Thomas Reisenegger is the co-founder of the Brighton-based games PR company Future Friends Game. He has worked on games such as "League of Legends", "Smite", "Paladins", "Endless Space 2" and indie titles like "A Normal Lost Phone", "Armello", "Orwell: Ignorance is Strength" and "Northgard" with a focus on US and European markets. When not working on games PR, Thomas likes to talk about it as a speaker at international industry events like GDC, EGX Rezzed, and IndieCade Europe.
Through the creating process and visual formation of reinventing The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, this talk tackles on how to setting up art pipeline, controlling art quality, and working as a small unit with outsourcing partners.
It will also address the integration of UE4 to expand the visual creation with limited resource.
Note: This session will be conducted in Mandarin.
The games market in the US and Europe are changing rapidly, and recent developments like Early Access, Streamers/Youtubers, open development, summer sales and vastly increased numbers of game releases have completely transformed the variety and pillars of a modern PR planning. This talk aims to highlight the current challenges of PR campaigns in Western markets, and outlines what really matters when promoting your indie game in the West, including tips on platforms, stores, translations, how to find and pitch to press and influencers, and recommendations on assets, tools and rough timelines through the different stages of a campaign.