Postmortem: Year Two Indie Recap

Two years ago on February 1st 2012 I began my journey to learn how to program and become an indie developer. I blogged about my year one experiences last year; and I wanted to share my thoughts again as Year 2 has been another really big year.



I had probably one of the two biggest things possible happen to me in my development career in 2013 but I still have the feeling that I did not accomplish nearly enough.  I also have a lot of regrets about joining #1GAM challenge that I'll share as I go along.

Warning long read ahead ;  but plenty of pictures !

My Indie Story: The Glorious Agony of a Victory ..

This post is part post mortem on my Pirates Jewels II game that I recently completed and shipped so as per the title there are both elements of triumph and defeat in this story.

It's also part commentary on the state of the indie developer and the potential market channels and some challenges I've had to deal with.  If you're a new indie developer or thinking about becoming one some of these observations are going to be a bit scary.

Honestly ; if you have never had a release yet you should probably stop reading now. I don't want to discourage you.  I am definitely not going to hold any punches back in this post ; so having been warned read on if you dare!

One Minute of Light Complete & Link

I apologize but I did not post on my blog once my Ludum Dare 28 entry was completed, I made the lion shares of my live blogging on the Ludum Dare wordpress site as those are carried in a feed there.

You can  check the game description and play link out on the Ludum Dare site here

The first thing to know is I changed the name over night as I had come up with the theme that you were in a graveyard and had to escape ; and your torch only would last for one minute (Which fits the competition theme of  "You Only Have One" ).

Eventually as the design became apparent that light was much more important than the fact you were in a graveyard I decided to rename it to "One Minute of Light"

I also wanted to recap what I thought went well and could have done better after the break!