7, 14 or 60 days, by the streamer's account. 77% of the indie VODs we checked were on the 14-day clock: watch fest streams during the fest.

23% of 906 problems we found in 259 Twitch streams of 46 indie games were about unclear rules, controls and item effects. The largest sources of frustration were economy, rewards and grind, and difficulty spikes and unfair moments.

Treat each stream as a playtest session with a player who talks. What to set up before the fest, what to note while it runs, and why to watch past the opening: only 16% of the confusion we marked came in the first quarter of the part we analysed.

23% of 906 problems we found in 259 Twitch streams of 46 indie games were about unclear rules, controls and item effects. The largest sources of frustration were economy, rewards and grind, and diffic...