#14 – Publishers

What does a publisher do? How do you pitch a game to a publisher? What do they do for you, and what do you give up in return? Hear all about it on this week’s episode of House of Games! Your Hosts and Their Games https://twitter.com/StrictlyDave - Dave’s Twitter profile. https://www.strictlylimitedgames.com/ - The homepage for Strictly Limited Games. https://twitter.com/thefinearc - The Fine Arc’s Twitter profile. http://thefinearc.com/ - The homepage for Fine Arc. https://www.play-asia.com/red-colony-trilogy/13/70fmjh - The official store page for the physical release of the Red Colony trilogy. https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/knifeboy-rebooted-switch/ - The Nintendo Switch store page for KnifeBoy Rebooted. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=RunicCodes&ndl=1&ignore_preferences=1 - Rune’s Steam store page. https://ottowretling.medium.com/list/our-first-game-175f8c8b7ce1 - Otto’s blog about the development of “Tulip Craze”. https://discord.gg/mYM72SQ9CP - The discord server for Game Hub Umeå. Games, Publishers, and Other Links https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LTtr45y7P0 – The GDC talk “30 Things I Hate About Your Game Pitch” by Brian Upton. https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/41920/ - The Famitsu page for Rune’s game Red Colony (in Japanese). https://www.pcgamesinsider.biz/news/67149/pay-to-win-mechanics-popular-in-china-but-the-west-is-not-on-board/ - An article about the popularity of pay-to-win in the Chinese gaming market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famitsu - The Wikipedia page for Famitsu, a video game magazine. http://pixeljunk.jp/index.php - The homepage for the PixelJunk franchise. https://www.shinyuden.com/ - The homepage for the publisher Shinyuden. https://www.eastasiasoft.com/ - The homepage for the publisher eastastiasoft. https://www.play-asia.com/ - The homepage for the game retailer playasia. https://tgs.tca.org.tw/index_2c_e.php - The homepage for the Taipei Game Show.