The Indie Game Magazine June 2015 | Issue 50 | Page 15

Interview with The Amiable

by Vinny Parisi

IGM: Where is The Amiable based, and what is the indie com- builds for them to try. Other than that we tend to post most of
our general progress and screenshots to Twitter and other social
munity scene like in the area?
media outlets, rather than specifically our Kickstarter page.
David Laskey: We’re based in Chicago, Illinois! The indie community has really expanded here in the past year or so. Everyone’s IGM: What is the general storyline for Tetrapulse? How does
really supportive and we have a lot of opportunities for people to this team of aliens meet for the first time?
get involved. Whether it’s reaching out to folks through festivals
Laskey: Each character in Tetrapulse comes from a different part
like Bit Bash, which aims to expose indie games to audiences
of a single planet. Their planet has recently been invaded by
who may not otherwise see them, or local meetup groups and alien robo-bugs, and this team has banded together to save their
co-working spaces for game developers, there’s something for planet as a whole. Their plan of attack is to harness the power
everyone in Chicago.
of an ancient relic and fight back against the robo-bug swarm.
We have a good mix of industry veterans and people who have
just graduated from local game development programs, and with
all of the cool things people are making it’s constantly challenging
us as a community to keep making new things and get feedback
from one another. Not long ago, people would be surprised when
they would hear that there were indie devs based in Chicago;
that reaction is finally starting to fade and that feels really good
after so many people here have been putting so much time and
resources into growing the community.
IGM: Tetrapulse was successfully funded on Kickstarter back
in 2013. A lot of folks say managing a crowdfunding campaign
is like a full time job in itself. But what do you do to manage
post-campaign maintenance, in terms of the aftermath and
fulfilling backer obligations?
Laskey: Running the campaign itself was Y