Tom Francis

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

https://www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-15-years-of-indie-dev-in-4-bits-of-advice/

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

Jan 8 at 6:04pmWeb
Show threadHelge Maus / pixeltrain3dJan 8
@Pentadact Thanks for your work. 🙏
Show threadKhleedrilJan 8
@Pentadact It is great that you are managing to enjoy life in the independent games business.
Show threadHunter Gough 🍦🌹Jan 8

@Pentadact great advice! And very timely for me as I near the launch of @MayorMayKnott !

Fortunately, I think I've done these things. Spending many years prototyping and building on my own, and just recently bringing in artists and sound designers to beautify my programmer arts.

Show threadgurkenlabs Jan 8
@Pentadact
Really great insights, thank you! 😊
Show threadEVHasteJan 8
@Pentadact I love that I can hear portions of this in the voice of tactical breach wizards
Show threadjello ツJan 8
@Pentadact Fifteen years already!? But ‘Gunpoint’ came out only, like, 5 or 7 years ago… *checks notes* Oh.
Show threadChristian TietzeJan 9

@Pentadact well it's a very good article with many useful sidebars, no wonder it took so long :)

Thank you for sharing

Show threadJanek @ IndieDev.siteJan 13
@Pentadact Happy to see you posting on Mastodon