We turned the game free on Sunday to make sure there were no hiccups, and below you can see a nice chart that shows how many people downloaded our lovely little game Hard Lines. Over 190,000 downloads...

Some small developers confuse the act of “self-releasing” with the discipline of “self-publishing”. Anybody can release a game now… just click through a few dialog boxes and BOOM - your title is on the App Store. However,...

We made the decision early on with Hogrocket to self-publish our games. This doesn’t mean “we’ll release it and see how it does” - we’re taking the publishing side of things very seriously. We have Marketing and...

Hard Lines was featured as FAAD’s Free App of the Day on Monday the 15th of August, and so far (2 days in) we’ve seen huge amounts of downloads. On Sunday (it was made free at about...

Through 15 years in games, mobile and web development, Kevin Hassall has worked as a producer, project manager, executive producer and publishing director. He now works as a freelance producer and outsourcing consultant, through his consultancy Beriah...

I was interviewed in Glasgow last week to talk about my view of how the Internet has changed the way game makers can reach audiences and make money. It’s only 3’22” and is perhaps the quickest way...

Earlier today, I was introduced to this review of The Greek Seamen by self-published author Jacqueline Howett. (Thanks to Ben Parfitt for the link). It’s excruciating. Basically, a reviewer (who goes by the name of Big Al)...