Indie Game Communities: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Future
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Covers concrete community tactics and tradeoffs: running a 48‑hour Global Game Jam with 142 people; a Halloween showcase grown over seven years that now forces venue upgrades; building a cycle of weekly co‑working (30–40 attendees), monthly show‑and‑tell, and a $50k Seattle Indies Expo budget funded by sponsorships and Patreon‑style coffee donations plus microgrants and a planned Kickstarter. Shows handoff of leadership to avoid burnout, using universities, libraries, bars and Discord post‑jam streams to keep momentum.
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