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Congrats to our friends (Alfonso Cubias Jr, Derek Seklecki, Kyle Potter) at First Break Labs for launching their Demo on Steam NEXT FEST. Happy to have Pirate Software help kick it off. Live now, check out: https://lnkd.in/ebxMHkXK

Kinda last minute, but decided to head out to Twitchcon Rotterdam. Excited to catch up with our European crew and brand partners. Unsure who's making it out, but happy to catch up with EU creators or sponsors over a coffee and stroopwafel, LMK.

If you've been keeping up with me, you probably know just how excited we are about working with PirateSoftware. I've always had a genuine interest in working with Indie devs as arguably they are some of the most talented and creative minds (and biggest risk takers) in the games space. I struggle with the balance that its hard to dedicate time and resources where there is little to no budgets. As an Indie Developer himself, Thor understands the challenges way better than most. So he's dedicated a good part of his time to doing: - Dev streams: bringing on some of the most creative devs with unique games to chat about concepts, game designs, gameplay mechanics, etc. - Indie Rates: discounting his rates up to 50% for indies to ensure he can provide great value, while not pricing himself out of the market. - Playing ad hoc indie games in-stream, focused on unique gameplay at the suggestion of his audience. Not only, is he bringing down the costs and exposing these games to way wider audiences, but he's able to drive sales and retention. Which brings me to the images below. First, these aren't staggering figures until I put some perspective on this. The image below shows a text based (MUD) game that had been very close to zero people playing for three years and what happened the day that Thor played the game. The second slide shows the retention of players in the days since. It's pretty cool to see Thor just breathing new life into any game he plays. If you're an indie game dev/publisher, we'd love to explore ways we can work together to help get your game the attention it deserves. Even if your game is older/wildly fun but never found its audience, we'd love to chat and explore new opportunities.

I made a last minute decision to run out to GDC for a few important meetings (Mon-Wed). I'm gonna hit up PAX East (Th-Sat) on my way back home. I have a ton of time on my calendar, hit me up if you want to catch up!

Brands and agencies looking for fun, (kinda) wholesome content creators to showcase how fun your games are? Be sure to check out the hilarious antics T-Pain and his NB Gaming crew get up to as they explore Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, tonight at 9p Eastern. They'll be checking out the game, competing in some of the mini-games and the loser will get roasted. Should be a very fun time, tune in here: https://lnkd.in/eXFAjHWh www.twitch.tv/granny www.twitch.tv/hertlife https://lnkd.in/e9Hkfcht www.twitch.tv/tpain Special thanks to Emilee Helm SEGACullen Sweet Gamesight for the <3