me and my publisher
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5 tips on how to improve publisher developer relations.TRANSCRIPT
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Agenda
• About Sidekick• Know your publisher• Find the best business model• Help your publisher to help you• Define ownership • Working process
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Title: PrimeActionPlatform: PrimeSense
Title: Air TimePlatform: PC (leap motion)
Title: Romans from MarsPlatform: iPhone/iPad/Android/win8/
Title: Top Smash TennisPlatform: Win8
Title: AquariumPlatform: Intel Ultrabook
Title: Mini Ninjas AdventuresPlatform: Xbox 360 Kinect
About Sidekick
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Search the best partner
• How strategic your product is for the publisher• What is the publisher core audience• What are the publishing channels in use• How strict the guide lines are
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Create the best business model
• Work for hire• Rev-share/hybrid• Self funding
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Define ownership
• Who owns the game?• It’s all personal• your studio strengths Vs. publisher strengths • Challenge your publisher• Don’t stop pushing
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Working process
• Weekly production meetings• Daily connection• Work in milestones• Iteration slows down the development
process• Don’t hide cats in the sack
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Help your publisher to help you
• Your publisher needs to publish• Assume the publisher knows how to do it• Implement tools – Marketing– Analytics– Monetization
• Make sure you get access to all dashboards