Elusive Ninja: The Shadowy Thief is the first game released by Bulletproof Outlaws, a newly formed “one guy contracting out help” indie game studio. I’ve got some actual industry experience, but BPO is an attempt to go it solo and have more creative freedom and choice in what I create! Since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to make my own games for a living, and the barrier of entry into the mobile market is so low these days that this felt like the perfect opportunity to give it a go. I signed up for a crash-course in business entrepreneurship and documented everything almost daily all the way from Day 1 of the course till the completion of this first game. There’s over 100+ updates with plenty of behind-the-scenes info on everything from the game’s development, to managing finances, to avoiding legal issues, to game design philosophy, etc. at the Elusive Ninja devBlog.
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