What is the Mount Rushmore of Indie Gaming?
Celeste, Hollow Knight, Outer Wilds, Undertale/thread
>>719314307I unironically agree with all of these. /v/ may seethe but factually they're the 4 best by a mile
>>719314337i would say Hades but i dont know how indie they are anymore.
Prince of Persia, Cave Story, Another World, and Nethack
>>719314307The gaming equivalent of"My uncle touched me when I was little"
>>719314307No shade to Celeste but I'd personally switch it out for an older, more classic indie game since the other 3 are also semi-recent. Something like Cave Story or Spelunky
>>719314231Not fucking Minecraft? No, I guess Minecraft is more like the Statue of Liberty of indie games.
>>719314673Minecraft is in a weird spot where it started out indie but isn't really indie anymore. I personally wouldn't count it
>>719314231Are we talking popularity or quality?
>>719314845OP here! I'd personally say a mix of both, while also factoring in impact/legacy.
>>719315152In that case>Minecraft, Cave Story, Stardew Valley, Dwarf Fortress
>>719314738I mean, it was already a cultural phenomenon before the sellout. I'd say it counts.
>>719314231Minecraft, Cave Story, SMB, Boi
>>719314231Cave story, minecraft, limbo, dust an elysian taleIt genuinely fucks with me that dust inspired so much shit and zoomers only exposure to it was a pedophile youtuber.
The Binding of Isaac, Cave Story, Minecraft, Hollow Knight
>>719316089What did Dust inspire?
>>719316191
>>719314307Got any non-homosexual games? >>719314337Go back
Sorry, but I have no interest to pixel nostalgiaslop and I'll be sticking to other indies.
>>719316414Can we not devolve the thread into stuff like this please please please please pretty please
Minecraft, Tunic, Outer Wilds, The Witness
>>719316191i still need to play it
Cave Story, Spelunky, Iji, IWBTG2000s indie is simply an entirely different beast from 2010s and beyond.
>>719314307How so?
>>719314231Are we talking like their cultural influence on mainstream shit? If so I'd say Minecraft, Five Nights at Freddy's, Undertale and Hollow Knight (just because Silksong became a meme)
>>719314738Thomas Jefferson is in a weird spot where he started out a president but isn't really a president anymore. I personally wouldn't count him.
>>719319139Not really a fair comparison? Doom is also an indie game by this logic
>>719319075I wonder how long FNAF will remain relevant. It's definitely remained longer than I thought, but I'm betting unless Silksong has some sequel bait then Hollow Knight will be replaced by something else sooner or later.
Anybody not including Cave Story has no idea what the fuck they're talking about.
>>719319139If video games were presidential candidates who would you vote for
>>719319204>Not really a fair comparison?Yes it is.>Doom is also an indie game by this logicNo it isn't.
>>719314738Would not count Cave Story because it was eventually eaten by Nicalis? Don't be a tard.
>>719316512>please stop noticing please please please please pretty please
>>719314231The heads shouldn't be indie games, they should be the heads of people responsible for indie games, and the only head that is a 100% lock-in is Tom Fulp.
>>719319568>>719319637Alright, maybe I'm wrong
>>719314231Cave StoryUndertaleMinecraftFive Nights At Freddy’s
A sacred indigenous holy site desecrated by retard invading colonizer rapefugees?
>>719316414>/pol/niggerGo back
>>719320096This sounds about right.>>719320134There should be more games about colonizing.
>>719314231>the indie equivalent of a monument to four historical figures, supposedly representing foundation, expansion, development, and preservation>an industry where 'indie' has a very lax definitionIf we're mostly including 00's indies when the term was gaining traction, then Cave Story absolutely fits somewhere in there somewhere at the very least.>>719314738Notch would agree with you, he said himself that he didn't consider Minecraft 'indie' at one point pre-Microsoft, when the game was already doing Iron Man numbers.
>>719320250>tumblrfagGo back
>>719319678>please piss and shit your pants about something you wont do anything about please please please pretty please.
