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  • Dustforce sales figures: a post mortem
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    Dustforce sales figures: a post mortem

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    Dustforce is just over a year old now. How well has it fared in the past year, and what does that mean for Hitbox Team? In this article, we discuss in great detail the financial performance of Dustforce, in the context of our own goals for the game. Come and learn about some of the financial issues of a tiny development team, such as how we funded Dustforce, and how much it costs to make a game.
  • Building Social Games for Gamers – Monster Galaxy Postmortem
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    Building Social Games for Gamers – Monster Galaxy Postmortem

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    By the summer of 2010, it was clear that social gaming was here to stay, with Facebook's massive audience continuing to demonstrate an appetite for games. However, the range of available games on Facebook was rather limited. A few early leaders, most notably Zynga's FarmVille, had served as an example for countless other developers to follow, leading to a landscape overrun with simulation games primarily marketed to casual and non-gamers such as middleaged women playing games for the first time.
  • Tilt to Live: a post mortem
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    Tilt to Live: a post mortem

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    The App Store and iPhone has changed a lot of once held beliefs since its release. Prior to the iPhone, to make it as an indie you had to work tirelessly and in obscurity for several years, building up your user base at a glacial pace. All at the same time struggling to maintain your name on your creations as you tried to distribute it to the biggest audiences while getting a minuscule piece of the pie. We were ready to embark on that adventure, but decided to give the iPhone market a try before committing to a larger project.