Game Development – Advice from Experts

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Game Development

Los Angeles, CA

$250.0/min 5.0 16 $4.17/min

Rachel is an indie game developer, writer, tax law expert, business and B2B/B2C marketing adviser and content strategist, and freelancing coach. In short, she's a professional hustler who loves to help other people develop fulfilling careers and attain both financial freedom and self-worth. As an IRS-licensed Enrolled Agent with a decade of practice experience, she wrote the first and only tax law book dedicated to indie developers and has frequently been called upon in the industry for her perspective on game dev tax matters. She teaches the best-selling Basics of Business For Indie Developers and Taxes For Indie Developers classes at Playcrafting NYC, and has spoken at Indiecade East, East Coast Game Developers' Conference, IGDA events, and guest-lectured at MBA programs on the business of games and career development for the self-employed. As CFO and Executive Producer of Himalaya Studios, Rachel oversaw their six-figure Kickstarter campaign and has advised game developers, publishers, and clients in other industries on how to form a successful campaign. Rachel resigned from the company in 2017 to focus on Sonic Toad Media & Consulting's coaching and writing services arms which currently lay the foundation for Sonic Toad Publishing. Frequently featured on the front page of Gamasutra, Rachel writes about business and lifestyle issues for game developers on the noted industry rag and is also an accomplished ghost-blogger. She effectively developed active and passive income streams that have enabled her to pursue game development without a full-time or part-time job and has made it a mission of Sonic Toad Consulting to help other indie developers and creative people do the same. Rachel's strategies have helped freelance writers get paid more and indie developers transition from traditional jobs to full-time hustling and thriving in the process. Her clients will vouch for her knowledge of grassroots and email marketing that have helped their lists grow and become more effective at selling their games and services. Gamasutra Page: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/RachelPresser/924879/ Other Clips: rachelpresser.contently.com The Definitive Guide to Taxes for Indie Game Developers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0197G82MK/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=sontoamedcon-20&linkId=13df7ff020d7aad50da2d79964a02617

Aaron LeMay

Los Angeles, CA

$200.0/min 4.9 13 $3.33/min

Creative Director | Game Developer 20+ yr (Halo Franchise & Creator of Saints Row) Founder of The Gamer's Way. Mentor.

neal nellans

Austin, Texas Area

$200.0/min 4.9 7 $3.33/min

Over 20 years video game development experience working at studios such as Dreamworks, EA, and Rhythm & Hues Studios. Now CEO and owner of a digital VR studio, Ghost Machine, and mobile games studio, TinyUtopia, located in Austin, TX Producer of Oculus VR Racing Game, Motorsport Revolution

Sandra Wong

Vancouver

$300.0/min 4.9 28 $5/min

Sandra Wong is CEO & founder of Lucky Lady Games & Stashlink. She specializes in Casual Gaming & Business Development Strategy and is an app / game designer & online marketing specialist with a 20+ year background in technology product development. She specializes in building technology products, user acquisition, app monetization, UIUX, design audits, live dealer casino blockchain technology. She has consulted for 50+ private and public companies across multiple industries and was a nominee for Leader of the Year by Woman of Worth Awards. Sandra has launched apps that debuted at number one in its category and in the top 100 in appStore. She has been an integral part of over 25 app projects with some enjoying traffic numbers in the millions. Sandra was the Success and Product Manager at BlueBat Games for clients including Foxwoods, Treasure Island, Hard Rock, Seminole and was design consultant to VGW - Virtual Gaming Worlds & Global Poker. You can read more about her on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrawong/

Ohad Barzilay

Tel Aviv, Israel

$250.0/min 4.9 8 $4.17/min

Entrepreneur. Game Designer. Producer. Ask me anything mobile games, eSports, Social Casino, Mid-core, Company management (team, projects, structure) and Business related questions. Hands-on Game design, production and game economy, M&As and how to run a studio during and after an M&A process. Companies past and present: Tacticsoft (Chief Product), Sidekick Games/Rovio (Lead Designer, Producer), New Legends Studios (CEO, Co Founder), Mytopia (GM / COO, Chief Creative, acquired by 888Holdings), Deepmist Studios (CEO, Co Founder & Developer), Win Interactive (Win.com, subsidiary of bwin party) Worked on original IP as well as companies such as Rovio, Dreamworks, Showtime, Lionsgate, MGA, Endemol, 888 and bwin.party. Adjunct Instructor in the InGame program at the Interdisciplinary Center, Hertzlya.

