Charlie writes:
"Just today, I watched a highly praised film called “Indie Game: The Movie”. Now I really enjoyed the film and it got me thinking about the games industry as a whole. When watching the film, I realized that most indie developers are mostly formed of very few people (some are a one-man-army kind of thing). But if there’s something I’ve learned from the film is that in this current generation of gaming, indie developers are beginning to rise and earn all this money, and major developers seem lose touch on their games and begin to lose out on money. Why? Here’s what I think."
CanadianGamer writes : "We’ve seen the independent game scene desperately trying to survive for many years as the mainstream game developers/publishers literally released games at fast-food production rate, i’m going to take on a different approach and give you my personal opinion of why i think that the “Indie” scene is now becoming more mainstream. I will qualify myself as an observer as the indie games gains in popularity. First, let me explain the article’s title by quoting the Urban Dictionary definition of “The New Black“
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As the indie market continues to lead the charge towards smaller, crowd-funded gaming, there’s something to be said for simplicity. In an era of Hollywood action shooters and increasingly competitive on-line gamers, it can often be the most subtle attention to detail and characterization that appeals to our train of thought.
Ain't that the truth.
Well you are not going to see much creativity from "AAA blockbuster action" games.
Wow, I just watched "Indie Game: The Movie", too.
It's inspiring to see such success from these independent developers.
You can really admire and respect their hard work more than the big-wigs'.