Makes sense. AAA games are finance projects more than creative projects. Yeah there’s a lot of art and writing and stuff, but it’s all calibrated to make the most money and anything that threatens it is jettisoned. This makes them formulaic to a fault.
Indie games are passion projects, so you see a lot of weird stuff out there. Most of them are utter failures, financially, but the ones that survive are truly something special.
Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
There’s definitely weird people making games on itch and sometimes in the depths of Steam.
By its very definition weird isn’t going to sell to mass market. That being said I do agree that we need more weird AAA or AA games.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 3 weeks ago
Oh yes. Ever heard of Beautycopter?
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have. Watched two beings play it. I sincerely hope the person(s) who made that game make more games.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i am so glad that only costs 2 bucks because flying through rings is giving me serious n65 superman flashbacks. they’re so bad i can’t find the number 5 on my computer. the one next to that.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 weeks ago
I found a game on itch about a laundromat that washes women in the machines.
Justdaveisfine@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Hmm. On second thought, maybe games were a mistake.
Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The Alters just released, is AA, weird, and very good! Indies are definitely the home for weird experimental shit but I feel like there are going to be more strange, niche games being made for larger budgets as the AAA space splinters and devours itself.