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David McGraw
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Two things... The first one being the most critical

Don't Ignore Marketing
You're indie. Nobody knows you. You absolutely need to get yourself out and start building your brand as early as you possibly can. You can't expect to have the next big hit so you need to start dipping your toes into the water early. Marketing is hard. Building a brand can be a full-time position. Spend an hour or two everyday talking to your community or other people to help them discover you.

Nothing sucks worse than spending a year making something and you don't meet a fraction of your expectations or even reachingreach anything close to your potential.

Don't Sacrifice Quality
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you're independent that you can't produce something of extremely good quality. Yes, it will take you more time to develop than someone with a powerhouse of developers, but you're just going to have to be more creative. If you don't like your artistic style, fix it. If your procedural algorithm routine sucks, fix it.

Two things... The first one being the most critical

Don't Ignore Marketing
You're indie. Nobody knows you. You absolutely need to get yourself out and start building your brand as early as you possibly can. You can't expect to have the next big hit so you need to start dipping your toes into the water early. Marketing is hard. Building a brand can be a full-time position. Spend an hour or two everyday talking to your community or other people to help them discover you.

Nothing sucks worse than spending a year making something and you don't meet a fraction of your expectations or even reaching anything close to your potential.

Don't Sacrifice Quality
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you're independent that you can't produce something of extremely good quality. Yes, it will take you more time to develop than someone with a powerhouse of developers, but you're just going to have to be more creative. If you don't like your artistic style, fix it. If your procedural algorithm routine sucks, fix it.

Two things... The first one being the most critical

Don't Ignore Marketing
You're indie. Nobody knows you. You absolutely need to get yourself out and start building your brand as early as you possibly can. You can't expect to have the next big hit so you need to start dipping your toes into the water early. Marketing is hard. Building a brand can be a full-time position. Spend an hour or two everyday talking to your community or other people to help them discover you.

Nothing sucks worse than spending a year making something and you don't meet a fraction of your expectations or even reach anything close to your potential.

Don't Sacrifice Quality
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you're independent that you can't produce something of extremely good quality. Yes, it will take you more time to develop than someone with a powerhouse of developers, but you're just going to have to be more creative. If you don't like your artistic style, fix it. If your procedural algorithm routine sucks, fix it.

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David McGraw
David McGraw
  • 4.1k
  • 2
  • 33
  • 38

Two things... The first one being the most critical

Don't Ignore Marketing
You're indie. Nobody knows you. You absolutely need to get yourself out and start building your brand as early as you possibly can. You can't expect to have the next big hit so you need to start dipping your toes into the water early. Marketing is hard. Building a brand can be a full-time position. Spend an hour or two everyday talking to your community or other people to help them discover you.

Nothing sucks worse than spending a year making something and you don't meet a fraction of your expectations or even reaching anything close to your potential.

Don't Sacrifice Quality
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you're independent that you can't produce something of extremely good quality. Yes, it will take you more time to develop than someone with a powerhouse of developers, but you're just going to have to be more creative. If you don't like your artistic style, fix it. If your procedural algorithm routine sucks, fix it.