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How a tiny indie studio got noticed by PlayStation

The creator of Dragon Fantasy Adam Rippon tells his story of how his game made it to Playstation.

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"It's been absolutely wonderful working with Sony. Everything that we need they make it happen, and I can't stress enough that Sony is fantastic. I know I sound like I'm just shilling, they're not paying me to say this. Seriously, it's awesome."

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clintos594036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

This is why as a gamer I love sony aswell because they show all devs love especially when they are creative & want to try something new sony is open arms to those devs. This is why games like Heavenly Sword, Heavy Rain, Two Souls, The Last Guardian, Journey & many more i didnt add on would "Never" come out on a microsoft console is because they would "Never" spend money on an IP they weren't sure was going to sell. Thank u sony for all these amazing new games u give us.

Im glad small indie devs are showing love to a great company that cares for their fanbase. Not just casual, they care for "All" of them. Take lessons microsoft.

Ezz20134036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

as much as studios like TGC studio need to get all the credit for making a incredible games like journey,flower
sony deserve the same credit as well
because without sony those games would never exist

Ezz20134035d ago (Edited 4035d ago )

@good_guy_jamal
what this mean ?! do you ever have something usefull to add ?!

Lvl_up_gamer4035d ago

He is saying that you are kissing Sony's ass.

How do you know that without Sony, those games would never have existed?

What proof do you have?

Have you spoken with TGC and discussed with them that without Sony TGC had NO OTHER OPTION available to them to produce a game? That it could NEVER have EVER made it to PC and Steam? That publishers like EA, Activision or Blizzard would NEVER have given them the time of day to help publish the game?

Ezzo you are being extremely narrow minded and so just because games like Flower and Journey are exclusive on the Sony system, you seem to thin that it was ONLY SONY that made it possible to have those 2 games ever get made.

Just fanboyism dribble like usual on this site.

gaffyh4035d ago

If you told anyone in 2006 that Sony would be being praised by both gamers and developers in 2013, and MS would be being berated by gamers and developers, they would literally have punched you in the face. But that's what's happening. I can't quite believe it.

Ezz20134035d ago (Edited 4035d ago )

@lvl_up_gamer
lol Talk about kissing ass and extremely narrow minded
you are the last person on the internet who should say that

as for TGC
they are the one who said that about sony :

""When we were poor kids out of college, Sony offered to fund three games from us, which was a dream come true. There's no way we could have made "flOw" or "Flower" or "Journey". The catch is - they are all exclusive to the PS3."""
http://thatgamecompany.com/...

and they made 3 games not two
wanna get owned in something else ?!

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izumo_lee4035d ago

It makes you wonder what the quote "There's another company we had been trying to talk to, just never went anywhere. They like to send rejection letters that say absolutely nothing." Adam was referring to.

The way Sony is supporting & backing these Indie devs is really interesting. The games are cheap & often times can make it big like the games from TGC. By supporting more Indie Sony is at a win win situation. Spend a little to possibly gain a lot.

clintos594035d ago (Edited 4035d ago )

Exactly it's my dream to work in the gaming industry & I love the fact that even for a unknow tiny company with creative ideas, if there is a company that would give u a chance to create it, sony is the best choice because they are open to new ideas.

Ezz2013

I totally agree. U definitely gotta give credit to the devs 1st but without a publisher like sony who gives u these opportunities u may never have the chance to show it. This is why I hate the way microsoft treats devs & their own fanbase. U would think with all the money they have that they would be the publishers doing all these small unknow devs a favor but it's definitely not the case & shows just how greedy they are.

Williamson4035d ago

Im suprised to see an article like this on n4g. All ive seen the last two days are "wii U doomed" and "next xbox always online" articles, quite sickening to see same shit like that over and over.

sithsylar4035d ago

Yeah i know right, im almost down to my last bag of popcorn! I can't continue eating like this damn it...

Why o why4035d ago

I clicked here just because of those articles polluting up the place........detox. I'm feeling better already.

Nice story.

Mr_Writer854035d ago (Edited 4035d ago )

I will be buying this title for the following reasons

1) it looks like an old school FF, which I'm crying out for

2) the fact Sony want it and have chucked money at it. We should encourage them to carry on doing this and you do that by buying titles.

3) the guy making the game seems passionate, like alot of indies. Now don't get me wrong there are still many who can match this passion at one of the big boys. But you just don't see it any more, we need passionate people in the industry and we need them to be vocal.

sithsylar4035d ago (Edited 4035d ago )

You are crying out for an old school FF, you and me both buddy. Its a shame game developers now and days are going towards the masses and not the fans. Its why there has been fuck all games like that in quite some time.

EDIT: its why i think indies are our only hope. Problem for me is i want more D & D games but indies won't get the license and the only games made from D&D rules are for the masses :(.

ElementX4035d ago

Well basically anything made with RPG Maker is going to play like old-school FF games. You really should check out Steam Greenlight for a lot of indie RPG games and there are many other websites out there catering to indie development.

Personally, I don't like old-school as much because to me it's "been there done that" when I was growing up.

Sarobi4035d ago

This says a lot about Sony.

