Join us for a panel presentation including Alan Yeats, CEO at Pocket Sized Hands; Karen Williams, founder of Hiccup Interactive; and Andrew Greenberg, CEO of Holistic Design Inc; for a discussion of how to build a sustainable indie game studio.

All these studios have survived for at least five years, and most much longer. Learn their secrets and plans to continue their success.

When: 6:30 pm, Jan. 28

Where: Georgia Tech Klaus Building of Computing, Room 1456

Area 4 parking lot off Ferst is probably the closest public parking https://maps.app.goo.gl/J9tozAhbeQFQSCvz9 Then you can use Maps to show you walking directions

Free for GGDA members and Georgia Tech students, $10 all others

Members and GT get passes HERE

Nonmembers get passes HERE

Pocket Sized Hands is a co-development and porting studio based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded in 2017, it specializes in taking on the projects others say aren't possible and delivering exceptional results. It led development on the Enhanced Edition of Oddworld: Soulstorm, developed Smalland: Survive the Wilds for Meta Quest, ported the entire Bendy franchise across console and mobile, and have served as the dedicated live-ops team for Rick and Mortys: Pocket Mortys for more than five years with Adult Swim.  

Puzzles by Joe inadvertently created a whole new genre of games. The Clutter series has become a mainstay of the hidden-object gaming world.

Hiccup Interactive, LLC is an award-winning indie game studio in Atlanta, GA, founded and operated by Karen Williams. Hiccup Interactive focuses on developing games that foster applicable skills through play.  Through ‘edutainment’, Hiccup Interactive seeks to demonstrate that games are an invaluable medium for empathy and understanding. Each project’s first priority is fun.

Holistic Design, Inc. is a multimedia company that has produced computer games, roleplaying games, fiction books, and miniatures games. Holistic Design’s foremost Intellectual Property is FADING SUNS, a science-fiction universe featured in a variety of games and stories.