62: You Can't Sell Games

Randy Smith of Tigerstyle, indie studio behind Waking Mars and the Spider games, joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of indie mobile game dev.

Ok., games can be sold. Or can they? We tried to figure that out and much, much more when we talked to Tigerstyle's Randy Smith.

Tigerstyle made some of the iconic, early games when mobile gaming was still young. But their latest game hasn't done well and we talked about the realities (and brutalities?) of the App Store and how it influences what games get made and what games succeed.

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Stuff we mentioned:

Spider: Secret of Bryce Manor (iOS & Android)
Spider: Rite of the Shrouded Moon (iOS, Android & Steam)
BioShock
The Thief game series
Edge Magazine
Doodle Jump (iOS & Android)
Waking Mars (iOS & Android)
Zynga
Pocket Gamer article on Spider sequel not doing well
Indiepocalypse
Our episode with Asher
Polygon op-ed by Mr. Cranky Pants
Episode where we talked about that
Death Cab for Cutie
Ketchapp
Jake Sones
Zombie Match Defense (iOS only for now)
Jake's Medium piece
Prune (iOS & Android)
Our episode with Joel
Where do mobile players find games
Papers, Please
Cart Life
Unity
Australian PM talks about games
Progress Quest
Neko Atsume (iOS & Android)