When preparing for PAX East I saw this article from another indie dev, found it quite useful, and thought I’d share my experience, also as a first time exhibitor, complete with lot of interesting numbers.
My Booth
I exhibited Splody, my multiplayer action game that supports any number of players. I wanted to showcase this, so opted for a larger 20’x10′ booth and planned on having both an 8 player station and a 4 player station. I used two 55″ TVs, hooked up to tiny, cheap UltraSlim computers, with wireless controllers for all. One TV I put farther in the back, on a lower table the convention provided, so that I could get 4 sitting and 4 standing in front of it. The other TV I put on a stand, as high up as is comfortable to look at, closer to the aisle, so that people walking by had something to look at.
Jimbly's Wanderings 