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Indie Games - Fast, Cheap and Everywhere

Posted by michael on from the all-variants-of-tetris-unfortunately dept.

bios10h writes "MSNBC has an article about indie game developers and their businesses. 'INDEPENDENT COMPUTER GAMING: It's not always pretty, but ask any one in the biz and they'll say that it represents the purest form of game development. And sometimes the cheapest.' Interesting read about the indie games scene... maybe we have indie developers in the Slashdot crowd that would like to comment on this."

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  1. I am an indie developer by mao+che+minh · · Score: 5, Funny

    A good Indie MMOG: Rubies Of Eventide. I have only heard good things about Rubies'.

    Personally, I have an Indie game of my own invention. Although it doesn't take much thought, it does demand agility when using both a mouse and a keyboard with one hand at the same time. It's basic premise has to do with three open browser windows, the web site images.google.com, the text strings "angelina jolie" - "salma hayek" - "britney spears", a scroll mouse, and a big wad of tissue.

    My girlfriend is not very fond of the game, and adamantly refuses to play along with me. I even offerred to let her use the joy stick instead of the keyboard.

    1. Re:I am an indie developer by YllabianBitPipe · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think I've played that game. My only complaint is, it's kind of repetitive.

    2. Re:I am an indie developer by Magnifico · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Personally, I have an Indie game of my own invention."

      I guess this is another way of looking at a 'first-person shooter'.

    3. Re:I am an indie developer by Gzip+Christ · · Score: 5, Funny
      Personally, I have an Indie game of my own invention. Although it doesn't take much thought, it does demand agility when using both a mouse and a keyboard with one hand at the same time. It's basic premise has to do with three open browser windows, the web site images.google.com, the text strings "angelina jolie" - "salma hayek" - "britney spears", a scroll mouse, and a big wad of tissue.
      One of the best things about this game is that it is supported on Linux! SCO can't claim prior art on this because neither Darl McBride or Chris Sontag own joysticks, which I understand is the most important hardware requirement.

      (As an aside, you might also be interested in the enhanced version of this game.)

  2. Wheww... by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Funny



    For a minute there, I thought we were outsourcing game programming to India.