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

GDC Festival of Gaming · talk · Watch on YouTube

Indie game developmentGame design

What it is

At GDC 2019, Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage ask why game developers rarely sign their work. They argue that indie developers could benefit from putting their names on their games.

Why Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “the whole presentation is worth watching.”

    GDC talk by Bennett Foddy on his games.

    ecdavis, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Game developers share what they're most proud of making”

  2. “Great talk on that from the GettingOverIt/QWOP dev”

    Talk on marketing games by the developer's name.

    Vermeulen, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Why aren't games marketed as the work of director X like movies are?”

  3. “Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage have a great video”

    Value of attaching your name to your work.

    soulofmischief, 2025-02 · Recommendation · in “Freelancing: How I found clients, part 1”

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Topics: bennett foddy, zach gage, indie games, authorship, gdc

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