How (and When) to Not Give up on Your Game

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In this 2017 GDC talk, Necrosoft Games' Brandon Sheffield offers tips to help you get the most value of your game, whether it's still in production or struggling in the market.
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@idklol4197 Жыл бұрын

gotta love that gdc intro noise blowing my eardrums out

@Sh1sou 6 жыл бұрын

Great talk, but the title is ''out of space'' in relation to the talk, or better, it doesn't reflect it. ''How to fund your little indie team to make games on different platforms'', would be a better title. or ''How to use new platforms to fund your little indie game project''. The point, when to give up: If you can't find a platform thats funding your prototype, stop the work and make another one.

@daveyhu 6 жыл бұрын

This is seriously the best GDC talk ever - the games, how they do it, the uncertainty, the guy - so bizarre! Love it.

@fabiboiii 6 жыл бұрын

Very interesting talk! Thanks a lot for explaining all of this! I always looked down on the early gen released console games and thought they were disgusting money grabs but now I understand that there really is a NEED for these games and I've experienced it myself with the PS4 and how it lacked ANY games for MONTHS!

@GurdevSeepersaud 6 жыл бұрын

The editor here really has to make it so that the slides don't disappear at random points in the talk. I see it repeated in a lot of the GDC videos, but it's pointless and it makes it hard to take notes.

@randyactionpants 6 жыл бұрын

A nice surprise. I didn't expect this type of answer, thank you for this.

@marijnstollenga1601 4 жыл бұрын

this guy can be in the next season of Mr. Robot

@YOUCANTDOTHATONTELEVISION 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing this probably couldn't have come at a more useful time in our development cycle. Something thats been a real struggle to do is have literally ANY kind of funding. We have been trying to keep our projects alive by doing stock investing and if anyone here does that knows it requires a lot of time and attention and frankly, almost took over our priorities all together at one point. I WAS kind of hoping to get an answer on when to call it quits with a project but I think the video says if you believe in your game, don't give up- just seek out new emerging markets. Thanks for this talk.

@KANJICODER Жыл бұрын

How are you doing now? This talk is a bit old, but your comment is only a year old. Any success with this strategy?

@bulalaish 6 жыл бұрын

great talk, thank you

@gamefoun 6 жыл бұрын

There is a part of another video in this talk. But still a nice talk.

@smiauu 5 жыл бұрын

so this is why games are full of gimmicks nowadays. great talk brandon!(please bring back insert credit podcast)

@scottisitt 2 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant.

@weltraumimport 6 жыл бұрын

good animal pics, really keep my attention on the presentation tbh!!

@marijnstollenga1601 4 жыл бұрын

I completely lost it at kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqbSi6aoisiXmpo

@SIMPalaxy 6 жыл бұрын

Probably the most useful talk on this entire channel.

@BenMakesGames 6 жыл бұрын

yes! it was awesome hearing about not only successes and things to do, but also failures and things to avoid!

@SnakeEngine 6 жыл бұрын

The desperation is real.

@adilsonmohr 6 жыл бұрын

@GDC - review the video - the original talk has 28 minutes or so - but the video has another talk 'attached' to it, resulting in a 58 min video!!

@YOUCANTDOTHATONTELEVISION 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a link for the extra part of this? Thanks in advance!

@user-py7mz8oj7o 5 жыл бұрын

I too am making a 2D game hoping for an Unreal grant, but I guess I won't get it now.

@user-py7mz8oj7o 5 жыл бұрын

tile-matching puzzle

@DOSRetroGamer 2 жыл бұрын

You won't. Or better to say, you haven't.

@sorry987654321 2 жыл бұрын

That is an interesting strategy I never thought of. And of course a very bad title for this talk.

@davidpike766 5 жыл бұрын

now i'm depressed.

@DonWippo1 6 жыл бұрын

I personally think it would be better to not show animal pictures between slides, because it is distracting and does not add anything to the talk. Plus I find the name misleading. Other than that: Nice Talk, that shows off some alternative to the traditional launching and funding model that is deeply embedd in our heads.