Partly responsible for the renaissance in vintage art styling in
the independent game scene, Bit.Trip took pixels once viewed as crude and outmoded and made them stylish again, along with the sine - wail soundtracks that gave way to Hollywood orchestras in the 1990s (now an artistic choice rather than a technological constraint).
While modestly working in a game company as a programmer, he stepped into
the independent game scene along with his friends.
While my exhausting with Americana mythology is reaching a peak, I was incredibly happy and thankful to see Night In The Woods win the Seumas McNally Grand Prize — the game reflects an incredible range of important standards in
the independent games scene, both in terms of sincerity, vulnerability, and quality of vision.
You may well initially think that both the Laboratory and Nostalgia modes are just tacked on extras to ensure more game time is thrown in, but in fact you would be massively wrong, with both modes more than capable of holding their own in the vast wilderness of
the independent games scene.
Topics up for discussion include future Robocraft updates, the challenges of Early Access development and the state of the UK
independent games scene.
Not exact matches
«We can not do anything to stop piracy of the
game (and honestly don't intend to do so) but if you are downloading because you wish to try before you buy, I would ask that you purchase the
game (and support the
independent game development
scene) if you enjoy it.»
«For the last several years, the Japanese
game industry has begun to recognize the power of independent creators and the momentum of the fledgling scene, and in 2013, the Tokyo Game Show created a pavilion to feature indie creators for the first time in its hist
game industry has begun to recognize the power of
independent creators and the momentum of the fledgling
scene, and in 2013, the Tokyo
Game Show created a pavilion to feature indie creators for the first time in its hist
Game Show created a pavilion to feature indie creators for the first time in its history.
SAN DIEGO, CA — Psyonix,
independent video
game developer and publisher, and Monstercat, the leading
independent record label in the Dance music
scene, have teamed up once again to release four new music playlists in Rocket League in 2018.
Some would argue that gaming is in a slump, but I normally come from the indie side of things and argue, which always seems to be the state of the industry at the moment, that
game development risks are taken in the
independent scene.
A celebration of innovation, PAX Rising has been specifically created to feature the best of the Australian and New Zealand development
scene, a selection of exciting international
independent games, and the six winners of the prestigious PAX Aus Indie Showcase.
When you consider that a team of 500 + can take three years to make a
game that may meet mediocre sales while a group of three friends can develop a simple mobile
game in a month and make millions, it is hard to ignore the appeal and success of the
independent scene.
Three years and 18 million dollars later, Markus «Notch» Persson stands as one of the stars in the
independent game design
scene.
What should shine brightest, yet has failed to quite live up to expectations, is the
independent scene, the more popular of which have been platformers or experimental
games like Minecraft.
Infinite Interactive is proud to return to the
game development
scene as an
independent developer.
With the exception of
games like Alien: Isolation and Until Dawn, horror
games have largely fallen into the
independent scene.
And this month: «Taking a hard look at the
games most recently missed by the gaming public, four reviewers rate this month's
Independent and Downloadable
game releases, providing a meta - review within an article of the best
games from the indie
scene.
As it is essentially an
independent development studio, Abstraction is plugged into the indie
scene and knows which
games and developers are worth paying attention to.
In the last few years, the
independent video
game scene has taken off exponentially.
Felix entered the
independent scene in 2012 doing PR and Marketing for small studios and now works as a freelance indie
games producer and bizdev specialist...
Starting small, and beginning by working with indie developers as a marketing consultant at first, Surprise Attack quickly became a significant player in the Australian
independent development
scene and worked with more than 100 indie studios over the next couple of years, learning a lot about indie
games, indie developers and how to work with them.
Felix entered the
independent scene in 2012 doing PR and Marketing for small studios and now works as a freelance indie
games producer and bizdev specialist, collaborating most recently with studios such as Polytron (FEZ), NightSchool (OXENFREE), and Andrew Shouldice (TUNIC).
The ArtCade series is a showcase of the best in
independent game and interactive art development in New York City, and ArtCade Con will bring groups spanning the vibrant NYC gaming
scene together for the first time.
Having been part of the first team to release a
game under the Indie Fund scheme, as well as speaking at numerous events about the
independent games industry, I thought it pertinent to grill him about the indie
scene today and find out more about the indie market, and his upcoming projects.
The NES had some truly amazing
games, the SNES era probably had the largest number of both truly mechanically solid and visually gorgeous
games, the mid 90s PC
scene was the apex of visual narrative adventure
games, and the contemporary era has seen a really exciting explosion in
independent / art
games.
As long as you're willing to wander outside the AAA
scene, there's plenty of great
games being released by smaller and / or
independent studios.
Even though to this point he hasn't been able to create his own
independent video
game, his passion for the indie
scene has never been stronger.
So when you say that we don't have a whole lot of information on Mario himself, I guess Mario - fans still don't like to talk about that most excellent of
game - movies, the masterwork of adaptation, featuring prolific actor and lovechild of the
independent film -
scene Bob Hoskins, energetic superstar John Leguizamo and film - legend Dennis Hopper, featuring that most divine of soundtracks, which ended up being such a darling of the criticsphere that it just begged for a reboot?
There has been great motion controlled
games made, and there is, especially in the
independent games community, a thriving
scene of developers making truly great
games with these technologies.
Her work typifies the emerging
independent game development
scene, which has prospered in the age of digital distribution.