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How have you funded yourself (prior to Kickstarter)? I'm in a similar position to you (indie developer, working on my first project of size that I am polishing
by dboon 4y ago
How have you funded yourself (prior to Kickstarter)?
I'm in a similar position to you (indie developer, working on my first project of size that I am polishing with intent to release). I haven't quite been able to square up a way to work on my game full time -- I suspect out of a lack of ingenuity or resourcefulness on my part. You seem to have solved this problem, though.
- Shinmera 4y agoBy being lucky enough to have savings, and having a room at my parents' house that doesn't require any rent payments. Without those, it definitely wouldn't have been possible. Recently I've also received some grants, namely the Pro Helvetia interactive media grant, and the Poland Digital Dragons Accelerator. Both of those only offset a part of the money I had already personally invested though, and the Kickstarter barely makes a dent in anything. Selling games is such a gamble, too. If the stats are to be believed, only about 15% of games on Steam recoup their investment, let alone making profit. For the next project's funding, I'm going to try and look at some other source like Patreon, to at least offset my own measly costs so I can spend longer in pre-production. Making games is just really expensive, and any funding source is heavily fought over, or comes with huge caveats attached. I don't think I have this figured out yet either, so all I can say is best of luck!