>>719314307>mount rushmore of gay fag pedo games>/threading your own reply>reddit spacinggo back or commit sudoku
>>719320448You are doing it right now
>>719316089>>719316191Still waiting for an answer.
>>719320416Tumblr is dead, retard Try again
>>719320330you should kys and leave real humans alone
>>719314231god i love sans deltatale
>>719320508Am I :^)?
>>719314307I'd probably swap out Outer Wilds for something else, it doesn't feel as influential as the others to me. Maybe one of the classics, like Super Meat Boy or Castle Crashers?Or Minecraft like >>719314673 said, but it feels weird as fuck to think of it as an indie game
>>719316191Porn.And maybe some furry games.
>>719314307I’d swap Celeste for Binding of Isaac. So many indie roguelikes pull heavily from it.
>>719314738Your point refutes itself. Minecraft started out indie, that's indisputable. It was already guaranteed a spot but when Microsoft bought it for two billion dollars it was cemented as the greatest indie success story of all time.
Surprised nobodys brought up Terraria yet
>>719320824Terraria is just one of the hundreds of 2D Minecraft clones that managed to figure out the right gameplay formula to make block-based sandbox game fun without the third dimension. It's popular, not influential.
>>719314231Is that Sans Undertale from Sans Undertale's Sans Undertale (featuring Sans Undertale from Sans Undertale's Sans Undertale)?
>>719321173It's John Undertale from Undertale 2: Overtale
>>719321231DOUG DIMMADOME, OWNER OF THE DIMMSDALE DIMMADOME
>>719314231doom, quake, wolfenstein 3D, return to castle wolfenstein
>>719314231
>>719314569and I liked it!
>>719321548could've chosen any other image of steve
>>719314307>no cave storywhy did you exclude the best indie game?
>>719314307all wrong, why would Mt Rushmore only be nu-games? That would be like Mt Rushmore being Trump, Obama, Bush and JFK or some shitHere are the actual ones:>Cave Story>Spelunky>Dota 1>Bloons TD1-3
>>719321548she's not even the protagonistretard
>>719321548lel
>>719314231>>719314307Binding of Isaac, Super Meatboy, Hades and TouhouYes Edmund gets 2 games on there because both were massively impactful for indie games' perception.Fucking niggers.
>>719314231Mine:>Super Meat Boy>Dustforce>Hollow Knight>Celeste
>>719319286>I wonder how long FNAF will remain relevant. With how we're getting 2 more live action FNAF movies, I would say it would still it will still remain relevant for the next 5 years >>719321548Replace Issac with FreddyEvery other horror game tried to replicate FNAF's success, and almost all of them failed
>>719321820She's the one the people think of when they think Cave Story. She's the poster child. No one knows who Quote is but even your grandma knows Sue Sakamoto.
>>719314307Undertale and Hollow Knight definitely belong here, can't argue with that.
>>719322064Nah, Curly is probably more well known than Sue if i had to guess
>>719316414toby is a pedo joow, but. the worst thing is that hes a hack and helps push mediocrity. all he does is steal. they cant create, only steal. undertale and co are like the worst creative black hole gutters ever
>>719322064This might just be the wrongest anon of all time.I've seen tons of normalfags who know who Curly is and yet don't even know that she's from a game at all.
>>719314231Cave Story, Terraria, Hotline Miami and Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden.
>>719322365Toby is a pedo? Wanna back that accusation up with a source, bitch?
>>719322054There are exponentially more games trying to ride on Isaac's coattails than there are mascot horror games.
>>719314231I wanted to make one of bad guysbut I can't think of a fourth franchise defining bad guyfuck
>>719314307BraidCave StorySuper Meat BoyBinding of IsaacHonorable mentions:SpelunkyMinecraftFTL>>719316089Limbo is a good pickI really enjoyed Dust but can't see it there.100%'d it btw >>719320330sid meier has got you covered
>>719314231Minecraft, Shovel Knight, Cave Story, and the fourth could honestly up for grab from a lot of things if you're rating more for quality or influence (for better or worse)I think for now I'd say Binding of Isaac for influence on the rougelite
>>719323208I know Rougeshit is oversatured, but is Issac responsible for that?At least we know FNAF is the main culprit for all the mascot horror craze.>>719323596Replace golden Freddy with pic related
>>719314231Cave StoryMinecraft UndertaleTouhou
>>719323596Mom/Satan from TBOI
>>7193142314 Cave Story's
La MulanaBarkley Shut up and Jam GaidenCave StoryNOSE
>>719314231Cave StoryBinding of IsaacTouhouFor last one... Spelunky or Undertale.
