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Tales from the Trenches: Startup Advice from a Vet
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Tales from the Trenches: Startup Advice from a Vet
SPEAKER/S: Matt Small (Vector Unit)
DAY / TIME / LOCATION: Friday 9:30-10:30 Room 3007, West Hall 3rd Fl.
TRACK / FORMAT: Business and Management / Lecture
DESCRIPTION: You know the stories: The college go-getters who enter an indie dev contest and win a chance to make their dream a reality, for 40 thousand bucks. Or the AAA core team who hit royalty gold, drum up a round of venture funding, and make a big media splash with their glossy new studio venture. But what if you don't want to live in a basement and eat Top Ramen? What if your royalty checks look more like birdseed than seed money? What if you're an industry veteran who just wants to quit your job, start a company with some friends, and get funding from a publisher to do what you love doing, for yourself? This is the story of Vector Unit, developers of 2010's Summer of Arcade XBLA hit HYDRO THUNDER: HURRICANE. We'll provide a candid overview of how we got our company off the ground, and provide attendees with a roadmap tailored to established game professionals who dream of some day striking out on their own.
TAKEAWAY: The session provides an insider's view of how the traditional publisher-financed project model can scale to a small startup. The talk is geared towards game developers who dream of some day doing their own thing and want a sneak peek of what lies in store. We won't delve too deeply into any single topic, but rather highlight the key takeaways of each, focusing on the areas that we ourselves thought we had nailed, and were surprised to find we hadn't.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: Experienced game development professionals -- designers, artists, programmers, producers -- with a strong interest in starting their own small-games studio. Session assumes a solid understanding of the making of games, and attempts to provide a primer and anecdotal guide through the business and strategy of running a small company.

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