Darryl Wright

Halifax, NS

$150.0/min 5.0 3 $2.5/min

Technical Director, Game Developer, Entrepreneur. Over 20 years in software and video game development. Assassins Creed, EA Sports FIFA, MLB Superstars, Sons of Anarchy. Desktop, console, and mobile.

Michael McHugh

Sydney, Australia

$120.0/min 5.0 3 $2/min

Certified Identity and Security Technologist (CIST), Identity Management, Single Sign On, Speaker/Reader of Thai, Unity Certified Developer, Indie Game Dev, VR/AR Dev, Node Developer, Former CTO@CompliSpace, cTrader algorithmic developer.

Aleksandr Klimenko

Kharkov, Ukraine

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

co-founder of Fgfactory, company that provides graphics design and games\applications development services for different platforms.

Yakov Grischenko

$60.0/min 5.0 0 $1/min

Web developer. Game developer(Casual). Entrepreneur-beginner. Mobile tech fan. Programmer (above 15 years).

Gabe B Roszak

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

19 years in software development. 11 years in blockchain. 3 years into NFT. I run a team that has been working with various brands and individuals, including DJ Khaled, TikTok, and Triller app, Louis Vuitton and Lamborghini. My expertise is in developing and growing all kind of Crypto, De-Fi, and NFT projects.

Caleb Cash

Virginia Beach, VA

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Secured 350k USD from investors and produced "The Vakarian Star," featuring skilled stunt performers from the Marvel and DC franchises, and myself starred as the lead actor. I'm also a Game Designer & Company Director of a game studio creating online games including "Castle Warfare" on ROBLOX.com, which I have secured 45k USD for funding and am approaching full 3 device releases.

Joe Kochins

Detroit, Michigan

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Detroit mentor and environmental consultant. Worked a variety of odd jobs, from cattle rancher to IT Helpdesk. Recent college graduate looking to help fellow students finish their degrees.

Ibrahim Al-Nono

Sana'a - Yemen

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

International Carriers Services Assistant at TeleYemen, specializing in network optimization, VoIP, and capacity planning. Passionate about game development (Eclipsed Realms: Forgotten Legacy) and tech solutions for automotive marketplaces.

Arnab Roy

Bangalore

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Built USD600 Mn. Business and grown to 3 countries, currently Lead B2B Business at India's largest Gaming Company with years of experience across Revenue Management, Operations, SCM, Growth & Strategy responsibilities. A start-up enthusiast with experience in health tech, mobility, consumer services, transportation & logistics, food tech aggregation and E-commerce industry. Passionate about analyzing and supporting business operations that can serve as a solution to a given problem. Strong business development professional skilled in Partner Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Go-to-market Strategy, and Sales Enablement. Experienced professional across P&L Management, SCM, and Growth & Strategy responsibilities. Co-founded PharmaTech venture with core competencies in multi-dimensional industries, i.e., Passenger/Logistics Mobility, Health Technology, and E-commerce with major internet companies.

Zoltan Erdokovy

Budapest

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

As a technical artist I cover particle effects, materials, programming and art asset creation with some project management and performance profiling on the side. I like interacting with people so I find mentoring very fun and rewarding. :) During my career I was hired a few times to train teams and individuals for the Unreal engine. In order to be able to do that better I dived into the rabbit hole of psychology, which topic became one of my passions. I'm also part of the Whisper Events group in Budapest where we organize personal development events. I also train my cat and my neighbor's dog.

Dylan Tredrea

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

I have over 12 years of software development experience in the game industry. I started in product at Disney and leading business intelligence teams at Geewa for a portfolio >1 million DAU. For over >5 years I’ve been in product owner roles with P/L ownership, mostly with multiple concurrent projects, and throughout the product life cycle. In these leadership roles I’ve turned around an unprofitable global IP division, test-released dozens of games, and released globally games played by many tens of millions of players.

