2. Business & Development
Rami Ismail
Business & Development

3. The road ahead

8. Traditional business

9. PLAT
SHP
DEV

10. DEV
PUB
PLAT
SHP

11. Traditional competition

12. DEV
PUB
PLAT
PUB
PLAT
CON
DEV
DEV
PUB
PLAT

13. This model is outdated

17. Which platform allowed this?

18. …
Team Fortress

19. How we got where we are

20. Self publishing

21. Who do we work with?

24. Open to new models

25. Great dev support

26. Equalized development opportunities

27. A possible emerging market

28. Pretty cool guys really

29. Indie models

30. CON
DEV

32. Our marketing budget: $15

34. Indie “competition”

35. DEV
CON
DEV
CON
DEV
CON

36. DEV
CON
DEV
CON
DEV
CON
BUNDLE?

38. Publishers are an convenience

40. Platforms need to open up

41. Because every device is ‘easy’ for consumers
Humble / Steam / whatever

43. The next generation

44. Our audience is larger

45. Our audience is diversifying
Dear Esther took 5 hours to reach profitability

46. There are more developers
Dear Esther took 5 hours to reach profitability

47. Developers are more diverse
Dear Esther took 5 hours to reach profitability

48. Developers have multiple solutions to every obstacle

49. So we choose for convenience and income
Easy updates, easy terms

50. The path of least resistance

51. Questions?