Ridiculous Fishing is both ridiculously simple and ridiculous. You have to destroy different types of fish. You’ll notice I didn’t say you catch them. You destroy them. That’s the second part of the game. The first is that you catch them. Then, when you pull them to the surface they fly into the air and you shoot them. Why? Because fuck them, that’s why!
A reflection/sort-of review on Frog Fractions: Game of the Decade Edition. Recently released with new DLC that lets you put a hat on your frog friend.
On this week's episode of The 1099 Podcast, co-founder for indie studio Vlambeer and speaker/world traveler, Rami Ismail, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the state of independent game development. Rami explains the benefits of being open to your audience, the biggest misconception the average "gamer" has about how games are made, how he deals with media criticism, the impact geography has on game design, how to predict new genre trends, and what it was like watching his mom play a video game for the first time.
Vlambeer has only two people, but he Dutch indie game maker has managed to draw outsized attention to itself during its six years of making games.
