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My [[Game Developers Conference|GDC 2013]] rant was titled ''No One Knows About Your Game''.  It's a spiritual sequel to my 2011 soapbox, [[5 Minutes Worth of Observations about AAA Indie Games]], and it's about how even if you think you have a lot of press and awareness, for all practical purposes, no one knows about your game.
My [[Game Developers Conference|GDC 2013]] Indie Game Summit soapbox<ref>Which is like a rant, but nicer!</ref> was titled ''No One Knows About Your Game''.  It's a spiritual sequel to my 2011 soapbox, [[5 Minutes Worth of Observations about AAA Indie Games]], and it's about how even if you think you have a lot of press and awareness, for all practical purposes, no one knows about your game.


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This audio was from a rehearsal, not the actual IGS version of the talk, but that was on somebody else's laptop, so I didn't record it.
One key point from this talk is the following theory of mine, partially based on analyzing what happened with [[My Liner Notes for Spore|Spore]]:
<center>'''You cannot overhype a game, you can only underdeliver.'''</center>
[http://twitter.com/nothings Sean Barrett] tweeted this in response to my announcement of this post:
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I'll put some additional thoughts here soon...  Right now I have to prepare another lecture!
I'll put some additional thoughts here soon...  Right now I have to prepare another lecture!


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Revision as of 22:15, 27 March 2013

My GDC 2013 Indie Game Summit soapbox[1] was titled No One Knows About Your Game. It's a spiritual sequel to my 2011 soapbox, 5 Minutes Worth of Observations about AAA Indie Games, and it's about how even if you think you have a lot of press and awareness, for all practical purposes, no one knows about your game.

This audio was from a rehearsal, not the actual IGS version of the talk, but that was on somebody else's laptop, so I didn't record it.

One key point from this talk is the following theory of mine, partially based on analyzing what happened with Spore:

You cannot overhype a game, you can only underdeliver.

Sean Barrett tweeted this in response to my announcement of this post:

Nothings.png

I'll put some additional thoughts here soon... Right now I have to prepare another lecture!

  1. Which is like a rant, but nicer!
This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 22:15.