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How to Run a Successful Indie Studio with Founder Joe Mirabello

How to Run a Successful Indie Studio with Founder Joe Mirabello

Update: 2025-09-02
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Indie veteran Joe Mirabello (Terrible Posture Games) joins Brain Arcade to unpack how indie studios can survive these challenging times and how their new game "Battle Train" got made with spanning scrappy prototyping and a smart publishing partnerships. We dig into avoiding the “hamster wheel” deals, surviving today’s discoverability crunch, and lessons from scaling a studio without losing their heart. Joe talks through some practical, candid advice for anyone shipping games in 2025.

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How to Run a Successful Indie Studio with Founder Joe Mirabello

How to Run a Successful Indie Studio with Founder Joe Mirabello

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