached a point where so much is broken that some quests don't work any more.

But otherwise, it's a lot of fun.

Just realised my maths was very wrong there, £66 across 6 equal payments.

Wish that option was around when I went all in on the Kingdom Death Kickstarter......

Me too, hehe. I'm still waiting on at least 10 other Kickstarter purchases.

On a separate note, Gamefound's split pay is both a blessing and a curse. Now I don't feel so bad dropping £400 on an all in pledge as it's split into 6 £50 Equal payments.....but then, it's still £400 on a board game.