Lucian Lazar

Bucharest, Romania

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Serial founder: cleansaas.dev (2025), doc2exam.com (2024), rockstart.ai/neoducation.org (2023), mjapi.io (2023), blog2vid.io (2024), dragonshift.com (2017). Hardcore Unity3D engineer since 2013, turned into AI/DevOps generalist since 2019, and life coach since 2021. Contrarian. Ethical anarchist. Minimalist.

alberto menache

Los Angeles, CA, USA

$350.0/min N/A 0 $5.83/min

Alberto Menache is a technology consultant for various industries, including visual effects, film, videogames, AI, and others, with clients including Lightstorm Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Sony. He served as Digital FX Supervisor at Imageworks and Character Technology Supervisor at PDI/DreamWorks, and was the founder of TSi, where he created the first commercially available Performance Capture Solver and the first captured character for a videogame (Soul Edge). In 2008 Alberto created the first real-time Virtual Production pipeline. He has also designed several VFX and animation pipelines. Other innovations include volumetric character deformation, muscle-based facial animation, markerless real-time facial tracking, digital human acquisition, wireless simulcam, etc. Alberto has supervised digital effects for several films, including The Polar Express, Superman Returns and the Oscar winning short The Chubb-Chubbs. He wrote, among other books, the defining textbook on Motion Capture. Alberto holds several patents on various innovations.

Stephan Moreman

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Founder Compplus. Multiple Entrepreneur. Blockchain developer, Unity game developer, Flutter Dev

Max Zelinski

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

Results-driven technology leader with over 15 years of experience in engineering leadership and software architecture. Passionate about fostering collaboration and innovation, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and driving organizational growth. Skilled in the development and operation of massive business-critical platforms and distributed services, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security.

Jesse Lindsley

Atlanta, GA

$200.0/min N/A 22 $3.33/min

Founder of Thrust Interactive (2004). Thrust has created over 100 games and apps for it's clients, some of the largest consumer brands in the world. Founder of Thrust Games (2011). An indie game studio creating mobile cross-platform games. Founder of True or False Games (2013). TFG licenses a mobile, multiplayer turn-based trivia platform. Founder of Creativity GameLab (2014). CGL implements a proven process for leveraging the creative muscle of an organization to solve unique and difficult challenges. President of the Atlanta Chapter of IGDA (International Game Developers Association). We bring together game developers to improve their lives and craft. Advisory Board Member: TAG Entertainment Society, Atlanta Regional Commission Arts & Culture Committee, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s Digital Coalition, APPNation Atlanta, Atlanta Game Developer Meetup, Atlanta Unity3D User Group, Atlanta Corona User Group. 40 Under 40, Atlanta Business Chronicle's Class of 2012

Boon Chew

Greater New York City Area

$120.0/min N/A 17 $2/min

Founder of mobile startup Nanaimo Studio. Expert in mobile apps and games. Published nine of our own apps and more than twenty client apps. Currently working to help bring a hugely popular mobile music platform into the auto space. I look forward to helping you and all proceeds will go towards charity.

Max Bloom

Manila, Philippines

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Founder of Stack Virtual (VR Software Startup). CEO of Jungle Friend Studios. Virtual Reality & Mobile Game Developer. Leads team of Unity Programmers and 3D Artists.

