My name is Buddy Sola and I’m the Community Manager for Akupara Games. In today’s Indie Insights, I want to share with everyone an insanely useful resource we put together this year.    Earlier this year, we launched The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark on PS4, PS5, Xbox, Switch, and Stadia (on top […]

Publishing 101 | Publishing 102 | Publishing 103 | Publishing 104 Partner Amplification As an indie publisher, we know the process for receiving store page and console partner support can be ambiguous and at times difficult to navigate. Some processes can feel cumbersome with poor visibility, documentation, or support. Others are completely unavailable to small […]

Indie Insights: Email Giveaways I’ve praised the efforts of game developer and indie game marketing guru Chris Zukowski in the past, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I echo his sentiment that email lists are huge for indie game marketing. If you’re looking for a good, interesting breakdown of why email lists matter, […]

Dissecting Discord: How to Set Up an Indie Game Discord Server 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 […]

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, […]