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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. Only Indy until your successful! by Serapth · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Irony of Indy Games

    Outside of the handheld ( PalmOS, PocketPC ) markets, or cell phones... many indy games are either crap... or sales pitches to publishers! Im not saying all... there are probrably dozens of exceptions, but on the whole this remains true. Its funny though, when you look at "past" indy games...

    HomeWorld
    Doom
    FlashPoint

    Really... by definition, an indy game is self financed, without a publisher in site. Its funny that that moment you have success in the indy market, you tend to get picked up by a publisher... then your no longer indy! ;) Than again, there are a few companies that are going from commerical projects to more of an indy style. Once you see the amount that publishers take... you start to see the value in online distro's!

    For anyone really interested in learning more, check out:
    Garage Games Misc resources, plus a licensable engine
    FlipCode Great gaming related site
    Gamedev.net Like flipcode, but less mature ( you'll see! )
    Gamasutra The site for game developers! Must see
    CrystalSpace LGPL 3d Engine. Very impressive
    WildTangent Cheap game engine (web based), plus online publishing
    Auran Jet Affordable 3d engine, flexible licensing
    OpenGl The site for OpenGL info. Lots of useful links

    From the above list, you should easily be able to find anything else your looking for! ;) Enjoy the world of game development for zero cash!