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Any other indie devs in the thread? What do you like about events like GDC? Have you found it paid off financially to meet people or learn thing while there?

Jeaye 7y ago
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meheleventyone 7y ago
Depends on how small you are but it’s extremely important for business meetings if you want to speak/pitch to publishers, VCs and others. Everyone is there. Obviously you don’t actually have to attend the conference proper to setup meetings and you usually need to set them up in advance. Conferences themselves are great for networking which can be great for fostering business relationships in the future. The talks themselves can be extremely variable in quality but can be a good source of inspiration. Lots get posted online (and you get access to all the GDC talks through the conference pass) these days which feels like a better fit to delivery for that side of things.
blueboo 7y ago
To make math work, you need to arrange multiple viable meetings ahead of time. They don’t just happen because you show up to Moscone with a GDC badge. And such meetings don’t even require a GDC badge... There’s every chance you could do these meetings at other times of the year, but publishers might be in other cities. As for learning, there’s great content, but GDC Vault is a far better value than an all-access ticket, and the sessions are happening when you should be having meetings. (That means the randos you’ll bump into aren’t the people who you’d want to meet with...)

Jeaye 7y ago

If you're making eSports or any skill-based competitive (single or multi-player) games, check out https://okletsplay.com https://okletsplay.com as a potential for allowing your players to bet money on their skill. You get rev share, increased retention, and exposure on our platform. We had booth space reserved at GDC and we're very interested in indies and getting some cool games on board. We're live with Rocket League and, by March 16th, we'll be live with CS:GO and a couple of others. Hit us up in our Discord (on our website) or me personally (Co-founder) if you're interested.

meheleventyone 7y ago

Depends on how small you are but it’s extremely important for business meetings if you want to speak/pitch to publishers, VCs and others. Everyone is there. Obviously you don’t actually have to attend the conference proper to setup meetings and you usually need to set them up in advance. Conferences themselves are great for networking which can be great for fostering business relationships in the future. The talks themselves can be extremely variable in quality but can be a good source of inspiration. Lots get posted online (and you get access to all the GDC talks through the conference pass) these days which feels like a better fit to delivery for that side of things.

blueboo 7y ago

To make math work, you need to arrange multiple viable meetings ahead of time. They don’t just happen because you show up to Moscone with a GDC badge. And such meetings don’t even require a GDC badge... There’s every chance you could do these meetings at other times of the year, but publishers might be in other cities. As for learning, there’s great content, but GDC Vault is a far better value than an all-access ticket, and the sessions are happening when you should be having meetings. (That means the randos you’ll bump into aren’t the people who you’d want to meet with...)