Community from the Logbook

Every Community entry in the Expedition Log — hard-won lessons from the frontlines of indie game development.

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How to Write a Contributor Handoff for Game Artists, Composers, and Designers

A contributor handoff is the packet of context someone needs before they can do useful work on your game. For artists, composers, audio designers, and game designers, it is the difference between creative partnership and

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Community

How to Work With a Game Artist on Your Indie Project (Without Making Them a Service Desk)

Most indie devs bring an artist in at week 30. That is the part that kills the project. You have built the game, you have built the tech, and now you need a sprite sheet by Friday, and the artist you scrambled to hire tr

7 min read

Community

Discord Server vs. Game Dev Team: Why One Ships and One Doesn't

A Discord server is a chat room with notifications. A game dev team is a small group where someone is counting on your work by Friday. The two are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where most indie projects

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Community

Why AAA Composers Are Quietly Looking for Indie Projects (And How to Reach Them Before They Take a Job)

Why AAA composers are quietly taking indie work, and how to reach them before the answer is already no. Composer allocation doesn't happen when you start looking. It happened months ago, quietly, through taste and trust.

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Community

How to Spot Rev-Share Red Flags Before You Join an Indie Game Project

Last updated: 2026-04-19 Rev-share is not automatically a scam. But a lot of indie game rev-share projects die for the same reasons: no shipped proof, no written terms, fantasy split math, and a founder who wants your wo

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Community

How to Stop Getting Ghosted on r/INAT (And What to Try Instead)

If you've posted on r/INAT in the last year, you already know that r/INAT ghosting isn't a bug. It's the default outcome. The subreddit has a sarcastic running meme that one actual poster wrote into their own collaborati

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Community

How to Find Reliable Teammates for Your Indie Game Project

"LF artist, DM me." Posted at 2am. By week 2 you're left on read. By month 2 your project is back to being a one man army: you, your Trello board, and a prototype starting to feel like a guilt trip. The fix is not more d

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