6-FIGURE PUBLISHING DEALS Before Finishing Your Game (a chat with Zhenghua Yang)

[@thomasbrush]

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[@DavidWehleGames]

A absolutely love Z, I'll never forget being a nervous new game dev at my first PAX in the Indie Megabooth, and he took the time to come up to me and say how much he loved my work, which was humbling and made me feel less nervous. Excited to see Serenity Forge keep growing!

[@Shadowstorm5400]

This has to be in my top 5 favorite videos that you've made thank you so much for the insight! I feel a bit more confident now that once my game is ready to pitch that I'll also be able to talk to a publisher more competently. Thank you again!

[@mahouboy]

It's actually pretty interesting seeing the more technical side of the making of a Indie Game

[@sebastianpotts8278]

This was a brilliant video thankyou Thomas for hosting it and to Z he seems like a real honest and down to earth guy and his company seem to have a great philosophy that I believe any developer would be happy to partner with.

[@Maj87]

Thank you Thomas and Z for the total honesty, transparency and valuable information. And providing it to us for free. Really appreciated, this will come back to you with bigger rewards.

[@MikoajBazaczek]

As a somebody doing game dev on a side, this exchange offered a lot of insight into otherwise mysterious publishing, solo (or small) gamedev world. Talking openly about how you worked together, the budgeting, incentives for all parties and practicalities of making a successful (both from design/artistic and money perspective) is very helpful for anybody looking to enter this market. Way more useful than a lot of GDC talks, thanks a lot for that!

[@AlexGorskov]

Tom, thank you for this one! Also, I got to see you from a different perspective, and I loved it. It was cool seeing you sitting there with that thoughtful look. Let's dive deeper. I think people would love to see you open up more; I certainly do. Good luck with Father!

[@muddasheep]

This is extremely valuable, thanks a lot for creating this!

[@rotub]

Super valuable! And also adds to the fear a little to be honest! Thanks for this video Z and Thomas. 👍🏼

[@Gathrey]

This is so valuable and insightful, Thomas doing the lords work for game devs haha

[@Greninja017]

Thank you Thomas and Z this is was very useful for me and everyone watching this

[@3dartninja]

This was so awsome, love these podcast you are doing thomas. This one was top notch information, I've been wanted to hear from Z since you talked about him a long time ago! Very knowledgeable individual and a great convo! 👍

[@jimmycheng7997]

Thanks Thomas! Really enjoy your podcast and Full-time game dev course!

[@B_Carr007i]

I like the way Thomas drills guys to get down to the facts

[@broganking9830]

Yeah this might be favourite video so far!

[@officialspock]

The best podcast yet, learned a lot, thanks for this

[@zolagorgonzola]

Awesome conversation! Very helpful! Thank you both!

[@greenviewmedia6186]

So good. Love these conversations!

[@Tbjbu2]

thanks Z & Thomas, very insightful talk as always!

[@ignurof6122]

Great video, good amount of knowledge to gain from watching this. Helpful as always Thomas, wish you the best of luck with Father!

[@aggoserinn]

This interview is such a treasure chest!

[@Funstyle2910]

Super interessting! Watched the half now and it's a cool conversation

[@blackgate225]

Z's 30 under 30 article was pretty good

[@typhereus]

Thanks for all the insight this was super relevant and helpful.

[@mellstardust2782]

1:04:53 he probably talking about game as a subscription service, or maybe game pass bundle. I actually love that kind of stuff.

[@BMartinsGamingExpo]

Same i love the game pass

[@davidcalderwood5540]

I feel he may be talking about the way platforms like epic etc could be considering taking over the game market by making consoles obsolete. In the way that their servers will have the hardware to run the graphics and handle performance of the game and the user only needs a dumb pc/console without the need for a top end graphics card and then connect to the platforms server to play their games. I think this is the route for the future of gaming, and as you have mentioned 'Subscription Service' to gain access to their games on each platform.

[@andresgarro9095]

I love this podcasts, keep up the good work

[@iangraham6730]

That was very enjoyable! Thanks for sharing!

[@radikalbeats]

this was a real gem, thank you

[@IraKane]

Really interesting and really valuable information. Thank you, honestly.

[@kevinzawarrior]

Super valuable information, thank you!

[@onewheelson9956]

Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

[@LifelinkTV]

41:26 Huge pro tip to take note.

[@davehansan]

Thank you this is so helpful!

[@akari-thefiveeyedfox1019]

So much great info here 😁🦊

[@TimothyBell90]

Hey Thomas, I've watched pretty much all of your videos ever. These ones with publishers have been awesome, but could you possibly do one about the following subject? Allot of these talks have seemingly been about single player story driven games that's very easy to do a vertical slice for. In my case I'm working on a 16 vs 16 wizard 3rd person shooter. I have a hard time picturing offering a vertical slice when the games full potential needs atleast 20 players. Would any of the guys you know who publish be able to maybe talk about what would be different for multiplayer games being pitched and how they go about evaluating those as publishers?

[@B_Carr007i]

Z makes me wanna give them my pitch

[@Dailyfiver]

If you released games that didn’t get many sales, but you still had a respectable game released under your name, would that be acceptable? I feel like marketing is one of my weaknesses and that’s why I’d like to get a publisher in the first place.

[@kfinimizer2182]

You da best Brush 😁, is Father out for release?

[@ericgamingyt]

❤

[@B_Carr007i]

What game was that in the background?

[@cedricquilal-lan1616]

1:06 🤣

[@robertonita1279]

Sorry if it's obvius and i missed it but what's the game on the background at 12 mins?

[@rebel6809]

Everyone's asking same qs

[@Baddiestory]

Death’s Gambit

[@robertonita1279]

@@Baddiestory wow tysm

[@karthikkrishna252]

IM FROM INDIA CAN I PUBLISH WITH FOREIGN PUBLISHERS

[@keremaslan1988]

Hades did new things tho

[@panickal]

sus

[@panickal]

SPEEDRUN BABY

[@PeterMilko]

Warning! The tip at 49:10 must be taken lightly. I know a developer who made millions doing just that. Its not a bad idea, just needs to be done right. By the way I'm a dev too nearly done with my tower defence dungeon crawler RPG "Dwerve", free demo on steam. 🕹