article thumbnail

Genres are Marketing Terms, and Your Advice is Bad.

The Bottom Feeder

He is a highly successful indie game creator who makes really good action games (Salt and Sanctuary is the best-known one.) Yet, I'm going to have a full career writing indie games. This is even more true now than it was in the past, because one of the best ways to innovate as an indie is to mix and match genres. Metroidvania."

Indy 90
article thumbnail

Wizard With A Gun Crashing: How I Fixed It

Game Errors

Interesting fact : Did You Know Crashing is Most Common in Indie Games? Indie games like Wizard with a Gun often face more crash issues compared to AAA titles. Given that indie developers might not have the vast resources to iron out all bugs, crashes can be more frequent.

Co-op 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Wizard With A Gun Low FPS: A Step-by-Step Guide To Fix

Game Errors

Interesting fact : Did You Know Performance Issues are common in newly released Indie Games? Indie games often experience performance drops upon release due to a lack of extensive testing across various hardware configurations. Platform Availability : The game is usually available on multiple platforms like PC and console.

FPS 52
article thumbnail

Mobile Publishing #2: Behind Tilting Point's $132M War Chest

Deconstructor of Fun

In case you missed the previous episode: Mobile Publishing #1: Deconstructing Scopely's path to $1B with Scopely’s Javier Ferreira (Co-CEO) To make sure you don’t miss on all of the ?content Then, if there’s mutual interest on both sides, we look to deepen relationships through new projects, such as co-development.

Mobile 52
article thumbnail

Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

So do they compete or co-exist peacefully? Both Unity and Unreal are popular choices among giant game development studios as well as indie developers. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Or do the two platforms remain equal? Unity is the best option for indie developers and mobile game projects.

Engine 52
article thumbnail

Can We Even Put Human Stories in Video Games Anyway?

The Bottom Feeder

My family just finished playing the hit co-op game It Takes Two. It Takes Two is unique because, under all the flash and platforming, it’s about a family working through its problems. There was a depressing and largely forgotten 2013 indie game called The Novelist, about a depressing husband, wife, and child.

Art 52