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Should Indie Developers Go Free To Play? (Decks and Dungeons)

James Bernard is the founder of Springloaded Ltd., an indie games company with a background in free to play mobile. James shares how he founded his company, beginning as a solo developer until he was able to get a publisher to invest into one of his projects.  In This episode, you will discover the story behind how James was able to raise money for his game and other advice on how to collaborate and network in the games industry. Another big topic we discussed is the recent development in the mobile free to play market, which is getting tougher for indie developers and why they are now porting games over to the premium platforms (Steam, consoles, etc.).  Hope that you guys enjoy the episode and find it insightful! Follow James and Springloaded Ltd.: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/springloadeddev- Website: http://www.springloadedsoftware.com/Games.html - Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/springloaded Follow Moonlight Game Devs: - Website: https://moonlightgamedevs.com/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/devs_moonlight - Discord: https://discord.gg/rfcYJJB - Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/MoonlightGameDevs - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Moonlight-Game-Devs-117297853384521 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrGAw9i5HoaByeiQAV5FaLA - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonlightgamedev/

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