One of the benefits about RobotGeek being a blog rather than a professional news site, is that apart from being able to make copious amounts of lewd jokes without any fear of retribution, when we come across something truly interesting or fantastic that isn’t really news, we can still share it. This development diary is one of several that are being released by the guys at Icon Games, the developer of several smaller PSP Minis and Vita titles, including Golf Mania and others. It gives you an insight into the faces behind the games, as well as an idea of development costs and more for supporting a four person team, as well as the fears an indie developer has to face. Seriously, hit the jump and give it a read, you won’t regret it.  

We have been developing, on and off, for Vita the past few months. It has been difficult to put enough time into it recently as we have been finishing off two PSP Minis – which are essential to us in order to keep some sort of income coming in while we wait for our Vita titles to start earning revenue. It is fair to say we are small – really teeny tiny small – there is me, in-charge of art, design and audio and Steve, who is in charge of all engine related code and several of our past games gameplay code. Finally we have Lee who helps out with code on various projects and is also our chief (and only) internal game tester. Lee also puts together all of our game trailers, platform holder submissions and screen-shot packs for our games. So – that is three development staff. We also have our one non-development staff member Claire – who handles finances, payroll and marketing. Right now Icon’s teeny tiny team is working on two PSP Mini titles and two PS Vita titles. Today is Boxing Day, and I’ve had the last two days off – already I am chomping at the bit ready to get back to work and carry on with the games we are working on. A mixture of enthusiasm and panic at ...

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