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How indie games took on the world (and won)

Meet the maverick heroes of game development

Words: Alec Meer, PC Gamer UK
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JohnnyMaverik  - 4 months 14 days ago 
"If Audiosurf takes you down a hole, that whole is the world's tightest, wettest, most perfect hole ever."

Rofl. I second that though. I've bought Audiosurf and Braid and don't regret either, but where as Braid is something you play through, finish, maybe play through again and try and get those stars, and then leave, audiosurf never gets old because you can never run out of good music, unlimited replayability for a small price tag, can't get much better than that.

@ GamesRadarMatthewKeast

I agree with everything you just said man, I meen I'm guna start my uni course in september and it's games design (not called that but thats basically what it is), and the 2 things that scare me sometimes is a. will I beable to get a job afterwards, and b. what if I can't get a job that I like, what If I have to spend the rest of my life working of stale projects, but then I look at the indie devs and remember that all I got to do is work hard to add to and polish up my skills, then couple that with a bit of imagination and try and create something a bit fresh, I'm guna end up getting somewhere.

As for what you said about dreaming about being a games designer, why not man? Theres plently of free tutorials and resources you can find out there, learn a few skills in your free time, use a bit of imagination and put a bit of heart into creating something then you'll get somewhere. Developing games isnt an exclusive party, it's not like being an actor, or a singer, or a film director, it's an open door which any1 can go throu...
heartskuppy  - 4 months 14 days ago 
i wonder if kyle gabler when he went to sweden met nifflas (nicklas nygren), who's probably my favourite indie developer, and i am suprised he wasn't given a mention in the article considering he's a very popular indie dev and has a game coming to wiiware, night game, which looks awesome.

if you've never heard of him, go to his website (http://nifflas.ni2.se) and give his games a try, they are completely free and, imo, absolutely amazing. and if you like them, keep an eye out for night game on wiiware.

apologies for the obnoxious plug, but i wouldn't be doing it if i didn't love this guy's games and wish to share them and wish for them to be successful. support the indies!
thochaos  - 4 months 12 days ago 
Good article, just horribly written. Was the guy trying to impress his English teacher?
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