Proceeds to announce he gets dozens of bitches

@Brandon HLM Yeah, I suppose that would not land you a government spokesman position - although the way the world governments are heading these days, who knows.

well, ether that or "People say that I am the best speaker. Thee best one, a lot of people say that!'' - and proceeds to mumble about 100 different random things chaotically and often inaudibly

@@brandonhlm2780 millions of registered losers :D

Law of reverse psycological.

Did you launch the game already?

@@armandoferreira1346 no not yet

@@goga.games18 Whats left?

@@armandoferreira1346 one more level maybe and cloud save system qnd currently i don't have enough funds for release+ promotion trying to get job

After this talk, it doesn't surprise me they're full. They seem amazing to work with. Best of luck with your game though! Hope they get a free spot for you soon^^

BIKER BOT Dozens and dozens of bitches...

They're even at E3. they've sneaked their way to a Ubisoft/EA kind of spot and possibly further already.

​@@lolindirlink I love that, get the fuck out Ea, gamers want authentic games

@@lolindirlink E3 is dump for losers. I've no idea why you put it on a proverbial pedestal.

nice buckets pfp

That’s by design, it’s a very disarming thing to do, and he was actually very well articulated

It means he's not running off a hard rehearsed script and going off what's in his head

Hey Evan!

He can talk casually about it. Proves hes a pro.

dozens and dozens of btches

Pfp sauce?

sus?

Sauce?

Thank you cropped hentai pfp

@@habere I wish I could upvote twice

How to choose a fucking* publisher

Nope, this presentation was probably aimed to devs who were going to self publish/were uncertain about it or that didn't trust in publishers. It was the right title for the job. Honestly Devolver knows their shit, they are fucking marketing geniuses.

Yep it's insane how much work goes into something sold for like 20 bucks.

titan souls as well.

I also think indie developers might give the artists more creative freedom than the aaa ones.

Transistor and a few of the others had a composer (Supergiant games have been working with Darren Korb for every game they made), but Hotline Miami 1 and 2 just had tons of tracks from different artists. I think they were all licensed and not commisioned.

Dead Cells

CHAOS?!

@@twincherries6698 No, not a WH40K game. Rather, this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gK94qZmeyq-niZs.html

Dennaton Games probably got tons on offers to sell their IP (Hotline Miami). Thank God they ended up working with Devolver.

@@fckSashka I'm not so sure about it. Devolver literally MADE Hotline Miami. it was their pet project with which to penetrate the market and basically manifest themselves as a "go to" indie publisher. if it was published differently it would likely be more obscure than it actually got. it's really not as good as people think it is, what we got is some sort of a weird effect of hitting the nail on the head just right at the right time. and it really nailed, you know, porn-like. like when the wind hits a resonant frequency of a bridge it can demolish it in a couple of hours, that sort of thing, the effect is magnified, but as with anything in this world, it is really difficult to clearly demarcate where the devs stop and publishers start. in my view, and I've seen 4 decades of games, HM is 70% awesome publishing job, and 30% awesome game. the game was just on time, and perfect to do exactly what it did. it was also annoying on too many fronts, but played to the tune of the original GTA all too well, and there is always some appetite for a badass anti-establishment bottom-feeding narrative. you just need to hit the perfect timing and a perfect emotion to go with it. you know, if you really think about it, a perfect artistry is to deliver a message that is supposed to be received "subcognitively", under the radar, typically by a mindful minority. but Hotline Miami isn't haute couture type of artistry, it's some male fantasy that resonates with a constant frequency throughout the modern times, and likely stems from the historical epics. die hard, john wick, fight club, tarantino, there is this long line of weird subcultural vengeance-type badass narratives, where the message isn't sophisticated and doesn't need be, but is deeply rooted into our collective psyche. frankly, not because it's special but because it's vents out certain desires in certain cultures every now and then. maybe it shouldn't not be a fantasy? one could argue that this energy should've accumulated in the individuals and exploded toward something more constructive? but I'm venturing too far into conspiratorial waters. that said, what devolver did with this game, was a fantastic example of business acumen.

@@milanstevic8424 this whole argument hinges on your fringe statement of Hotline Miami being " 70% publishing 30% game " which is entirely subjective. Not to mention your opening statement of " Devolver LITERALLY made Hotline Miami " is, and watch how i use this word here hun. LITERALLY incorrect. Don't discredit the actual developers you fucking twat. Dennaton LITERALLY made Hotline Miami, there is no other correct viewpoint there, even from yer high horse

Like he said, 55,000 Indie Studios, 5-15 man teams(?), have to take into account the newbies who pick up an Engine but quit a month or two down the line, then those who progress far enough to actually trawl KZfaq for any channel that they can sap knowledge from. This channel has only been posting vid's for the last year, a lot of the stuff is Video Archive footage. If you go n their site they also have an archive of the slides used, including seminars that weren't recorded on tape (would be neat if they at least recorded the audio)

Even if some of them are older that doesn't mean you can't gain or learn from them. The game industry moves quickly but some principles and lessons are still relevant for many years.

crapvile I've seen some posted on this channel from 2006(?)

Yzarei Because being a game dev takes actual work, which tends to weed out the "riffraff".

Perhaps because they can not afford to... Damn you, Maslow! :P

Just publish it on Steam... they have a whole system already set up

publishing a game is much more than just throwing it in a digital store, you statement is just proof of how many people dont fully understand the subject

ya very strong proof. Sample size of 1 lol. I agree anyway, just pulling your leg :}

İ think he meant "distributing" ... Leaving the marketing and PR out of it in the terminology. But yeah. Still WRONGGGG

I understand publishing as the act of distributing the game with the means of a platform... & that is what Steam is for... for online digital publishing. Obviously a good marketing strategy is important for a successful publication... the guy can't even tell the difference between the terms so I didn't bother...

