Fifteen years ago, anyone launching an indie game would have needed to make a Facebook. Ten years ago, they’d need Twitter. Five years ago, they’d need Instagram. Today, every marketing expert in gaming is going to tell you to set up a Discord server for your upcoming indie titles, whether it’s a thoughtful adventure game, […]

Cat Arthur heads up all things sound at Akupara Games, from foleying sound effects to composing bangin’ soundtracks. I asked them to put together a blog to show off some of their expertise and knowledge and here it is! Enjoy!     Jams kick ass. They make me better at music and that happens with […]

A few weeks ago, I got asked: “What’s the number one most important thing a dev needs to know to be successful in the games industry?” Questions like these are fun because everyone has opinions and folks tend to supply answers alongside their expertise. Alyssa, who heroically keeps our scatterbrained team on the straight and […]

Fifteen years ago, anyone launching an indie game would have needed to make a Facebook. Ten years ago, they’d need Twitter. Five years ago, they’d need Instagram. Today, every marketing expert in gaming is going to tell you to set up a Discord server for your upcoming indie titles, whether it’s a thoughtful adventure game, […]

One of my favorite things to do in these blogs is pull back the curtain a bit about our development, production and marketing processes. By doing that, we hopefully help give other indie studios a little window into what we consider to be important, interesting or helpful uses of our time. Today, let’s talk about […]

Fifteen years ago, anyone launching an indie game would have needed to make a Facebook. Ten years ago, they’d need Twitter. Five years ago, they’d need Instagram. Today, every marketing expert in gaming is going to tell you to set up a Discord server for your upcoming indie titles, whether it’s a thoughtful adventure game, […]

If you’ve been following Akupara Games over the last year, you’ll have seen us in a ton of different indie showcases. We’ve been featured in The Mix Next, by IGN and just last week Mutazione won the Grand Jury Prize at IndieCade 2020! A neat side effect of participating in all these shows is it […]

Fifteen years ago, anyone launching an indie game would have needed to make a Facebook. Ten years ago, they’d need Twitter. Five years ago, they’d need Instagram. Today, every marketing expert in gaming is going to tell you to set up a Discord server for your upcoming indie titles, whether it’s a thoughtful adventure game, […]

Last month, our psychedelic, 2D precision platformer dropped for the Nintendo Switch and all across stores on the PC. We’ve been getting tremendous feedback from the community, especially for the art and music, but this story isn’t about that stuff. This story is about competition, precision, and optimization.    Speedrunning has come to Spinch. Now, […]

In a world where getting the word out about indie games gets harder and harder, we as developers and publishers need to find new opportunities and avenues to rise above the chatter and make a place for ourselves and our games. There are dozens of ways to do this – Victoria Tran of Kitfox fame […]