Put Your Name on Your Game, a Talk by Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it when people ask why games aren't marketed by creator like films, and for the value of attaching your name to your work.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

GDC Festival of Gaming

Topic

indie game branding

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• > I wonder how many people swore at him for what they got put through ;) I heard him mention in an interview that he received a lot of abuse (cathartic, not mean, from the way he described it). I think the mobile version actually …

• Still are a lot of indie games that are marketed based on the famous developer. Great talk on that from the GettingOverIt/QWOP dev, 'Put Your Name On Your Game' [VIDEO]

• Thank you for bringing up such a great point. I've worked with people in the past who only call me by a handle, even face to face. Some people really could care less depending on the scene. Other people will want to know everything about …