Jeremy Cooke

Cambridge UK

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

For the last 17 years I have been employed as Business development Director/CEO at a small number of game development/publishing businesses. Primarily facilitating the commercial means to support and sustain creative and technical excellence in the development of world class products according to the game development mantra – “on time, within budget and to an exceptionally high standard”. I have negotiated and secured countless development, distribution and publishing deals and contracts, routinely deal with legal advisors and have raised £m’s in in grant and equity funding. I am a confident presenter, an effective communicator and a strong team player. Business development and blue chip key account management is my forte. 12 years ago, I secured $10m equity investment and established a Cambridge HQ for Midas Interactive. I employed the management team, secured the product development strategy and put an effective global sales and distribution structure in place. 10 years ago I acquired, via Gameware Europe Ltd., all of the assets and IP in world renowned Cambridge studio Creature Labs Ltd. and now own the historic ‘Creatures’ and ‘James Pond’ IP which are commercially exploited via ongoing publishing partnerships(Creatures online via Bigben, James Pond – Robocod via System 3, digital via Merge Games). Gameware have recently delivered the iOS/Android app “Man United Tricks” together with a proprietary ad server for Zoombugs Ltd with the intention to build upon the MU app via social engagement – developing interactive products that effectively engage and build the fan/community user base. Gameware also delivered 4 series of the BAFTA nominated TV gameshow Bamzooki – empowering users to create 3D creatures online and interact with their user generated digital creations in real time. Connected TV, mobile, PC ++ screens provide a direct to user global communication channel and therefore a huge opportunity for talented, nimble and well funded digital creatives to develop and iterate digital products for global audiences whilst maximising D2C revenues.

Graeme Barlow

Ottawa, ON

$120.0/min N/A 2 $2/min

Entrepreneur • Investor • Public Speaker • Gamer Dad • 4x Founder/2x Exits CEO of @iversoft $45M+ B2B Sales

Marc Whipple

Chicago, IL

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

Decades in the technology and gaming/entertainment sector. Former General Counsel of multiple game development companies. Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks in every field of technology. Development and Licensing Agreement Consulting at every scale and at every stage of business development.

Rohit Goyal

Mumbai Area, India

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Serial Entrepreneur Founder, CEO: PaxPlay Founder, CEO: Sabjiwaala.com IIT-Bombay Alumni

Mithun Banerjee

India

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Mithun Banerjee is a CEO of ETSIndia, a leading software development company which provide best web & mobile app development Services all over the world.

Brett Seyler

San Francisco Bay Area

$500.0/min N/A 26 $8.33/min

blockchain games distributed systems performance marketing

Adrian Crook

Vancouver, BC

$400.0/min N/A 33 $6.67/min

Mobile game design expert. 20 years experience. Zynga, EA, Glu, Microsoft, Capcom, Ubisoft and others. Leading authority on freemium, mobile game design.

Alex Paley

San Francisco

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Head of Studio @ Glu Mobile, Co-Founder @ Dairy Free Games, Investor

Michael Witz

Greater San Diego Area

$100.0/min N/A 4 $1.67/min

I've started several companies from scratch and grew them into profitable, multi-million dollar revenue businesses. The last was Mob Science, a social gaming company that was acquired by SGN. I have extensive experience building successful online products and deep knowledge about implementing analytic frameworks around reach, revenue and retention. I'm also an active investor, in both the private and public markets.

Christian Arca

Brooklyn, New York

$100.0/min N/A 8 $1.67/min

Senior Product Manager at Shapeways, Co-Founded Toy Studio a mobile gaming studio, video-games, startups, tech, web.

Pablo Ruiz

Argentina

$100.0/min N/A 11 $1.67/min

Co-Founder of InfinixSoft. Published author, writer of several tutorials and articles on entrepreneurship and mobile technology, Quora power user and lover, I spend my time advising promising startups and companies.

Thomas Bidaux

Brighton, United Kingdom

$350.0/min N/A 15 $5.83/min

Thomas Bidaux started his professional career in online games more than ten years ago at France Telecom, within the GOA team. His department grew from a one-man team in charge of the first French MMORPG La 4ème Prophétie, to the European organisation in charge of the most successful MMORPG on the market at the time, Dark Age of Camelot. In 2004, Thomas left France Telecom and Paris to set up the European subsidiary of the online game giant NCsoft in the UK. As Director of Development, he managed the team responsible for bringing several major MMOs to the European market, including Guild Wars and City of Heroes. As a participant in NCsoft's Global Portfolio Steering Committee, he led the company's efforts to expand its game portfolio with European-based development through various third party deals and the creation of a Brighton-based studio. He also headed the European team evaluating the group's global projects. In April 2008, he left NCsoft to found the consulting agency that would later become ICO Partners.

