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It’s a well-known fact that the schedules of many game industry professionals will be filled with conferences, expos, or conventions from August until the early months of the following year. Even in September, there were already 10 game events! This might sound overwhelming, especially for indie studios or solo devs who want to establish networks with important game industry figures. With CitizenCon 2023 around the corner, we’ll cover several tips on how to prepare for any game event so no one will feel lost when it's time to attend the event.
Having an International team in a company is commonplace in the post-covid era, with terms such as Work From Home (WFH) and Work From Anywhere (WFA) gaining popularity in recent years. Within this new landscape, people are looking at new opportunities to develop their personal goals. But with new opportunities, come new challenges.
Gaming in 2023 is a hugely popular form of fun and relaxation, established from humble beginnings with titles like “Tennis for Two” in 1958, evolving through into arcade titles such as “Tetris” in 1985. In the modern era, games have bridged the gap from pure entertainment into something even more valuable
Twitter and Instagram are always in a state of upheaval. Successful strategies from twelve months ago no longer provide the same results and game developers are left guessing at what changes to make in order to reach their audience. Social measurement and analytics are a key part of Acorn Games’ social strategy and these changes have provided interesting clues as to the future of the platforms.
The state of the games industry is always in constant flux, especially now coming off the back of the covid pandemic. Our industry is one that can survive and indeed thrive with teams of people transitioning to working from home, especially across the indie game landscape. This year’s look at the state of the games industry by GDC reveals some interesting facts, and highlights how community focused teams such as Acorn Games are truly quite unique within video games.
Who makes games? People make games! Acorn is a varied team of incredible individuals all working together to help amplify indie games and bring unique and exciting experiences to new gamers.
We put together a few simple ‘trading cards’ with fun facts from our Acorn marketing team to help you learn a little more about the people behind the posts.
