Tobiah Marks
Game Evangelist and Independent Game Developer.
GDC 2015 Day Five
Today is Friday, and we've reached the last day GDC 2015. As always, it's been a wonderful time. I'm...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/06/2015
GDC 2015 Day Four
Day four of GDC 2015! This will be another short post, as I am tired and ready for some sleep!...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/05/2015
GDC 2015 Day Three
Day three of GDC 2015! The first day of the main conference and expo! Wednesday, GDC 2015 Day Three:...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/05/2015
GDC 2015 Day Two
Day two of GDC 2015! This will be a quick post since I am going to prepare for my talk tomorrow...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/03/2015
Unity 5 Announcements
Today Unity announced a few more details of Unity 5. They started the event by showing off the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/03/2015
GDC 2015 Day One
It's my favorite time of year again, the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This is my...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 03/02/2015
Be Indie Now 44: Chris Zukowski
Be Indie Now 44: Chris Zukowski While I was visiting Phoenix, I meet up with Chris from Floor 27...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 02/26/2015
Windows 10 will be the platform for gaming
I was at PAX South over the last week, so I have not yet had the time to write about all the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/28/2015
Be Indie Now 43: Nick Lindberg
On Be Indie Now 43 I brought in my friend Nick Lindberg to talk about a variety of subjects from...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/22/2015
Students: Win a free trip to GDC with GameOn!
Are you a student, and would you like to go to GDC 2015 for free? Microsoft has created a contest...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/08/2015
Be Indie Now 42: Jonah Wallerstein
Be Indie Now 42: Jonah Wallerstein Jonah is an indie game developer located in Brooklyn, NY. His...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/07/2015
Join me for “Best Practices for Small Studios: Outmaneuver Your Competition” at GDC 2015
I spoke at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) for the first time last year at "GDC Next" in LA. My...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/06/2015
Next big project
Welcome to 2015! A lot of people have been asking me, what projects have you been working on lately?...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 01/01/2015
Be Indie Now 41: La Cosa Entertainment
Be Indie Now 41: La Cosa Entertainment and Klaus As I was speaking at GDC Next, I got a chance to...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 12/10/2014
Game Production Basics
This is a bit late, but I forgot to write a post specifically telling you guys that the Microsoft...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 12/09/2014
Be Indie Now 40: Amanda Lange
Be Indie Now 40: Amanda Lange After recording our Game Production Basics course on Microsoft Virtual...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/26/2014
New links on the resources page
Hey everybody! I just updated the Resources page on the site, adding a few more links to some tools...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/19/2014
Unity 5 Roadshow coming to San Francisco
Interested in learning Unity for the first time? Want to get a first look at what's new in Unity 5?...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/18/2014
Be Indie Now 39: George Hultgren Part 2
Be Indie Now 39: George Hultgren Part 2 I had George back on the show in January to talk about his...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/12/2014
“Freemium isn’t Free”
The latest episode of South Park is all about freemium games. I am a big fan of South Park in...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/07/2014
Ten GDCs
I have been to ten Game Developer Conferences, or "GDCs" Tomorrow is my eleventh, and it is special....
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 11/02/2014
Be Indie Now 38: Jaycee Salinas
Be Indie Now 38: Jaycee Salinas from Ask An Enemy Studios Jaycee has been working on his first game...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/29/2014
Just learning how to make games?
I talk a lot to developers who have made games before. But what if you are just starting out? Do you...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/27/2014
CoronaCards for Windows Phone 8 now available!
As you may know, I am a big fan of Lua and Corona. As of this Tuesday, CoronaCards now supports...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/24/2014
Be Indie Now 37: Michael Hawker
Be Indie Now 37: Michael Hawker Michael Hawker teaches computer science in the morning, is a...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/15/2014
Should freemium games factor in Purchasing Power Parity?
One of the biggest strengths with the games industry today is how global it is. People download and...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/10/2014
Be Indie Now 36: Scott Sizemore
Be Indie Now 36: Scott Sizemore from Moonlight Press What if you could learn the same way you do in...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 10/01/2014
Unity Microsoft Virtual Academy now Available!
The Microsoft Virtual Academy for Developing 2D & 3D Games with Unity is now online! Fellow...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/24/2014
Be Indie Now 35: Michael Todd
Be Indie Now 35: Michael Todd Have you ever questioned if you should pursue a career juggling, or...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/17/2014
Sample Unity assets from Microsoft Virtual Academy
Today was the first day of the Microsoft Virtual Academy: Developing 2d and 3d games with Unity for...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/09/2014
Intro to Git and GitHub Part 4: Merging and Rebasing overview
This is a continuation of a tutorial blog series to learn the basics of Git, using GitHub and the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/05/2014
Be Indie Now 34: Game Jams
Be Indie Now 34: Game Jams It's the return of the panel style episode! We've been doing a lot of...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/03/2014
Intro to Git and GitHub Part 3: Branching
This is a continuation of a tutorial blog series to learn the basics of Git, using GitHub and the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 09/01/2014
Intro to Git and GitHub Part 2: Publishing, cloning, and forking.
This is a continuation of a tutorial blog series to learn the basics of Git, using GitHub and the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/29/2014
Intro to Git and GitHub Part 1: Your first repository
This is a continuation of a tutorial blog series to learn the basics of Git, using GitHub and the...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/27/2014
Intro to Git and GitHub
This tutorial will teach you the basics of Git, using GitHub and the GitHub client. Experience...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/25/2014
Be Indie Now 33: Lane Gresham
Be Indie Now 33: Lane Gresham Lane is a software developer by trade, and at night has been working...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/20/2014
Alpha Game Jam September 12th through 14th
Time for a new Game Jam! The Indie Game Developers of Silicon Valley meetup.com group will host...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/12/2014
Be Indie Now 32: Press Start Studios
Be Indie Now 32: Press Start Studios Luis Parra shares the story of his company "Press Start...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 08/06/2014
Be Indie Now 31: Amir Littman
Be Indie Now 31: Amir Littman Fellow Microsoft Evangelist Amir Littman (who happens to sit next door...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 07/23/2014
Art as a developer
Time for another "Ask Tobiah": How did you create the graphics and character designs for your first...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 07/18/2014
Be Indie Now 30: Ironbelly studios
What's it like to bring other peoples projects to life? Ryan Wiancko explains in Be Indie Now 30:...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 07/09/2014
Monetization strategies for Windows markets
After the last two "Ask Tobiah" questions were about multiplatform development, time to change...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 07/01/2014
Be Indie Now 29: Mark Barrett
Be Indie Now 29: Mark Barrett Mark Barrett shares his story on how he got into the games industry,...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/25/2014
Multiplatform game frameworks
Welcome to part two of a new blog series I've started, "Ask Tobiah"! You can read last Monday's...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/24/2014
When should you think about multiplatform?
I want to experiment with a new blog post series. People send me questions all the time, so instead...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/16/2014
Get free Prime31 plugins, plus $25,000 Fortumo offer!
As of today, Prime31’s Window plugins for Unity are free!Thanks to a deal between Microsoft...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/13/2014
Be Indie Now 28: Hypercane Studios
Be Indie Now 28: Hypercane Studios Brothers Zach and Jake decide to go into business and create some...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/12/2014
GameMaker Studio Standard now permanently free!
YoYoGames announced today that GameMaker Studio Standard, the first tier of their tool that normally...
Author: Tobiah Marks Date: 06/06/2014