The document provides information about Wam Sangrattanamanee and his experience in indie game development. It discusses some of the key aspects needed to survive as an indie game developer, including having a team, knowledge of game development and the industry, a clear vision for a project, sufficient investment of time and money, criteria for evaluating a project, motivation, and building relationships in the indie game community. It emphasizes the importance of self-study, evaluation, improvement, and being willing to change as an indie developer working with a minimal team.

1. Game Development
on the way of indie studio
by Wam Sangrattanamanee

2. Wam Sangrattanamanee
www.linkedin.com/in/wam666
Education
● Chulalongkorn University Demonstration School
English-French program (1985-1997)
● Srinakharinwirot University
Bachelor of Art in Children’s Literature (1997-2001)
● King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Lardkrabang
Master of Science in Information Technology (2003-2006)
Work Experience
● Picsoft Studio
Co-Founder & Indie Game Developer (2005-2014)
● Playlab Games
Game Designer (2014-2017)
● Electronics Extreme
Lead Game Designer (2017-Now)

3. Past projects

4. To survive as indie dev,
you need to have...
● Team
● Knowledge
● Vision
● Investment
● Criteria
● Motivation
● Relation
Life of an indie developer
credit: Pavel Kubát @KubatSoftware

5. Team
● Minimum Viable Team
● Self Study
● Self Evaluation
● Self Improvement
● Willing to change

6. Knowledge
● Game Development
○ Follow software development life cycle
○ Study the right tools & learn best practices
○ Push familiar tools to their limit
○ Source Control & Task Tracker
○ Task automation
IDEA

7. Knowledge (cont.)
● Indie Game Industry
○ Do you play indie game? How many?
○ Trend & Technology awareness
● Business
○ How to run business
○ How to sell your game
○ How to save cost

8. Vision
● Game Project
○ Special to you
○ Target Market
○ Project Size
● Marketing
○ Start Early
○ Keep at it

9. Investment
● Time
○ Set your own deadline
○ Full time or Free time
○ Lifestyle Sacrification
● Money
○ Can you make a living?
○ How much can you spend on the project?

10. Criteria
● Set the standard together
● Be transparent
● Document as needed
● Keep daily communication

11. Motivation
● Inspiration
● Passion
● Confident
● Satisfaction
● Rewarding

12. Relation
● Spread the words
● Make Friends
● Build Community
● Platform & Publisher
● Investors
● Partner & Customer

14. THANK YOU!
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