New Arc Line: How to Successfully Realize an Indie Dream

What the talk is about

Vladyslav Dobrovolskyi, Oleh Holubovskyi and Anna Kunakova from Dreamate explain how they are building an indie studio and a steampunk-setting project. Vladyslav describes the path from solo development to finding a partner, spending a long time on the vision, and relying on mentors. Oleh covers how the project grew in scope, how the team prepared answers for investors' questions in advance, and the funding sources: personal money, business angels, publishers, funds and grants. Contests, networking and personal contacts made the difference. Anna presents an organization as a living system: structure, project, people and the "soul" of the company, with shared values, openness and a fun atmosphere. She also covers hiring and onboarding during nearly doubling in size. Useful for indie teams, founders and studio managers.