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How useful is influencer marketing to an indie mobile game developer? INDIE MAVENS May 10th, 2017

How useful is influencer marketing to an indie mobile game developer?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

  • Indies
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  • Indie Mavens
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
How do indie developers measure and define success? INDIE MAVENS Apr 7th, 2017

How do indie developers measure and define success?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

  • Success
  • Indie Mavens
Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games? INDIE MAVENS Mar 23rd, 2017

Will the new App Store Indies section have any real impact on indie mobile games?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

  • App Store
  • Indie Mavens
How will integrated reviews and ratings in iOS games affect indie developers? INDIE MAVENS Feb 3rd, 2017

How will integrated reviews and ratings in iOS games affect indie developers?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

  • Indie Mavens
How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games? INDIE MAVENS Dec 1st, 2016

How useful are ads for indies in their free-to-play games?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

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  • Indies
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  • Indie Mavens
Are paid apps dead or is there still life in premium mobile games for indies? INDIE MAVENS Aug 30th, 2016

Are paid apps dead or is there still life in premium mobile games for indies?

Our Indie Mavens weigh in

  • F2P
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  • Indie Mavens
  • F2P vs Paid
1 Will the success of Slither.io have a lasting effect on indie mobile games? NEXTGEN SNAKE May 20th, 2016

Will the success of Slither.io have a lasting effect on indie mobile games?

The Indie Mavens weigh in

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  • Mavens
  • Casual
  • Indie Mavens
  • Slither.io
Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process DON'T PUSH IT May 3rd, 2016

Indie Mavens on why Crunch - including indie self-crunch - is a failure of process

Don't confuse passion with servitude

  • Indies
  • Mavens
  • Development
  • Indie Mavens
  • Crunch
How useful was GDC 2016 for our Indie Mavens? Did they even go? INDIE MAVENS Apr 6th, 2016

How useful was GDC 2016 for our Indie Mavens? Did they even go?

Indie Mavens weigh in on the big trends and overall usefulness of the show

  • GDC
  • Indies
  • Mavens
  • Indie Mavens
What do the Indie Mavens think of Clash Royale? Have they even played it yet? INDIE MAVENS Mar 16th, 2016

What do the Indie Mavens think of Clash Royale? Have they even played it yet?

Will it be another feather in Supercell's cap?

  • Mavens
  • Indie Mavens
  • Clash Royale
VR, console brands, paid, Apple TV... Indie Mavens on the trends they expect to see in 2016 INDIE MAVENS Mar 3rd, 2016

VR, console brands, paid, Apple TV... Indie Mavens on the trends they expect to see in 2016

What does the future hold?

  • Virtual Reality
  • Paid
  • Mavens
  • Trends
  • Apple TV
  • Indie Mavens
  • 2016 in Preview
Indie Mavens discuss the biggest news and their best games of 2015 THE YEAR IN REVIEW Dec 21st, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss the biggest news and their best games of 2015

How was 2015 for you?

  • Mavens
  • Indie Mavens
  • Great Leap
  • 2015 in Review
Indie Mavens discuss livestreaming as a marketing tool LIVE ON AIR Nov 20th, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss livestreaming as a marketing tool

The next big thing

  • Mavens
  • Twitch
  • Streaming
  • Marketing
  • Indie Mavens
Indie Mavens discuss the difficulties of supporting iOS games TROUBLESHOOTERS Nov 6th, 2015

Indie Mavens discuss the difficulties of supporting iOS games

A Sisyphean task

  • Apple
  • App Store
  • Mavens
  • Indie Mavens
Are indie devs interested in supporting Apple TV? SMARTER BOX Oct 5th, 2015

Are indie devs interested in supporting Apple TV?

Indie Mavens debate Apple's new box

  • Mavens
  • Apple TV
  • Unconsole
  • Indie Mavens
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