Helping Smaller Game Developers Play in the Big Leagues
summary
Covers a free analytics platform called micros that pools telemetry across studios so tiny installs get meaningful benchmarks, offers data pooling across developers and side-by-side KPI comparisons, and runs an always-on AI reportedly co-developed with Google (claimed between GPT‑3 and GPT‑4) to suggest concrete growth steps. Cites industry numbers (4% of games ever profit, 70% indie fail, 7% earn enough to fund a second project), recounts a three‑year solo alpha and a King anecdote about 10–15 games per studio producing 100+ games/year.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Helping small developers
- 1:51Indie games financial failure
- 3:59Tatum Games origin
- 6:30Need for better data tools
- 7:33Micros for small devs
- 10:44Micros ecosystem future
- 13:29Micros business model
- 15:14AI-driven dev strategy
- 16:16Q&A
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