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What's political about your wall of text?>indie game gets financially backed by publisher>stops being indieWe've set a really low bar for "political reasons".
>>729022164It’s a pointless buzzword to gain attention to a pointless award show
>game nobody has heard of makes announcement to get attention
>>729022164It’s a bunch of excuses to take the award away because modretro is owned by a Trump supporter
>>729021919>>729021938>>729021989tldr
>>729022721solo dev sells out to publisher, still pretends to be indie, wins indie award, award gets retracted
>>729023043>partner with company to sell physical copies of your indie game>now it’s not considered indieYou know that’s bullshit
>>729023341>partner with company to sell physical copies of your game>now it’s not considered indieYes that's exactly what the word means
>>729024195no what that term mean is >solo guy making a game>small team and i mean small sub 10 people team working on game financing it with their own moneyIf publishers comes up and publish the game that was made that way, its still indie game.Publisher in picture changes nothingWhat went in game production matters.
>>729024195Cave Story wouldn't be an indie game if your definition held true.
>>729024195this logic is fucking FLAWLESS>Be Todd>Handpick 50 devs you know they can mule trough AAA title alone let alone in team of 50 mules like themselves>release ElderScrolls6 without publisherITS INDIE GAME GUIESEHORSE IS $50
>>729024902Correct, Cave Story isn't indie anymore.
>>729025515That’s not how it works
>>729024195Does it apply to digital copies as well?