Based In Bavaria
fivefingergames announces turn-based blockchain game Knights of Cathena
Support coming from ComboStrike
Integration For Indies
Tilting Point and Stardust partner to help indies integrate NFTs
Providing access to metaverse-building tools
Indie View
Very Big Indie Pitch runner-up Hamdo Games discuss pitching Our Last Halloween
We talk to Hamdo Games' Parham Sorooshian about The Very Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
War Bear Games discuss all things pitching and making a new kind of roguelike in Minion Mash!
We talk to War Bear Games' Marcin Gola about The Big Indie Pitch
Very Big Indie Pitch
TAP TRICKS unique one-touch skateboarding action wins as live Very Big Indie Pitch returns
Winners breakdown
Supersonic
IronSource launches 3rd Supersonic Superstars hypercasual contest
$2 million for developers that cross 8 million downloads on US App Store
Indie View
Exploring indie development and winning The Big Indie Pitch with Rikzu Games
We talk to Rikzu Games' Ricardo Mendonça about The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
Three Dragons discuss Museum inspired tycoon management, AR and what it takes to survive as an Indie
We talk to Three Dragons' Milan Doležal about The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
Conned Games discuss creating their running town-builder and pitching it at The Big Indie Pitch
We talk to Conned Games' Daniel Cohn about The Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Pitch
Rikzu Games' relaxing platformer Leap: A Dragon's Adventure crowned Big Indie Pitch Champion
Winners breakdown
Making New Frens
OP Games launches indie publishing arm GM Frens
Aims to bring indie developers onto the blockchain
Spearheading Subscriptions
Team17 acquires What the Golf? publisher The Label for up to $40 million
Foothold in mobile games subscriptions market
Indie View
Anna Sevryugina discusses solo indie developer and a love of hidden object games
We talk to Anna Sevryugina who placed third in a recent Big Indie Pitch
Making Of
How Airport Radar began as a single sketch of an aeroplane
Vincent Borcard talks the challenges and lessons of a solo indie developer
Indie Investments
MGVC invests $2 million into Square Triangle and Talerock
Acquires minority stakes in both studios
Dead Good
N3twork scaled Idle Necromancer's DAUs by 970%
Surge in DAUs and revenue in the first month
Indie View
Hook Up: Exploring creativity through storytelling and dating
We talk to Sophie Artemigi from Team Hook Up
Indie View
Ablaze Interactive discuss solo development and blending genres
Guardians of Elderon placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Pitch
Hook Up's exploration of the trials and tribulations of dating wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital NEXT
Winner breakdown
The Secret Sauce
UK-based indie studio Pocket Burger Games raises $1 million for casual mobile games
Founded by former Rovio, Space Ape, and Gram Games alumni
Big Indie Awards
Last chance to nominate your team or game for The Big Indie Awards 2021
Nominations for The Big Indie Awards 2021 have been extended to Friday, November 5th
Indie View
JollyLabs on hypercasual development and latest game Dance Army
Dance Army placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
Mavis Games discusses how it's bringing stealth genre to mobile with Sneacat
Sneacat placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Big Indie Pitch
Musical traffic game Mr. Traffic wins the first ever Big Hypercasual Pitch
Winner breakdown
Event Latest
80 titles picked for indie games exhibit at Tokyo Game Show 2021
Guess the winners from the indie games shortlist for the Sense Of Wonder Night 2021 at the Tokyo Games Show
Indie View
How learning from past experience took WRP Studios to second place at The Big Indie Pitch
Lost Twins 2 placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
How Summoners Fate is trying to build a new kind of turn-based tactics/deckbuilding game
Summoners Fate placed second at The Big Indie Pitch
Intriguing Indies
Nintendo Indie World Showcase - all 19 games shown off
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Toem, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, Gang Beasts and more
Big Indie Pitch
Relaxing idle game Hello Tokotoko wins The Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #7
Winner breakdown
Indie View
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"
Indie View
Gamedia founder Dittmar Tukker discusses Big Indie Pitch finalist HIX
Gamedia HIX placed third at The Big Indie Pitch
Indie View
Play Curious co-founder Jesse Himmelstein discusses Big Indie Pitch winner Crispr Crunch
Jesse Himmelstein won The Big Indie Pitch with Crispr Crunch
Indie View
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
Indie Spotlight
From filing for bankruptcy to Hitchhiker - A Mystery Game to the future of Mad About Pandas
"We never saw a penny from it..."
Big Indie Pitch
Shadow based puzzle-platformer In My Shadow wins The Digital Big Indie Pitch (Mobile Edition) #7
Winner breakdown
Out The Nest
IronSource launches Supersonic Graduate Program to help hypercasual devs self-publish
Learn how to operate independently
Kick-off
NFL and Skillz's Game Developer Challenge is now live
Developers must submit proposals by 31 May
Big Indie Pitch
Crispr Crunch's virus-busting puzzler wins The Big Indie Pitch at PGC Digital #6
Winner breakdown
Indie Spotlight
Why Kaze and the Wild Masks (and every indie game) faces "huge uncertainty"
Talking to Brazilian dev PixelHive
Indie Spotlight
"Success is in the harmony of making something valuable and being happy with the process"
Studio FiftyTwo co-founders discuss partnering with Apple Arcade
Indie Spotlight
Three Legged Egg founder Zoltan Lading on why Hungary is just as difficult as anywhere else for recruiting talent
"Nintendo Switch was an obvious choice of platform"
Incredible Indies
Are you an indie games developer? Get involved at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6 this April - FREE!
Fantastic opportunities to network, learn, pitch and connect with the global games industry await developers at the next Pocket Gamer Connects Digital conference
Indie Spotlight
BeautiFun Games studio head Aniol Alcaraz and the adventure of Professor Lupo: Ocean
"It’s difficult for indies to survive nowadays"
Big Indie Pitch
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
Indie Spotlight
How Apple Arcade's Secret Oops started life as a PlayLink game for PlayStation
"AR technology was progressing very fast back then and we were fascinated by the shared experience capabilities"
Indie Spotlight
How Stacky Dash utilised TikTok to achieve 100,000 downloads a day
"The biggest challenge is acknowledging that success is the exception and failure is the norm"
Big Indie Pitch
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
Nindies
Nintendo indies: Among Us and Spelunky heading to Switch, Super Meat Boy Forever set to launch this month
The final sweep of indie titles heading to the Switch in Q1 2021