Are there any good blogs or articles on the business of indie games?

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Interested in both successes and failures (and semi-successes).

Maybe this might be better at OnStartups but I think the game market is quite a bit different than the business market that's prevalent there (i.e. selling something that's fun instead of selling something that's useful)

Since there is no clear answer and this question will inevitably end up in list form, I converted this to community wiki. — Ricket, Mar 01 '11 at 14:45
@Ricket thanks, I meant to ask a mod to do that but I got distracted. — Davy8, Mar 01 '11 at 15:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '11 at 16:23

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Cliffski's Blog is really great, he goes into all aspects of indie developement. Check it out.

answered Mar 01 '11 at 16:23

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '11 at 14:55

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I really like Struct.ca (Matt Rix). He was really successful with his Trainyard game and shared lots of interesting sales and marketing related facts on his blog.

answered Mar 01 '11 at 14:55

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '11 at 17:53

http://gamesfromwithin.com/ Noel Llopis' blog on iPhone and indie gamedev is top notch in every aspect.

http://gbgames.com/blog/ Reflects a lot on the technical and financial issues associated with someone's first indie title.

I can highly recommend the both of them.

Cyclops · Answer 4 · 2011-03-01T23:06:07.070

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Tales of the Rampant Coyote: more design/development than business, but does at times talk about the business/economic aspects of game development.
The Bottom Feeder
Lost Garden
Make it big in Games
Video Games Business and Marketing

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answered Mar 01 '11 at 23:00

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 01 '11 at 23:23

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Not a blog, but a subreddit: Marveloper

answered Mar 01 '11 at 23:23

Are there any good blogs or articles on the business of indie games?

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