Margaret Wallace

San Francisco Bay Area

$300.0/min N/A 8 $5/min

Strong Focus On: * Raising VC * Mobile Apps and Gaming * Brands * Product Design * Raising Investment * Gamification

Thomas Ingham

Cary, NC

$100.0/min N/A 11 $1.67/min

Founder/Partner of Coalmarch Productions, LLC building websites and technological solutions to common business problems. Founder and CEO/Consultant at URBANFORT Corp. Independent software development for Mac and Windows Desktops and Mobile Devices.

Cesc Vilanova

Madrid Area, Spain

$100.0/min N/A 4 $1.67/min

Digital Product Manager and Entrepreneur. I enjoy solving problems with products and services. I have cofounded and codirected an internet startup (Wemories). I've also worked designing, prototyping, developing and pitching entertainment products for iOS, web, Wii, DS, PS3, XBOX 360 and PSP. I believe in: 1. Putting ideas in front of users and customers as soon as possible. 2. Listening and observing the people who is using the product to understand: what's working, what's not working and why. 3. Improving the product in quick iterations, always having the business goals in mind. 4. Focusing on marketing only when people want the product.

Anthony Barnes

Madison, Wisconsin

$60.0/min N/A 13 $1/min

Founder - Slice of Games. 4+ years of industry experience spanning production, art and QA. Shipped titles = Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Online, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Injustice: Gods Among Us & The Pokémon Trading Card Game: Online.

Kevin Hamano

San Francisco, CA

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Entrepreneur, digital media, and optimization powerhouse. Web tech geek and overall nice guy who can make you look good. Designer of the board game Kites: Time to Fly.

Georgio Sayegh

Lebanon

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I'm a self-taught mobile/software/website developer with experience for over 3 years. I strive for perfection and I'm willing to help in every way I can. Currently I'm starting a company specialized in programming and robotics.

Mike Sego

San Francisco Bay Area

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

I have broad experience as a Gaming Entrepreneur, Product Leader, CEO. I was previously the CEO of Gaia Interactive, makers of Gaia Online, and led the company's expansion into social and mobile gaming with titles like Monster Galaxy. Before joining Gaia, I was the founder and developer of (fluff)Friends, one of the first Facebook applications to successfully monetize using virtual currency. (fluff)Friends grew to ten million users before being acquired by SGN.

Bhavesh Korat

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Bhavesh Korat is CEO and Founder of Versatile Techno - A leading web, mobile app and unity game development company which is provide best android app development, iphone app development and unity game development.

Mike Acton

Greater Los Angeles Area

$500.0/min N/A 0 $8.33/min

I'm a regular speaker and active in the game development community. I've made it my personal mission to (1) further games in the mainstream and expand their cultural influence and our understanding of that; (2) champion the voices of individual game developers and help to make sure the right people are heard though work like #AltDevBlogADay; and (3) "fix" some of the power-dynamics and cultural baggage in our industry so that we keep advancing and can adapt well to the real pace of change.

Jacek Sliwinski

Maroochydore, Australia

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I am a UX Specialist with a solid background in psychology and cognitive ergonomics, with my expertise having a strong focus on game development and gamification. I believe that in order to create a truly engaging user experience, it must be designed to trigger positive emotional reactions, and one way of doing this is through meaningful and fun interactions ("play"). Let me help you to improve your product and make it more successful by being more fun!

Valery Vish

Riga, Latvia

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Startuper; ex-CTO and co-founder at ask_fm (DAU 15M+); also: geek, software architect, mobile game developer, passionate machine learning/robotics engineer;

Ryan Holowaty

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Marketing and Business Development for Noodlecake Studios, a mobile indie game development firm responsible for the smash hit Super Stickman Golf.

Jason Chionh

Singapore

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Software Engineer, Amazon. Software Engineer, LucasArts Software Engineer, G-Gadget Software Engineer, SEGA, Tokyo

Christina Emerson

Brunswick, OH

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Founding Partner & Programmer @ Round House Games. also: tech nerd, entrepreneur, a mother, & video game enthusiast.

Baris Yaman

Istanbul, Turkey

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Game Developer, Producer, Entrepreneur. Co-founder at Galata Labs. Published game titles at Electronic Arts, Sony CEA, A Bit Lucky (acquired by Zynga). Currently living in Turkey, sharing game production expertise with the local game industry.