
DEVELOPER AND PUBLISHER RELATIONSHIPS 83
VETTING DEVELOPERS
Jay Powell
Digironin Games
Vetting developers is not an exact science, but there are a few things I’ve found
that improve your chances of picking a reliable developer for your game:
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Research the track record of the company as a whole; this is the key
to showing their experience on the platform. Give some leeway when
looking at their development experience—for example, if they have
developed a GBA title they can likely do a DS title.
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What have they done? This includes what they’ve done as a group,
what the individuals in the group have done at other companies, and
also what the individuals ...