Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards
Segab@beehaw.org 1 day agoSo you would call Half Life 2 and Alyx indie games? But any game published by Devolver Digital like Loop Hero or Gato Roboto aren’t indie despite having tiny budgets and tiny teams?
That’s kind of a ridiculous definition. It makes way more sense to include criterias like team size and budget, however vague they are.
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 day ago
But that is then something else you compare to. Indie refers to be indipendent from publisher when developing the game. At some point at the end of the development, the game has to be published, but that’s not what indie means. And major first party store holder are excluded from this for obvious reasons. But if you want, then count Valve indipendent. That’s not our discussion here.
Segab@beehaw.org 1 day ago
Indie games aren’t made in a vacuum then shipped off to publishers. Publishers help with playtesting, QA, translating, certification, and in many cases even marketing in the middle of development. Even by your definition it’s not as clear cut as you think.