{"id":694,"date":"2021-02-12T19:34:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/?p=694"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:34:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:34:50","slug":"unchained-and-ya-hit-the-ground-runnin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/2021\/02\/12\/unchained-and-ya-hit-the-ground-runnin\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sorry, I’m a sucker for Van Halen lyrics…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, only an month and a half into the new year and I’m JUST getting around to making a blog post – but I swear I’ve had good reasons! Let’s work backwards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Me, doing my best simian impression<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I just did an interview with a podcast called BandanaGames<\/a>, and it was a blast; looking at the rough cut, I’m this animated, geeky spaz – but its nice to see my enthusiasm carries over, and I do believe – its infectious. We talked about everything under the sun and 40 minutes blew past before I knew it. I could have talked longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pitching BIG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2 days before that – I submitted my Oculus launch Pad demo (fingers crossed!) hoping for that sweet sweet dev grant money. I checked with the other local dev who was in the program and she’s not even trying for it! Guess that means one less person I’m competing against, but I feel bad that she missed an opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above screenshot is from The Big Indie Pitch<\/a> – a ‘speed dating’ style of pitching games to industry types; mostly for feedback, but there was a cash prize for the winner. I feel honored that I got an honorable mention, along with a twitter pal who is an amazing indie games advocate. I did get some amazing feedback and energy – but pitching to 5 groups of two judges each was exhausting. It also taught me that not everyone will be excited about my game and I need to adjust my tactics when I encounter folks who are less than enthused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st article about the game!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I also had an article published in VR Trends magazine! Now, granted, I wrote the article and furnished the screenshots and contributed to the Patreon – but still! I’m in a magazine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marketing reports? What, am I becoming a business??<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I also had a marketing consultation meeting with a UK based team that specializes in indie games called Game If you Are<\/a>, a special courtesy given to select Oculus Launch Pad members. They looked over my logo, pitch deck and short descriptions and gave a LOT of great feedback, in addition to reminding me that I’m not just trying to sell to kids, but more importantly their parents<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, all told, 2021 has been an amazing year. And its not even halfway through February. I also have a mini lecture next month with the Tinderbox PlayAway Games Festival<\/a>, and they’re going to do a separate interview next week, and I’m in talks with a programmer who’d really like to join the Booper team. I just hope I can keep this streak rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sorry, I’m a sucker for Van Halen lyrics… So, only an month and a half into the new year and I’m JUST getting around to making a blog post – but I swear I’ve had good reasons! Let’s work backwards: I just did an interview with a podcast called BandanaGames, and it was a blast; … Continue reading Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}