A short presentation by Setriakor Nyomi on how to approach game development as in INDIE.

1. Game
Development
Made Easy & Free

2. Who am I?
 Software
Engineer, Rancard Solutions
 Ashesi Alum (2011)
 Indie Game Developer
 Founder: Kobby’s Hobby
 Loves Games

3. Agenda
 Convince
you in 10 minutes that Games &
Game Development should matter to you
 Dispel the myth that Game Development
is hard and expensive.
 Introduce you to Unity

4. Why Games?
 There
are 100+ million U.S. mobile gamers
(almost 1/3 of the nation’s population).
 The mobile gaming industry is predicted
to reach $54 billion by 2015.
 Over 80% of all revenue generated by
mobile in 2012 was from games.
 $12 billion dollars were generated in 2011
alone.

5. Why Games? (Part 2)
 93%
of app downloaders who pay for an
app, pay for a mobile game.
 76 of the top 100 grossing iOS apps are
games.
 Cross-platform game players monetize
25% higher than single-platform players.
 Time spent on tablets playing games has
overtaken time spent watching videos,
listening to music, and reading magazines

6. Wow! Cool!
…But it’s hard!
…Or is it?

7. Once upon a time…
 Game
Dev. Was the preserve of physics
and mathematicians
 Game studios were super expensive to
build & staff.
 Developer needed a publisher to market
& sell a game.
 Reaching multiple platforms meant all
that X2.

8. But now…
 (Almost)
any Joe who can write code can
write games. (Those who can’t, can learn)
 Some of the best selling mobile games
were written by indies & 1 man teams.
 Anyone can self-publish and market on
social networks at no cost.
 Reaching multiple platforms takes a single
click.

9. Thanks to Unity…

10. Still not a believer?
Demo Time!!!

11. Other Free tools
 Blender
 3DS
max (Student License)
 Google Sketch-up & 3D warehouse
 Shade for Unity 3D
 GIMP

12. Thank U(nity)
 Sources
 http://www.unity3d.com
 http://skillz.com/blog/2013/03/05/65-
mobile-gaming-stats-to-impress-yourfriends/