Colin MacLeod

Full of interviews. Not very actionable

Revisado: 08-05-24

As an indie developer looking to publish my first fully independent game, I had high hopes for this book to provide clear steps and valuable insights into the publishing process. Unfortunately, the book fell short of my expectations.
While it contains numerous interviews with indie gamedevs and publishers, the content often felt sanitized and stilted. The writing is generalized and not useful. Instead of actionable advice, the book frequently offered vague statements like "there are no one-size-fits-all solutions," which made it difficult to extract practical steps for my own journey.
The marketing case study given at the end of the book, Vectronom, appears to have been a commercial failure (see Steam results via vginsights.com), rendering it an ineffective case study. This was despite the game's excellent Steam reviews and being signed by ARTE, the European culture TV channel, and getting multi-channel coverage.
I was seeking a guide with concrete steps and strategies to navigate the challenges of publishing independently, but this book did not deliver on that front. It felt more like a collection of stories rather than a practical manual, making it less useful for someone looking for direct, actionable advice.

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