Comment on Indie Game Awards Disqualifies Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Due To Gen AI Usage

• MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Personal i think the criteria for no longer being an indie dev is if the company is funded by a publisher or the company itself has been or has the capacity to be a publisher themselves

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  • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So is Animal Well not an indie game? Since they were funded and published by Bigmode.

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    • kopasu22@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Most other “indie” games are not indie under that definition, too.

      The indie renaissance that occurred in the late 00’s/early 10’s was mostly indie developers obtaining good publisher deals. Some indie developers still self-publish, but the majority don’t. There are even publishers that specialize in indie game publishing.

      Balatro, a solo dev project, is not independently published. Blue Prince, another solo dev project, is not independently published. Every game developed by Supergiant is not “indie” (Bastion, Hades, etc.), nor are Stardew, Outer Wilds, Terraria, Subnautica, Dead Cells, etc.

      Celeste and Hollow Knight are fully indie, though.

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    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If you want to get technical yeah I guess it wouldn’t be independent because it wasn’t independently funded.

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