Indie Game Exam Question 3 (FINAL) (Gaming)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Sunday, October 13, 2013, 22:02 (4058 days ago) @ Leviathan
edited by Ragashingo, Sunday, October 13, 2013, 22:14

Cody's definition of indie appears to be "games I don't like", unless he's just playing the troll.

Heh. Yep.

And as you say, indie is very hard to nail down. It, in my mind, doesn't seem to have to do with funding. Kickstarted games are equally independent as any other, even when they get millions in funding. I would say that indie games can't be done by a major studio, but then the Bungie / Destiny example kinda breaks that since they "bought back" their freedom from Microsoft so they could make Destiny. But weirdly I also don't see Destiny as an independent game, so independent doesn't seem to really mean independent freedom of ideas…

I suppose my definition of an indie game then is this: A good if edgy game, done on a budget, with a limited number of developers, most or all of whom I personally have never heard of. :)