Ezz20134035d ago

indeed it say alot about them
just look at ps3
still getting exclusives and more still to come even though ps4 is revealed already
they won't drop ps3 owners like sack of potato

that's company every gamer should support

KwietStorm_BLM4035d ago

I think there are countless extremely passionate developers out there. It's the publishers who aren't involved with the actual creative process, who usually don't share that same love.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg2h ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos1h ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion40m ago(Edited 37m ago)

I think if used correctly it could work well

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PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher

With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?

thorstein4d ago

No, and they already solved any need with the overlay that's coming.

Vits4d ago

Unless they are trying to kill their recently created PC business, I would advise against opening a dedicated PC store. It's an extremely hard endeavor, and people, in general, are very comfortable with Steam. Even Epic, with their billions of dollars invested, is still struggling to find a foothold, and they have Fortnite.

just_looken2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Money is one thing security is another but again millions have 0 knowledge past 2020.

Epic store for years struggled with a shopping cart/account theft/credit card theft

Rockstar launcher/store to this day over 5 years later still has horrific user interface security flaws lost account's and stolen CC

Then you got that activision need phone number oh we lost it launcher

The crown jewel is the ea launcher/store ea app 3 yrs old still has hundreds of threads were people lost games/accounts/game access or just straight up crashes.

Edit" Oh ubi launcher were you buy a game that may or may not be there again or work and the launcher 5yrs old still has no 4K support if you launch it on a 4k screen there is a high chance it will just crash.

ocelot073d ago

Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming.

It's just a known fact. The PC gaming community prefer Steam and Steam alone. They don't like different launchers. I personally don't mind them. But majority just stick with steam. Hence why EA and Ubisoft went back to on releasing on steam and why Microsoft release games on steam as people hated buying from the windows store.

The only other launchers that I imagine are doing ok is GOG due to being drm free and epic games due to the free games every week. Sony shouldn't release any sort of pc launcher n

Nitrowolf23d ago (Edited 3d ago )

It literally says in the OP that PC gamers don't like multiple launchers lol. It even mentions Steam being the go to for gamers

Tacoboto3d ago

Title: "PlayStation Doesn't Need a Dedicated PC Store Launcher"

N4G: "Can tell who ever put this together is not all that clued up on pc gaming"

When you don't even read the headline...

ocelot073d ago

I read it and had a brain fart. As read the title then this "With all the PlayStation games that are now coming to PC, is it time for Sony to release a dedicated PC launcher?"

So I hold my hands up on that mistake. Rest of my comment still stands.

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Steam and GOG are highly preferred because of the rich feature set. Ubisoft, Rockstar, EA, Epic etc have all set a precedent over the years for customers to instinctively expect individual publisher launchers to be so extremely half-assed that the majority simply don't want to bother dealing with what is almost an inevitable disappointment by comparison to Steam or GOG. Those publishers and their inaction or general disinterest to improve have effectively ruined any future adoption to be taken seriously.

Einhander19723d ago (Edited 3d ago )

This is just another ridiculous double standard article.

It's like how Microsoft can spend 20 years of making nothing but gaas and live service style games to sell microtransactions, dlc and subscriptions and get praise for doing it, but if Sony wants to make a single game like that every website under the sun is writing articles saying how Sony is anti-consumer or whatever.

derek3d ago

Yep, huge double standard look at the tortured reaction to the ps5pro, websites hyperventilating like Sony is forcing people to buy it.

just_looken2d ago

Wait my xbox from 2004 has avengers gaas on it? wow your so smart

m$ Gaas started with the other companies like sony

Gamepass yes they are deep into that but its still a huge money saver sense you do not own your games then get a service like that.

Now there pc xbox launcher that is trash for years now

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Is Driver (PS1) Still Worth Playing in 2024?

"Driver was a technical achievement for PS1, a pioneer in cinematic gaming, and an often brutal challenge - TechStomper asks if its brand of 70s car chase antics still holds up."

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PrimeVinister11d ago

The driving holds up, most of everything else does not.

PrimeVinister11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

@Shane Kim

Well, I mean the driving physics hold up. The draw distance, police AI, visuals in general etc do not

Cacabunga11d ago

One of my all time favorites on PS1. I spent a summer vacation playing this was so good

isarai11d ago

Sadly youd be hard pressed to find any driving game with better physics these days. But the draw distance really kills it for me

PrimeVinister11d ago

The physics hold up ridiculously well. And the draw distance is a real hurdle at first.

__y2jb11d ago (Edited 11d ago )

Nonsense. The physics in any modern game or any 360 game is light years beyond Driver.

Dandizzle11d ago

This game is hard, you will fail and quit

PrimeVinister11d ago

But you will get there eventually... maybe

MatrixxGT11d ago

All in the first two minutes.

jznrpg11d ago

Stop with is it worth it articles. If you want to play a game play the damn game!

anast11d ago

I loved this game awhile back.

Barlos10d ago

Yeah but is it worth reading pointless articles?

__y2jb11d ago

It wasn’t worth playing in the 90’s.

Espangerish11d ago

My thoughts exactly. I bought it at release for full price and got frustrated and bored with it very quickly.

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