Big Indie Pitch
Relaxing idle game Hello Tokotoko wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
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Sophia Aubrey Drake
About Queen of all things Indie. Sophia is Steel Media’s Big Indie Pitch Manager and Developer Evangelist. She’s also a global speaker and lifelong gamer with a fanatical love of all things Nintendo and Japan. So much so that she’s written a thesis on one and lived in the other.
Articles by Sophia Aubrey Drake
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How Compiled World's Anton Kasabutski built Nimble Dash after work
Nimble Dash placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Flying Solo
How Portal, Little Nightmares and Limbo inspired Nakul Verma
The Playbae founder won The Big Indie Pitch with In My Shadow
More Than Silver Linings
The importance of storytelling with Silver Lining Studio
"Stories are the heart of our games"
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Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX
Gamedia HIX placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
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Play Curious co-founder Jesse Himmelstein discusses Big Indie Pitch winner Crispr Crunch
Jesse Himmelstein won The Big Indie Pitch with Crispr Crunch
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Big Indie Pitch Finalist Forgotten Machine discusses ideas, inspirations and creating Arenas of Ryst
Ali Husain placed third in the competition with Arenas of Ryst
Big Indie Pitch
Shadow based puzzle-platformer In My Shadow wins The Digital Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) #7
Winner breakdown
Big Indie Pitch
Crispr Crunch's virus-busting puzzler wins The Big Indie Pitch at PGC Digital #6
Winner breakdown
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The Big Indie interviews: Runner-up Minidragon tells us all about their latest game Tiny Fantasy
We discuss all things pitching, development, and being an indie developer with two-time Big Indie Pitch winner Minidragon
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Big Indie Pitch runner-up Denis Buslaev on Cards of Terra - Solitaire meets Hearthstone
Big Indie Pitch runner-up Denis Buslaev tells us all about their brand new award-winning game Cards of Terra
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The Big Indie interviews: We discuss creating a modern retro puzzler and all things indie with Octagon Game Studio
Big Indie Pitch runner-up Octagon Game Studio discuss what it takes to survive and thrive
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Behind The Frame paints its way to victory at the Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
We explore the top games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #5
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The Big Indie interviews: We discuss stargazing, gardening and winning The Big Indie Pitch with Miracle Tea
Bradley Smith discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch #4
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Drimia Interactive proves the fun never has to end as Aztec Ride takes the first Big Indie Pitch crown of 2021
We reveal the top three games from our recent Digital Big Indie Pitch #5
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The Big Indie interviews: Hong Kong indie Trefle & Co Game talk thriving, adapting and succeeding
Billy Hui discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in November
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The Big Indie interviews: Baronnerie Games explores building an award winning roguelike deckbuilder whilst trying to survive as an indie
Étienne Ponton-Bouchard and Marc-André Gagnon discuss coming 3rd at our Digital Big Indie Pitch in October
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The Big Indie interviews: We discuss all things indie and casual gaming with Big Indie Pitch winner Hairy Heart Games
Joe Bain discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in November
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The Big Indie interviews: Rumor Games discuss taking inspiration from disaster in their award winning game
Kevin Tarchenski discusses winning our Digital Big Indie Pitch in August
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The Big Indie interviews: Smash Head Studio talk standing out in the world of 2D roguelite action games
Akhil Nivarthi discusses coming 3rd at our Big Indie Pitch (Mobile) at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #3 2020
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The Big Indie interviews: Dead Five discuss all things indie and their runner-up Big Indie Pitch title Light The Fires
Chris Kempt discusses coming 2nd at our Digital Big Indie Pitch in October
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Rallyallyally takes the crown with its 180 twist on the casual racing genre
We explore the top three games from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #4
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The Big Indie interviews: IDEA Games tells us about making a new kind of word game in OtherWordly
Michael Douma discusses coming 3rd at our Digital Big Indie Pitch in August
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Battlebrew's Shawn Toh on 'food porn' and cooking up a successful indie studio
Shawn Toh discusses taking second place in our Digital Big Indie Pitch in August
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The Big Indie Interviews: Jon Jarnsäter discusses pitching Save the Zacks at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Jon Jarnsäter discusses coming 2nd at our Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