I'm pretty sure Devolver Digital also develop games?

@@Tototoo88 You are incorrect.

@@Tototoo88 That's the thing. Developers from them are so unpopular in comparison to Devolver that you think they are the ones who are actually developing these games. The actual dev team somehow just doesn't stay in your mind.

@@lukkkasz323 Because people play Devolver games *because* they're Devolver games and that's all they need to know about it. It's kind of a two edged sword for a dev. On one hand they bring credibility and an existing audience, but on the other, their own exposure overshadows you. If you eventually break away, instead of promoting your new games by your name, you can always say "from the developer of xyz, comes a new game - abc".

all one hit wonders

Every dollar is worth it lol

499 games to go.

Well I get an average of 1c

Normie in Murica What is your game called?

John Smith random stuff on the App Store that were too trash I didn’t bother putting a price tag on xD

@Mustache Merlin Could say the same for Bethesda, Blizzard, Nintendo.

Because that's what capitalism does.

They will, and when they do, another cool publisher is going to come and we'll like them more. The wheel will keep spinning.

@@thc_freebaser Bethesda and (Activision) Blizzard I can absolutely agree with, Nintendo not so much - they're still doing great and are independent. :)

@@Yuzuki1337 yes but they are horrible to their fans and their games' respective communities. Looks at Save Melee/Free Melee if you wanna know what I mean.

I mean, he kind of did. That's why he put and talked about his little exclamation marks there and how that changed the nature of the relationship. So no he didn't say it in as many words as you did, but he did make the same point.

He probably also didn't dwell on the point because he only had half an hour and he was trying to give indie developers (for whom physical sales are more of an unlikely aspiration than a practical consideration) a survival guide on dealing with publishers in the current era.

they didnt make them but they did publish them

You really did not understand the video at all did you

i was watching this when i was extremely high late at night alone and my name is evan and this freaked me out so much lmao

@@EM-ow2lk you shouldnt do drugs

@@nikunjmajithia5002 Alot of things we shouldn't do

It's nice but I didn't like how 90% of the talk didn't have to do with the title

I guess you could say that the talk emphasized all the things that you should want from a really good publisher with the implication that you should avoid publishers that don't offer this, or if self-publishing, fill all these responsibilities by yourself

Yoo the title was so edgy so cool hahaha

There's a reason why Devolver Digital has put out some of the absolute best indie games in the last 5 years. The cream of the crop.

@@Vesdus coffee stain is rising up. their publish games are good too

@@maramba32 Chucklefish for the win

@boulderguy888 why? I refuse to believe you

@@qunas101 shame they can’t do the same with their own damn games... ;n;

legendary game, one of my absolute favourite game series (hm1 and 2). i like impose that other people consider it a cult hit, even if some ppl dk hm1/2

@@Derpkips31415 i only played Hotline Miami 2. It was great but i played better games.

@@greenheart5334 and thats great! imo i like both hm1 and 2, but the consensus is that hm2 was kinda un-fun (glass, off camera snipers, melee being abit redundant) vs hm1, but since i tried hm1, it might not hit the same

@@Derpkips31415 i have access to Hotline Miami 1 because my bro shared it for me on Steam. Never touched it but i might give it a try. I can agree HM2 was toxic but it surely is not that difficult at all. Yesterday i reached final boss in game called Valfaris. Bruh the last level segment before this boss made me burn inside.

Devolver Publishes so many good games Katana Zero, Broforce, Hotline Miami, Ape Out, PikuNiku are def my favorites in their own way

He is from Devolver Digital, what did you expect? I think swearing is part of their company's policy.

FilmNitrate too fucking right. If you’re hiding your words, you’re almost certainly hiding your real thoughts/opinions.

Not sure why you singled out publishers, he works for a publishing company or did you not listen to the talk?

You will...

Without clicking I know what this will send me too :D

GreenShades Freud lol'd.

this is totally not professional its unwatchable

Precisely. How dare the GDC people allow such a monumental mistake go past their team of dozens of copy editors!

lol they changed it.

gwald I wish.

Are you an adult that can handle adult words?

And Activision's Bobby Kottick.

Him saying that was part of his game.

I think he had 20-30 extra minutes allocated, but nobody asked anything.

@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y No, there were no questions because he was forced to cut it off there, it's obvious by his body language and expression that somebody was signaling him to wrap it up.

@@jeeroylenkins3081 OK.

Idk what your point really is. They're both interesting topics, especially as gaming becomes a bigger and more influential form of entertainment

did... did you watch the video? so much of this is about the ethics of the developer/publisher relationship

Swear words are unethical

EA was there... ^-^

GDC as any event gives you time to present. After that it comes another talk so if you take too much time in your presentation they cut the questions to let the next person have the same time.

Yeah I get that. But he started by saying most of his slot was dedicated to questions. Surely he wasn't /that/ bad at estimating?

Duke Togo lol maybe he meant time management whilst public speaking wasn't his strongest point

I know im late. But gamers really need to learn the past tense. WAS. Means not anymore.

so, how's that going for you, buddy ?

ya working on developing anything yet?

Life got in the way for the moment :(

Any luck recently?

now I'm anxious and want to see your game out

Devolver does develop quite a lot, but they're primarily just someone who says "this indie game is cool as heck, if we get like 20% of the money we will help you make the game and we will make sure everyone knows this game's name"

I guess it does cz he said there are other people out of USA

He told didn't he ? Itch.io or many sites like tht u cn promote your game or go to conventions if u have nearby so u cn give other people a taste of yur game like a demo or stuff like tht give them a demo copy via your Facebook or Instagram stuff like tht provide links and stuff and goodluck