Kyle T. Johnson is the Sales Manager at Thunderful Games, a games distribution and development company based in Sweden. I met Kyle at PAX East 2022 and he agreed to come on the podcast and discuss publisher/developer relations, and what Thunderful Games is all about. Many indie devs do not understand the benefits to acquiring a publisher, so this episode is designed to educate.
I am a huge fan of Thunderful Games. I have interviewed a few people who have made games published by Thunderful, including Alexandra Dahlberg, Gabe Miller, Daniel Wagner, and Oliver Ulrich for the games Lost In Random, Firegirl, White Shadows, and Say No! More, respectively.
I hope you find value in this episode. As stated before, my only goal here is to educate my listeners (and myself).
Here are the resources that Kyle recommends in the episode:
"Thirty Things I Hate About Your Game Pitch" by Brian Upton:
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023998/Thirty-Things-I-Hate-About
"What a good (and bad) indie game publishing deal looks like" by Tyler Wilde:
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-a-good-and-bad-indie-game-publishing-deal-looks-like/
The GameDiscoverCo newsletter:
https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/
Kyle on Twitter: @thunderfulkyle
Thunderful on Twitter: @thunderfulgames
Thunderful on the web: https://thunderfulgames.com/
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