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07/15/09
If the aim is to get the attention of the big wigs for these 'indie' dame designers, then it already cuts the market down to those who would be suitable for a grunt level programmer for these big companies. I know I'm not the only person out there who wants a chance to at least let someone int he biz see an idea I have. This is the closest thing I've seen and its not even something I can enter.
07/15/09
Just to make sure though, ATVI happens to be the world's largest game publisher.
More on the subject though, if I were and indie developer I wouldn't want to deal with the big publisher for at least a little while. What with Steam and all of the other digital distribution platforms out there one could make a pretty penny sans the middleman...
The pubs only seem to notice such things after they make truckloads of money and then they buy out the IP and give it to a hack dev studio to produce a sequel.
Critical acclaim don't mean much really... it's kind of a Catch 22. In order to make the money you need to get recognized you need the marketing/branding powers of a big publisher.
Don't get me wrong, I love indie games like Braid but if there is a sequel it won't be same if a big publisher gets their hands on it or else the original devs take the time, money and energy to make it (but such is the nature of indie development that gathering the same people is unlikely and will generally cost a lot more money).
The Man beatin' all of us down again!
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N+, on the other hand, is an AMAZING indie game, and it's available on anything that isn't the PS3.
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Still doesn't change the fact that the individual levels were bland.
I still liked it. But not as much as N+. Also, I've never played Cave Story. I've meant to for years now, but I figure I'll just wait for the WiiWare version.
07/15/09
I support My fellow Indie designers, but I wouldn't really call Braid Indie because of how much it cost, N+ doesn't count as indie either since they got money from and was published by Atari.
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Well, surely there must be some line to be drawn of how "professional" you can be, eh? Otherwise wouldn't the whole indie concept be null?
07/15/09
So, Will Wright could theoretically make a game by himself or with a select few people independent of EA and a large development team and it'd be indie (in a sense).
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Seriously.
Someone explain how this makes sense.
And what is Jay Mohr's obsession with this show? He's the only stinking host apparently. And I know this because unashamedly, Kotaku actually has OTHER articles on Jay Mohr. Who knew?