A Post-Mortem to Pivoting and Launching an Indie Xbox Game During the Pandemic

In this session, I'll go over the entire roller-coaster of our development journey of launching our Xbox game during a pandemic including: - dealing with mental stress and personal battles during a Pandemic - pivoting our game design to work during lockdown - integrating platform-specific features for Xbox - working with ID@Xbox on approval and launch - getting our community involved through live streams - planning our roadmap and keeping up with our game as a service - our spin on marketing and the uphill battle that it is In the end, you will walk away learning from what we believe we did right and what we definitely did wrong during our development process, the approach we took to get to launch, and how we continue to improve our game post-launch. Miranda Lowry Co-Founder & Sofware Engineer Black Hive Media Mandy has been in the game industry for over a decade, self-publishing multiple titles across an array of platforms under her and her husband's indie game studio, Black Hive Media. She is a Microsoft GameStack Ambassador and has worked as a software engineer for various game companies over the course of her career. To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness