Indie Developer Resources

Business Guides

• Gov.uk guides to business and self-employment

• Ukie's Access to Finance Guide

• Ukie Guides to Getting Investment Ready - a series of guides from industry experts (bottom of page)

Tools

• presskit() - Rami Ismail's presskit template for game studios

• toolkit() - Presskit, contract and media distribution tools from Vlambeer.

• Ukie Standard Contracts - standard contract templates created specifically for games businesses

Game Development Resources

• Free for Dev - a list of software "as a service" (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, etc.) and other offerings with a focus towards infrastructure / ops, that have free tiers for developers

• Game Accessibility Guidelines - a straightforward reference for inclusive game design

• Game Maker's Toolkit - a youtube channel deep diving into game design, level design, and game production

• Games Press - one-stop archive of game press releases

• Indie Boothcraft - a guide to exhibiting your game at a convention

• Magic Tools - a long list of tools, resources, assets and software for game development

• onlinegamedev - an archive of online game development tools

• PixelProsepctor - an archive of helpful resources for game developers

Community

• UK Games Industry Slack Group

Indie Dev Data Insights

2019

• Cultist Simulator's Mobile Launch - Weather Factory

2018

• A Year of Monument Valley 2 - ustwo games

2016

• Monument Valley in Numbers: Year 2 - ustwo games

2015

• Monument Valley in Numbers - ustwo games