S02 E34 Hashbang Games’ Robert Burnett On Equipping Indies With AAA Strength With A Cross-Platform Approach

Nicknamed by our cohost Peggy Anne Salz as the Medici Man for his numerous talents and cross-industry experience, our guest this week has worked on both the publishing and the development sides of gaming. He predicted that social connectivity and games would go hand in hand and anticipated the pay-off. He also helped create early prototypes for mobile gaming. Little wonder that Robert Burnett, COO of Hashbang Games, knows what's next in the game industry and strongly advises devs to take a cross-platform approach. Hashbang specialises in backend development and integration, helping indie teams optimise their growth by providing and implementing cross-platform solutions that allow them to compete with the manpower of AAA studios. Alongside our hosts, Peggy Anne Salz and Brian Baglow, Robert draws from his  30+ years of experience in game development to offer indie studios advice on everything from the right tools for user analytics to how they tap their secret advantage to successfully swim alongside the industry big whales.  CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Meeting Brian and his journey into the games industry 05:37 - Predicting game connectivity and games as a service 10:48 - Advice for indie developers and tools to utilise 16:00 - Robert puts his money where his mouth is with Hashbang's game Light Violence 21:58 - Should indies be both developer and publisher? 24:00 - What level of niche is too niche? 26:02 - Apple's AR: A hit or a miss? 28:47 - Find the right market for your product 31:04 - Robert's brutal advice for the PG.biz audience 33:30 - Q&A with Robert * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  ** Let's Connect ** 👉🏻 Twitter - https://twitter.com/pgbiz  👉🏻 LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/144491/  👉🏻 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PGbiz  👉🏻 Website - https://www.pocketgamer.biz  Check out more world-class speakers sharing their insights and expertise at one of our events. You can find details of our next event here - https://www.pgconnects.com/next-event