We are less than two months away from the Xbox Live
Indie Game marketplace on Xbox 360 closing forever.
We discuss starting
an indie game marketplace, working with a community, indie game pricing, and a number of other topics.
Tower Defense games have flooded
the Indie game marketplace over the past year.
The game hosting website was started back in 2013 by hobbyist indie game developer and programmer Leaf Corcoran as a «super low friction»
indie game marketplace where both budding and experienced developers can publish their games for no charge and with a few simple clicks of a button.
We knew we could not compete directly with a AAA studio, but we thought that with enough hard work and creativity we could compete competently in
the indie game marketplace.
Just step into the Xbox
Indie Game marketplace (if you can find it) and you'll find hundreds of titles that rarely see the light of day or achieve more than 1,000 downloads at $ 1 per download.
The Game Jolt
indie game marketplace is offering developers a very attractive package.
Not exact matches
Following in the footsteps of Harvest Moon, Stardew Valley is a really intense «one man
game», simple ad intricate at the same time: a little, shining jewel in the
indie marketplace.
Digital
marketplaces have played a huge role in the rise of
indie games.
While the
marketplace will emphasize community, its focus will be on
indie games.
If someone ever said that
indie games haven't benefited from the rise of digital
marketplaces, they would be wrong.
December 5, 2010 Going Loud Studios is proud to announce that its debut action side - scroller
game «Zombie Accountant» is now available on the Xbox Live
Indie Games
marketplace.
This robust
marketplace thrills
indie developers like Think More
Games, who are eager to produce exciting and intriguing
games to challenge this insatiable gaming audience.
Last month, Redmond
Game Studios and Platforms general manager Matt Booty said that
indie developers would not currently be able to self - publish on the Xbox One
marketplace.
Also most console
gamers don't realize that the pc
gamers have access to 1,000's of
indie games ans software not on psn, xbl, or nintendo's
marketplace and a small to mid portion of them are shovelware, but a large portion of them are really good.
Speaking to Eurogamer, the Microsoft EMEA corporate VP said that the Xbox Live Arcade and
indie channels were being ditched in favour of a
marketplace that did not discriminate against
game type.
Microsoft is abolishing the Xbox Live Arcade and
Indie game sections for the Xbox One's new
marketplace, Phil Harrison has revealed.
We also saw more overtly
indie friendly portals like itch.io, and the Humble Indie Bundle, offering new marketplaces and ways of selling games — even if many later bundles proved a dead -
indie friendly portals like itch.io, and the Humble
Indie Bundle, offering new marketplaces and ways of selling games — even if many later bundles proved a dead -
Indie Bundle, offering new
marketplaces and ways of selling
games — even if many later bundles proved a dead - end.
The over-saturation of digital
marketplaces like Steam is driving sales down, intensifying competition between indies, and making discoverability impossible, they claim, ushering in an «indiepocalypse» that will make small - scale, full - time
indie game development (and overnight millionaire success stories) a thing of the past.
The company ranked among the world's largest Legal500 and works with
game studios,
indie developers and
marketplaces all around the world.
I've long been a fan of itch.io, the
indie game (and other creative works)
marketplace that plays host to countless small
games.
Indie games which are self - published on the XBL Marketplace, are featured in the indie section of the marketplace and don't receive the attention, and number of sales, that an XBLA featured game
Indie games which are self - published on the XBL
Marketplace, are featured in the
indie section of the marketplace and don't receive the attention, and number of sales, that an XBLA featured game
indie section of the
marketplace and don't receive the attention, and number of sales, that an XBLA featured
game does.
To integrate both
indie games and AAA titles into one
marketplace with no discerning categories will make it harder for
indie fans to find the
games they want, and the console
indie audience that Microsoft is magically seeking will be further dissuaded by such a move.
The
indie marketplace has a plethora of puzzle and trivia
games.
The idea of the
game is completely original and definitely a different change of pace for the
indie marketplace, but does it have what it takes to be great?
Don't forget you can rate the all the
indie games on their
marketplace page or on your 360 on the
games information tab.
Don't forget you can rate the all the
indie games on their Xbox.com
marketplace page or on your 360 on the
games information tab.
Indie games have become much easier to locate on these
marketplaces.
Marketplaces such as itch.io and
Game Jolt specialize in nothing but
indie games.
Unlike Steam that has an
indie game category, you will find no AAA titles on these
marketplaces.
Giving
indie games shelf space at a video
game retailer like GameStop exposes them to a whole different group of players, some who may not go to digital
marketplaces such as Steam.
But, the
indie guys struggle to compete in a
marketplace heavily - weighted against them in terms of budget, discoverability, and user acquisition,» said Lance Baker, visionary, and founder behind
Game Loot Network.
We feature content as a curated
marketplace from
indie game developers across the globe (we have 30 + international developer partners and 200 +
games in our bank).
Yaprak is one half of
Game Jolt, one of the biggest self - publishing platforms,
marketplace and community for
indie games.
The interview talks about the
game a bit, the
game marketplace and some of the many trials and tribulations of being an
indie game developer.
We've already caught wind of Mojang's new trading card
game, Scrolls, but
Indie CEO Markus «Notch» Persson has revealed that he has three ideas for new titles once Minecraft has hit the downloadable
marketplace.