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Alula's stargazing and gardening mix wows judges and is crowned Big Indie Pitch Winner
We explore the top three games from our recent Digital Big Indie Pitch #4
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Puzzles & Games returns to The Big Indie Pitch and walks away champions
Winning at Digital Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #3 Helsinki
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Rumor Games finds success through disaster at The Digital Big Indie Pitch #3
We explore the top three games from our recent Digital Big Indie Pitch in association with The Indie Arena Booth Online
Big Indie Launchpad
Big Indie Pitch developers take centre stage at the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad
We explore and detail the 10 former Big Indie Pitch developers who were showcased as a part of the inaugural Pocket Gamer LaunchPad event
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The digital Big Indie roadshow continues with new pitches announced for August, September and October
Our digital pitches go from strength to strength as we announce new pitches and introduce new sponsors
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The Big Indie Interviews: Robert Thomson tells us all about Gogogo!'s party game mechanics and being a part of The Big Indie Pitch
Robert Thomson discusses taking third at our recent Big Indie Pitch
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The Big Indie Interviews: Subpixel tell us all about how they mixed hypercasual and retro to create Ready Set Goat
We discuss what it takes to blend old and new into one award-winning product
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The Big Indie Interviews: How old meets new with Big Indie Pitch runner-up Waken Games
We take a deeper look at not only Waken Games as a studio, but also Super Nova Boy which took 2nd place at The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
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Minidragon makes it two years in a row as our July Big Indie Pitch champion
We reveal the top three from our second standalone Digital Big Indie Pitch
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The Big Indie Interviews: Xigma Games discuss crafting their way to the crown with The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
One of India's premier indie developers tells us what it takes to win the Big Indie Pitch not once but twice.
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The Big Indie Interviews: From mobile to Switch, how Bugbomb Games created Gerrrms
Bugbomb Games tell us more about the founding of their studio, the goals, and of course their latest game Gerrrms
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The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores build its way to The Big Indie Pitch crown
We reveal the top three from our recent Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
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Kwalee joins The Digital Big Indie Pitch 2020 season as diamond sponsors
We are proud to have Kwalee as one of our 2020 season sponsors
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The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats
What does it take to make a game that's fun for both humans and cats?
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The Big Indie Interviews: Attractive Interactive discusses its creative Big Indie Pitch winning title Paper Game
We sit down with Pontus Björkberg from Attractive Interactive to what goes into making a completely customisable game for mobile
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UnderKnight takes the crown at May's digital Big Indie Pitch
We reveal our winner and joint runners-up from our May edition of the digital Big Indie Pitch
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The Big Indie Interviews: Wee Door return to tell us how life has changed after coming second in The Big Indie Pitch
We discuss releasing OIL and growing as a studio post PGC London 2018
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The Big Indie Interviews: Huey Games runs us through mixing old and new with Wreckout
We sit down with Rob Hewson from Huey Games to talk all things Wreckout and pitching
Big Indie Pitch
Show us your indie games in the new monthly Digital Big Indie Pitches
Following the success of the online Big Indie Pitch during Pocket Gamer Connects Digital, we're inviting you to even more digital pitch sessions
Big Indie Pitch
Attractive Interactive's Paper Game is crowned the winner of the first ever digital Big Indie Pitch
We reveal the winners of the first ever digital Big Indie Pitch
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Dice become both enemy and friend as hypercasual title Dice Hard 3D wins The Big Indie Pitch at White Nights Amsterdam 2020
We reveal the top 3 from our first pitch on the road in 2020
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The Very Big Indie Pitch returns to Seattle for Pocket Gamer Connects Seattle 2020
Pocket Gamer Connects returns to Seattle, and with it comes The Very Big Indie Pitch too
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Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020 sees Mousetrap Games become a two time winner of The Big Indie Pitch
Check out the top 5 from our flagship Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2020
Indie Winners
Indie champions highlighted as The Big Indie Pitch tours Europe
Check out some of the most exciting upcoming indie games from across Europe
Big Indie Pitch
Relax and unwind as Lo-Fi Room walks away as The Big Indie Pitch at G-Star champion
Relax and unwind with our G-Star 2019 Big Indie Pitch top three