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James Coote's Blog

I am a developing an Ouya game for my company, Crystalline Green

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Indie vs Retail
Posted by James Coote on Tue, 21 May 2013 07:22:00 EDT in Indie, Console/PC, Business/Marketing
Can indie developers breath new life into flagging video game retailers? I decided to try and find out
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Cancelling Kickstarter
Posted by James Coote on Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:46:00 EST in Production, Business/Marketing, Indie
Cancelling Kickstarter projects that look like they will fail leaves backers feeling the project creators aren't really committed and takes the decision away from the supporters.
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BRICS and Beyond for the Microconsoles
Posted by James Coote on Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:38:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Console/PC, Indie
The new wave of 'micro consoles' have a great opportunity to build success in the developing world
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James Coote's Comments

Comment In: Unity's mobile licenses are now free [News - 05/21/2013 - 05:07]
I hope this includes OUYA ... I hope this includes OUYA as well since it 's based on Android

Comment In: Crazy idea: how about we give multiplayer back to humans [Blog - 04/22/2013 - 12:45]
I 'm making a local ... I 'm making a local multiplayer game for console at the moment, but approaching it from a rather different angle. I 'm taking inspiration from board games, the mechanics of which are usually designed around player to player interaction and putting inter-player relationships at the core of the game. I ...

Comment In: When platform exclusivity is good for indies [News - 04/22/2013 - 12:38]
With the rise of cross-platform ... With the rise of cross-platform tools, it becomes a lot less expensive from a technical point of view to port stuff. In that context, an exclusive game is great at the start to get exposure and marketing boost, but if it gets too successful, it crosses over to the point ...

Comment In: Doing Thumbstick Dead Zones Right [Blog - 04/16/2013 - 12:40]
Heh, well I 'm probably ... Heh, well I 'm probably one of the people spreading round the bad advice since I 've been using the radial deadzone method. Fortunately my game doesn 't require high precision, but might just give the scaled method a go for rotating the scene. r n r nHowever, I don ...

Comment In: Developing for Ouya? Here's how it stacks up to today's mobile devices [News - 04/15/2013 - 10:21]
I recorded this on the ... I recorded this on the devkit that was shipped in January, so it doesn 't have any of the hardware modifications made in the meantime / for the kickstarter/retail version.

Comment In: Leaving PopCap: Why this mobile exec is pinning hopes on indies [News - 04/08/2013 - 03:38]
It 's the convenience factor ... It 's the convenience factor that is stopping it happening at the moment. Microconsoles like OUYA and Gamestick solve that in the near term. r n r nLonger term, it won 't just be tablet/mobile getting more integrated towards the TV. I think increasingly, console developers will begin to use ...

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