Indie game
An indie game, short for independent video game generally refers to a video game made by a single developer or small team without the support from a large video game company. Some indie games have become very successful like Minecraft.[1]
Overview
changeIndie game has no true definition,[2] but has certain features, they are often made by one person or a small team,[3] often smaller than mainstream titles,[4] often not getting money from a publisher. But being without a publisher means that they have no-one telling them what they can and can't do, giving them much more freedom to make a game they want to make.[5] But making a Indie game does not mean they have no publisher. Indie game developers often go to crowd-funding sites to help fund the game, but often make very little profit.
History
changeIndie games started on PCs[3] where it currently remains. Indie games become popular as shareware. But as better technologies came out people began to expect more from these small teams, indie games have seen a huge rise in the later half of the 2000s.[6]
References
change- ↑ Plunkett, Luke. "Why Minecraft Is So Damn Popular". Kotaku. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Gnade, Mike. "What is an indie game?". The Indie Game Magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gril, Juan. "The state of indie Gaming". Gamasutra. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Carroll, Russell. "Indie Innovation?". GameTunnel. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Crossley, Rob. "Indie game studios 'will always be more creative'". Market for Home Computing and Video Games. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Irwin, Mary Jane. "Indie Game Developers Rise Up". Forbes. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
Other websites
change- The Creativity of Indie Video Games Archived 2015-11-22 at the Wayback Machine