Michael Ingram : MI Pixel, Augmented Industrial Reality Developer & Flash Developer | FireDEV | EP8
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:01 - What does MI Pixel do?
0:02:16 - What is Defend from Candyland!?
0:03:28 - Where did the pixel art style come from?
0:07:05 - How did the sound artist come across Defend from Candyland!?
0:08:16 - How much money did the sound artist get?
0:09:48 - How many downloads has Defend from Candyland! received?
0:11:00 - Using spam to promote your game
0:14:30 - The lies of promoting your game
0:20:27 - Asking friends to review your game and they aren’t true friends
0:24:38 - Tournament money getting stolen, Bitcoin stolen
0:25:10 - Uploading a game to Steam
0:27:37 - What is Steam’s review process for new games?
0:29:05 - Is Steam Greenlight still active?
0:35:52 - How long have you been a developer?
0:36:37 - What made you become a developer?
0:38:02 - What do you wish you knew as a developer when you started that you know now?
0:39:32 - Do you regret becoming a developer?
0:40:27 - How do you find the Indie life?
0:42:15 - What do you hate about being a developer?
0:42:45 - If you could work on any game, what would it be?
0:49:58 - What alternative careers did you think about growing up?
0:50:41 - Software Programming vs Games Programming
0:53:00 - Do you have a dream company to work at?
0:54:13 - What do you think of remote working?
1:00:46 - How did you find Covid?
1:03:08 - Do you have any family or close friends that are developers?
1:03:55 - Do you code outside of work?
1:05:00 - How did you find Games Development at University?
1:08:30 - Would you recommend going to university?
1:13:08 - Would you rather run a 10-person or 1000-person company?
1:14:38 - Does money buy you happiness?
1:15:38 - 5 million upfront or 500,000 a year for the rest of your life?
1:16:08 - What assets would you invest in?
1:17:28 - Favourite board game
1:19:16 - Favourite video game
1:19:26 - What video game are you looking forward to?
1:20:02 - What advice would you give as a developer?