Mango Jam: Five Years in the Kitchen
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Mermelada de Mango reviews five years of running an independent game studio, describing the team’s history, projects and lessons learned. It covers practical aspects like production challenges, creative processes, and business decisions involved in making and releasing indie games.
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- 0:00Talk context
- 2:08Five years of Mango Protocol
- 3:13Bellas Artes to Ricoteros
- 5:25First steps in video games
- 6:51First game and business shift
- 8:36Mecánica release and future plans
- 10:07Free-to-play failure and lessons
- 11:36Professionalization in 2016
- 13:44Pitch at CaixaForum and growth
- 14:26Loans and three moves in 2016
- 15:282017 awards and Atanay launch
- 18:45Atanay's unexpected success
- 20:532018 consoles and economic crisis
- 23:54Brink of insolvency and recovery
- 26:20Public aid as lifeline in 2019
- 27:49Key aid documentation
- 29:34Physical edition challenges in 2019
- 31:22Physical project delays
- 32:492020 third game and cycle closure
- 35:00Confinement impact on team
- 37:26Lessons learned and studio future
- 39:59Summary and thanks
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