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Guest Lecture #1 - 21/09/2022 - Secret Mode


Guest - Joshua Garrity, Head Game Scout at Secret Mode

Guest Bio

Joshua started as a product Manager in the marketing department. Joshua was in charge of digital publishing for Fireshine. Attending public events like Gamescom not only allowed him to network his way into the position as Head Scout at Secret Mode but is also a method he uses to accomplish his job by seeing new indie projects in beta stages at these events.

Takeaway #1 – How to Pitch my projects

Scouts and Studio CEOs will be travelling often and walking around both Hotels and event centers, so you need to be able to pitch your project anywhere at any time. This means your presentation needs to be smooth, quick, and confident, when talking with scouts, CEO, or other representatives you need to answer their questions (without checking notes) and speak honestly about what your team has done and what it will cost for your studio team to do more.

Takeaway #2 – What Do Game Scouts Get Up to

Game Scouts in their day-to-day will spend time checking social media postings like Inktober or Game Jam participants and checking websites of those that stand out above the crowd. If you pick 1 social platform that redirects to your website containing your previous works then scouts will reach out TO YOU (the social account must be regularly updated). Game Scouts will also accept e-mails of you reaching out to them as long as your project and your studio is presented well.

Takeaway #3 – Unique Selling Points

DO NOT describe your game by making the USP a combination of two other titles, for example, "Assassin's Creed but Lord of The Rings" or "Smash Bros. but with Anime Characters", doing that demerits your project greatly when what you should be doing is describing what your game offers over all your competition.

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