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.

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