1 Year!
I’m calling it today: one year since I went indie! Officially, Streaming Colour Studios wasn’t registered for another 10 days, but one year ago today is the day I sat down and starting trying to figure out how to start a game company.
It has been an incredibly exciting first year. I managed to get my first game out the door and some people bought it. That alone makes it some kind of success. I learned an amazing amount about what to do and what not to do. I even learned a few things about marketing.
Working for myself has been scary and frustrating at times, but it has also been extremely rewarding. There is the occasional day when I miss having someone tell me what I’m supposed to be doing, but most of the time I can’t imagine going back to working for someone else. I love this job.
So, thank you to everyone who bought a copy of Dapple and helped to support my burgeoning enterprise. I have a lot of exciting ideas for what I hope to accomplish in the coming year. I can’t wait to see what the next 12 months bring!
Owen
P.S. Related to this, I meant to post this some time ago and it slipped through. Gavin Bowman and Craig Sharpe (creators of Sneezies for iPhone) have started their own company: Retro Dreamer. If you have a minute, go check out their site and wish them some luck setting out on their own.
[...] few good links this week. First up, congratulations to Owen Goss for making it through the first year as an indie developer. Secondly, thanks to NimbleBit again for sharing some great data: NimbleStore: By the [...]
Congratulations! Wishing you a storming second year!
Nice co-incidence, my last day at my previous employer (console developer) was july 4th too…
July 5th I was an indie
I also wish to become my own boss, but i really scared, what if i cannot make even $100 dollar, i will starve to death, i need to pay rental, food, and tons of bill, congratulation to you, i hope one day i can save enough to quit my job and start my own company