GameBiz Lab: How to Grow an Indie Game Studio
GameBiz Lab is bringing education and consulting around the business side of video games. Join us for this program helping new and aspiring video game studio owners or anyone interested in the business of video game development.
NMM is excited to have HaZ Dulull share all about growing a successful indie studio.
You have a studio, now what? This keynote breaks down the real-world roadmap to growing a successful indie game company.
Drawing from hands-on experience, it covers everything from assembling a lean team, building an engaged community, and successfully attending industry events.
This session dives into the business realities — legal, trademarks, publishing options, funding strategies, and cashflow management — offering a practical, transparent look at what it truly takes to survive and thrive as an independent studio today.
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Event Agenda:
Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 5:30 PM
Venue: NMM’s StudioLab xR
5:30 – 6:00pm Doors open and networking
6:00 – 6:15pm Welcoming remarks
6:15 – 7:15pm Presentation by HaZ Dulull
7:15 – 7:45pm Q&A
7:45 – 8:00pm Wrap up & Event concludes
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HaZ has spent several decades working across games, VFX, film, and television. His directing credits span indie features that have streamed on Netflix, as well as projects he executive-produced and directed for Disney+. A pioneer of real-time filmmaking in Unreal Engine, he has also directed content inside Fortnite and cinematic sequences for major titles including Evil Genius 2 (Rebellion) and Dune: Awakening (Funcom).
Building on this cross-industry expertise, HaZ founded Beyond The Pixels®, a studio dedicated to developing original and licensed game IP designed for expansion into film, TV, and UGC through a transmedia approach.
The studio’s debut indie title, Astro Burn, is a modern-retro side-scrolling shoot ’em up launching across PC, Mac, mobile, and consoles. Packed with arcade chaos, slick pixel art, and a sci-fi mystery at its core, Astro Burn represents both HaZ’s passion for retro-inspired gaming and his vision for future-facing, multi-platform IP. Underscoring this transmedia mission, an animated TV series adaptation of Astro Burn was announced in Deadline and is already in development, positioning Beyond The Pixels at the forefront of games -driven storytelling.
Join us for this free session with HaZ Dulull!
New Media Manitoba is thankful to the Canada Media Fund and Ubisoft for their support of GameBiz Lab.