If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an indie game dev, boy do I have some slides for you!
These are from my presentation at Indiecade about the fantasy vs. reality of indie game development. They were for a Pecha Kucha-style talk, where each slide was shown for a few seconds before advancing automatically. Most of the other presenters talked about their games, but I misread the instructions and made a presentation about myself. Hope you like it!
And yes, these are all true stories.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
FANTASY: HA! I can do better Indiecade presentations in my sleep!
REALITY: Damn! Must I be this brilliant to be even allowed at Indiecade.
February 28th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
You, madam, are becoming quite the comic artiste…
March 1st, 2010 at 4:40 am
Cheers gents.
March 1st, 2010 at 6:41 am
Ha, that’s great! My brother and I also develop indie games, and for #7 just switch ‘it’s a girl’ with ‘they live in a small town in the middle of nowhere’!
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/roseisle-area-a-little-hotbed-of-video-games-84939002.html
(but at least nobody tries to stare down our shirts..)
Love drawings!
March 1st, 2010 at 7:56 am
Ho Ho ho Ho! Life is funnier than anything you can imagine…
March 1st, 2010 at 8:27 am
so sad .
March 1st, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Well played, madam. +1
March 2nd, 2010 at 2:27 pm
You grew a beard? Awesome, welcome to the club! Here’s your complimentary beard comb.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 am
Whoa, thanks for the comments everyone!
@Sandy: That’s awesome! It’s so strange how people just like to remember one fact about game dev teams. It’s like, “Oh, he’s that guy who works from a sheep farm” or “They were the kids who got a publishing deal right out of school.” Everyone likes a good story, I guess!
@will: Yeah, these kind of get sadder every time I read them. It’s like anything by Jonathan Coulton…funny the first time, and then unlistenably sad after that.
@Simon: Beard comb!
Imagining such a product has made my day.
March 4th, 2010 at 12:46 am
The best is “Girl does thing; is girl”… Ah ah ah… I really laughed on that one!
March 4th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Awesome. These are all really great!
March 5th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Haha!
I broke the “no laughter at work” rule at #7 =(
March 5th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Insightful and funny! Would be even funnier if it wasn’t alarmingly true. :-/
March 5th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Love the slides.
And you’re a very funny bearded girl
March 5th, 2010 at 11:18 pm
I lurve this
March 13th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
I love this. you are a very creative and intelligent person. I will follow your career and maybe we can get an interview with you on my Deathmatch podcast.
Take care.
March 28th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
“7″ makes me cringe because its SO true. Not just for video-games but anything in the geek-world. Example : I bring my GF into Games workshop because she wants to buy some miniatures – and people are like “omg a girl gamer no way!”. Then she tells them she plays necrons and its like “OMG a chick likes necrons!!!” as if the opposite gender could never ever possibly appreciate evil robots. In other words, you are a genius!
March 30th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Aw, Erin. Don’t give up! I have still yet to work with you! AND TOGETHER, WE SHALL BE AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE! Hey, place your games on the iStore. I’d buy them againt in a second
June 11th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Hi Erin,
I don’t really understand #2. :/