Getting featured without a publisher

AndyG · Oct 5, 2015

Excellent. That would be a great watch @TreySmith I've been trying to find it online but no joy so thanks for making it available

trudnai · Oct 15, 2015

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@AndyG
Now it's a bit dated, but back then no one was talking about games so it was really new stuff.
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So true! Games are like secret sauce, everyone knows how tasty is it, but no one knows how to make it. I am not talking about developing it or creating the awesome graphics for it, but the small details that separates a "good game" and a "f. awesome game".

Btw one thing I have noticed on my own skin is that the closer you get to the finish line the harder it gets to get there up to a point where your legs feels like tied up by hundreds of chain gains. And then when you cross that finish line you realize that was only the first circuit on your track... You still need app fixes and improvements and other aftermarket support, not to mention post release marketing efforts...

AndyG · Oct 17, 2015

@TreySmith Any chance you've had time to pull that vid together and post for us?

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@AndyG

Jump Pack was our first hit game (broke the Top 25 in 2012) and I recorded the whole process from coming up with the idea to publishing the game. It was also when I had just first met Nik and our second game we made as a team.

I took all these videos and packaged them together into a documentary DVD I called The Jump Pack Story. This was before I started Game Academy and one of the first things I did teaching people about making games. Actually, that is what really kicked everything off. We sold like 7,000 of those DVDs. Now it's a bit dated, but back then no one was talking about games so it was really new stuff.

I recut a 720p version of it about a year ago. I will try to find and upload it later this week.
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trygii · Oct 19, 2015

@TreySmith Just found this thread. Did you upload the DVD? And is the Jump Pack game still available? Thanks

CODE K · Oct 13, 2016

TreySmith said: ↑

@AndyG

Jump Pack was our first hit game (broke the Top 25 in 2012) and I recorded the whole process from coming up with the idea to publishing the game. It was also when I had just first met Nik and our second game we made as a team.

I took all these videos and packaged them together into a documentary DVD I called The Jump Pack Story. This was before I started Game Academy and one of the first things I did teaching people about making games. Actually, that is what really kicked everything off. We sold like 7,000 of those DVDs. Now it's a bit dated, but back then no one was talking about games so it was really new stuff.

I recut a 720p version of it about a year ago. I will try to find and upload it later this week.
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@TreySmith i would also really like to view the Jump Pack Story... Did you manage to upload it somewhere?

Thanks much and best regards,
Chris

Keromor · Oct 18, 2016

Thanks for the advice!

Gareth

Wings n Armor · Oct 25, 2016

Awesome @TreySmith

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Hey Guys,

I've had a few really interesting meetings lately and wanted to quickly tell you why customers are getting games featured by publishers more than on their own.

There is really only one difference: Polishing. I can absolutely not stress how important this is.

When we finish level design on a game like Phases or Sky, it's usually about 20% done at that point. We literally will spend 80% of the time polishing the game to make sure it's perfectly fluid, the gameplay is on point, there are no little technical or level design issues and that all graphics are completely coherent from start buttons to backgrounds.

This final polishing stage is what separates the great games from the good ones.

Publishers know this - and ask anyone that has signed with a publisher - they make you polish like CRAZY. They will not submit until the game is TIRELESSLY perfect.

When we emailed customers about our publishing company, we got over 40 responses. From these responses, we had 13 possibles. From these possibles... we had ONE that was polished. Literally only one game that was ready to go by our standards.

Now, this is fine. The one big benefit with Buildbox publishing is you guys are our customers. If we see potential in a game, we'll work with you (heck, on one game we redid the name, background, logo and all the characters).

This post isn't about that though, it's about YOU getting featured on your own. If you want this to happen, you have to polish like a publisher. How much is enough? Here's a good rule: If you don't hate your game, you haven't polished it enough I say that jokingly, but it's completely true. You have to spend so much time with the game that it nearly drives you crazy to get it perfect.
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