Indie is short for independent. That means by yourself.To qualify as an "indie game" it has to be created entirely by one person. I will list some because you dismal dumbasses don't know what indie means.
Indie films are famously produced and starring one single guy.
Welcome to Elderfield is a Solo Dev'd Indie Game.
Independent organizations? One dude.Independent charities? Just one dude.
>>729205378Hey, what's up OP. It's me, your Dad. Just wanted to pop in to tell you that you're a fag and that's not what indie means. That's all. Have a good one, little buddy.
Independent country? Just one guy out in a field.Independent contractor? Literally just one person with a tape measure.Independent research? Just one schmuck with a microscope.
So is Lunar Eclipse. It also uses AI to generate the random motivational posters you can see on the wall throughout the game. That's perfectly acceptable because solitary developers don't have the time or resources to be bothering with drawing generic trash. It's actually laughable that artists think they should be paid for that.So this game is great for multiple reasons. It also made both puritans and philanderers seethe with the same game design choice, which was hilarious. The main character can be fully nude, which angered the prudish, but she will not have sex with anything, which angered the lustful.
>>729205378Indie does not mean independent, it is a marketing term for something that "feels" independent by embracing non-normative industry standards, regardless of its publishing status. Thus, E33 is not an indie game, because it is a UE5slop moviegame with realistic characters.
>>729205913This is that new-age nonsense where whatever you "feel" is true is the truth. You feel like a woman? You're a woman. You feel attacked? That means he really attacked you and can go to jail.
Independent voter? Only one guy votes.Independent business? Literally only one person working there.Independent inquiry? Just one lone soul asking questions.
one guy. people try so hard to lie and claim you can be an indie game with a team of more than one guy. Easier to drag standards down to their level than ever improve themselves. They feel totally inadequate. They know they didn't do all the work themselves but they still want to get participation ribbons for being indie when they aren't. indie is short for independent. independent means by yourself.it's super simple but they just do not get it. they can't, where pride is concerned.
>>729205913You look like you have sex independently of women
>>729206028one man one vote is the bedrock of democracies so yeah you're a total dumbass
>>729205913e33 isn't an indie game because they had more than one guy
stardew valley is indie. it was made by one guy.
Crimson Diamond is Indie, it was made by one girl.ONE.
>>729205628Indie bands, 1 guys plays every instrament
>>729205378name 5 indie games that came out this year
>>729206346It's actually indie sex because the girls are paid to be there but mentally vacant
>>729205749does this guy not know how anything in the world works? Independent Contractors have to be independent. it's the only way it works.
tifa sex
You guys could never handle true indie outsider art like pic related
>>729205378Based Lune Poster
>>729206631Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the ForsakenFlesh Made FearHouse of NecrosisMystery of the MalignCasebook 1899
>>729206875I looked up the first game and it has a publishernot indie
Tifa put this on no don't ask what it means just put it on
>>729206996publishers don't make games. indie means independent. that's by yourself.
>>729205378>an ai pic of a video game character stuns you everytime
>>729207079you're not independent if you have a publisher
>>729207113it makes extremely accurate snake girls. dunno why people have such a problem with it.
Yes we all know Final Fantatroons really want E33 to go away since it raped & gaped your entire series.
>game studios with 1000 employees when they have to go five minutes without claiming to be indie
>>729207349e33 was developed by final fantatroons
I think I, along with lots of devs in /agdg/ fit the bill of independent.My game is self crafted, from the art, to the music...and everything is paid for out of my own pocket, not trying to get outside funding and fuck crowdfunding. I'll take your money when I release a good game.
It's should be based completely on budget. Say $100,000 or less.
>>729207567Try 0$
>>729207567Indie is short for independent, that means by yourself. So your budget could be a maximum of $1. Or whatever.
>>729207567your budget can be any amount but it has to be obtained all by yourself by robbing a bank without partners or by robbing a bank with help, but killing the other conspirators afterwards.
>>729205378Doesn't the arbitrary limit on indie developers' size and budget mean that indie game development is doomed to never reach past an artificial ceiling on success and subsequent growth of ambition/scope? Like no truly successful indie devs are valid because they got too successful despite never relinquishing ownership via shares or buyouts and yet magically stopped being indie anyway.
>>729205430>>729205628>>729205749>>729206028>>729206576>>729207829thanks for the laugh
>>729206672That doesn't mean just one guy. An independent contractor is a company that isn't under the umbrella of large construction companies. The little mom and pop cabinet makers shop down town can be contracted out for making and installing all the cabinets in a new housing development but they are still a business that is independent of the big pants developer. Same with the schmucks that make the doors and windows. When you're balancing the budget and shooting out paychecks those companies are.. well.. independent companies that have been contracted out.Sure, there ARE independent contractors that are just one dude. Go out and install a bunch of locks or doorknob doesn't need a company but cabinets take way more than one dude and are still independent contractors.
>>729207829No, you dipshit. Independent means whatever your talking about doesn't depend on another company or entity to do their work. It does not mean "just one person on their lonesome." It just means the opposite of dependant.Although I guess you can never be wrong on the internet if you just make up what words mean on the fly.
>>729207938You don't have to be an indie dev. You could just be a normal developer and still release your game and have it be super popular.But everyone wants to be super special and feel like they are in the secret club so they lie and gaslight everyone about how they are indie even though they have an HR manager on staff. >we're more than one guy but we still count as independent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my team of consultants says so.
>>729206360more like one man one jar
>>729208064>so you see, my game is independent because the 5000 people I hired to do the coding in india because it's cheaper than USA don't count as people if I make them sign a contract.very well reasoned we are astonished by your flawless logic. We can use plural pronouns in this regard because even though I'm multiple people I count as one for the purposes of this discussion wherein I'm independent even though I am numerous
WE WUZ INDIE
/v/ doesn't talk about indie games because it's never heard of a game without a massive advertising budget.
>>729207935>bankyou didn't beat the gameusing a monetary system that you yourself didn't independently create disqualifies you from being an indie
>>729208479You still don't understand what independent means. Not even in your shitty make believe "WHAT IF" you dial up to ridiculous extremes for the sake of trying to be right.
Trve indie games basically don't exist on a metaphysical level, they're like an observed quantum object, as soon as all 5 players look away it's as though it never happened. Indie is an aesthetic anyway, so who gives a shit.
>>729207339giwtwm
>>729210439it means by yourself. it's so obviously what the word means it's baffling anyone would dispute it.
>>729211407No, it does not. It means not dependent. When you staple it on to another word it tells you what it means. In the context here it just means a company that doesnt depend on some sister company or falls under the umbrella of a larger corporation. It in no way implies a single person.
>>729211918That's the definition corporations made up so they could be eligible for awards they would otherwise be barred from. You're a corporate stooge. FIFA peace prize.
>so you see, every corporation in the world is indie, akshually, when you think about it and so every single game in existence is eligible for the indie game awards.
>>729205628>>729205749>>729206028you are using the independent modifier incorrectly, if we applied your definition to video games, it would mean a video game is independent so long as it's just one game. Since every video game is a singular video game, all games would be indie using your definitions.
You're wrong but it shouldn't include studios/teams of a large size 10+ with funds from a wealthy publisher
>>729205378NOOOOO SAAAAARRRRRINDIE IS INDIAAA SAAAAAAARRRRRR