>>719328471This one weirdly makes the most sense to me
Are all the 'icons' from the xbox live arcade days like Fez, Braid, Super Meat Boy and Gone Home completely irrelevant now?
>>719314231alright memes asideminecraft, five nights and freddys, touhou, and the fourth... i have no idea
>>719331358No offense but I think you should play more indie games
>>719314307Swap out Celeste for Cave Story
>>719314231MinecraftCave StoryFNAFand Soulja Boy
>>719331234SMB still holds up. I like Dustforce better but it's not like that means meat boy sucks or anything.
>>719331512the think is undertale is trannycore so that doesnt count
>ctrl+f>no yume nikkiIt is far too summer in here.
>>719333114>I don't personally like this game so it doesn't count!
>>719323883>Honorable mentions:>MinecraftIt should honestly be #1 and the only reason people aren't listing it is because Microsoft bought it.
>>719314307>tranny Super Meat Boy instead of real Super Meat BoyYou will NEVER be a woman.
>>719314307Agree with all of those minus Outer Worlds.Put something like oneshot or stardew valleyin there
Minecraft, Terraria, Five nights at Freddy's, Touhou in that order
>>719333841I give you 5 months until you discover something about yourself.
>>719333842>oneshotNobody remembers that game.
>>719333924Are you trying to groom me? I'm a man and have never thought about being a woman. You played a reskinned Super Meat Boy, but featuring a tranny and depression/abortion.
>>719334002I was very clearly joking.
Stardew Valley, Divinity: Original Sin, Dead Cells, Terraria
>>719333932I only remember that game because one of the devs cooked his own testicles and ate it.
Actually I think it would be this>FNAFIt literally created a new genre of horror for the better or for the worse>Stardew ValleyThanks to it you have a gabizillion "cozy" farm games and even tho they're all ripping off harvest moon we all know stardew valley is the real one to blame for it>UndertaleIt's undertale.>Hollow KnightFeels like every other metroidvania is trying to be hollow knight nowdays>Honorable mentionsLimboTerrariaMinecraftYume nikkiBinding of isaacCelesteMy super cool indie game that's never gonna be finishedOne shotShovel Knight
>>719333932Really? I never played it myself but I remember seeing it everywhere and even nowdays I hear people mentioning itI thought it was super popular or something
You could put so many for pre-2000s but I'll throw some names in the hat for itWill Wright Kevin ThomsKoichi YoshidaRichard Garriott (really stretching definitions, but Ultima might count)Jon Van Caneghem (if you don't count Ultima)
>ctrl+f "ori">0 resultsOwari da
>>719334410Where Cave Story though
>>719314231Carol, Hat Kid, Nobeta, and Beebz.
>>719314231Noita, Baba is You, My summer car, Unreal world
>>719314307this but stardew instead of hollow knight
>>719335113Look man there's ALOT of indie games add that to the honorable mentions because I listed those from memory
>>719315152If you're talking about legacy Undertale barely influenced the industry imo, the game has popularity but there aren't many Undertale clonesUT is popular as shit but if you want are looking for more of founding fathers than Elvis Presley then Yume Nikki and Cave Story is where it's at
>>719334562>ori>indie gaming
>>719314231>Cave Story (introduced pixel shit to indies)>Binding of Issac (brought rougue shit to indies)>Yume Nikki (brought artsy non-gameplay shit to indies)>Hotline Miami (brought edgy mature shit to indies)
>>719314307Dilation status?
>>719314231Cave Story, Yume Nikki, Touhou, MeinKampf
Binding of Isaac: RebirthHoline Miami Stardew Valley Project Zomboid
>>719336875hey wait a minute...
