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Tom Francis, founder of Suspicious Developments (Gunpoint, Heat Signature, Wizards), shares four hard-won lessons from 15 years of indie game development: stay as small as possible to keep burn rate low and extend runway; choose projects that can be prototyped quickly to validate ideas early; invest heavily in player testing throughout development; and price games based on what testers say they'd pay rather than development cost. The post emphasizes sustainability over growth, arguing that a low burn rate is the single most controllable factor in a studio's survival, and that iterative testing is the most reliable path to making a good game.

15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice