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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
@GreyAlien
Indie dev since 2005 (Grey Alien Games) Working on Forbidden Solitaire. Creator of Ancient Enemy, Shadowhand, Regency Solitaire + more. Retro games fan.
Dorset, UK
greyaliengames.com
Joined February 2009
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Apr 30
    LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Plz share, thx!
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Oct 31, 2022
    This is insane. Click the thread and look at the other videos. The driver said he did it on Gamecube and didn't know if it would work in real life. I guess we know now.
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    Pat McAfee
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    Oct 31, 2022
    Is this real? x.com/MrMatthewCFB/s…
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Sep 24, 2021
    Right now the UK feels like a city builder game where you’ve totally screwed everything up and are out of key resources like food and energy and there are flashing symbols on all your buildings.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
    @GreyAlien
    Apr 15, 2024
    My biggest tip for success on Steam is to release your game before 2018. Good luck!
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Oct 10, 2020
    Ways I have messed up my indie career: - Not starting with lots of money - Not living in North America - Not living in London - Not making something trendy - Personal failings (won't fit in a tweet) What does your list look like?
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Oct 18, 2021
    I must seem like some weird ancient Dark Souls boss to our cat because: - I’m 40x older than her - I’m massive compared to her - I am a weird shape and have both freakish long hair and bare skin. - I groan when I move around. - her attacks have minimal affect on my health bar
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Mar 12, 2020
    I’m going to start leaving random audio logs about the place for futuristic survivors so they can gradually piece together what went wrong.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Apr 25, 2019
    Me: "I make videogames" Rando: "Oh interesting - anything I'll have heard of?" Me: "Er, no, probably not" Such is the lot of the indie dev.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Apr 19, 2021
    I have noticed a thing where some people say "I really liked this game, but it's not very replayable so I'll rate it negatively". I think that's a shame. I get where they are coming from but not every game is designed to be played for 100s of hours. Just play, enjoy, move on.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Jun 4, 2019
    Got a nice email this morning, on special email paper too!
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Apr 9, 2017
    Real talk from devs who have shipped. You are not alone.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Nov 10, 2021
    Son texted me on the way home to tell me he got an A* for his Computer Science mock exam. Hopefully he can find his own way home.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
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    Jun 11, 2019
    How to market your game in 2019. Use: - Newsletter - Steam tools - Blog - Vlog - Twitter - Facebook - Instagram - Imgur - Tumblr - Reddit - Youtube - Twitch - Streamers - Discord - Patreon - Press - Platform feature + more Easy right? I need to lie down now.
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    Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie
    @GreyAlien
    Jan 23, 2023
    Working on a talk.
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