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Phoenix Rising International Film Festival 2023: A new dawn for indie cinema

Filmustage

The Phoenix Rising International Film Festival (PRIFF) is no exception, embodying the spirit of indie cinema in its truest form. From the gritty streets of New York City in the 70s to the vibrant French New Wave movement, indie filmmakers have always strived to present raw, unfiltered narratives.

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Is it hard for programmers who work for mobile or indie companies to get a job in an AAA studio due to the difference in project scope? Does this lead to their experience being considered inferior to that of AAA developers?

Ask a Game Dev

Engineering solutions to code problems is pretty universal - there's generally a thing that needs to be built and there are established ways to evaluate the code written to do that thing (e.g. I've seen plenty of programmers who had experience working at smaller or mobile studios move to AAA games and many go in reverse.

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Brok the InvestiGator is the first Punch&Click game “Indies need to be innovative”

PreMortem.Games

When he left his day job in 2014 to become a full-time indie developer, he realised he had to come up with something special to stand out from the crowd. I’ve been making games practically all my life, starting coding in the early ‘90s on an Amstrad CPC 6128 (a popular computer in France like the C64).

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Indie Gaming’s Last Stand: How Willem Delventhal Is Battling Corporate Dominance!

Game Dev Unchained

From the nuances of technological advancements to the ideological tug of war between indie creators and corporate giants, the discussion spanned a variety of pertinent topics within the gaming industry. The conversation also addressed the concerns of indie developers struggling to preserve their unique vision amid growing corporate influence.

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Top-15 crowdfunding platforms 2023 for indie films: Real-life stories

Filmustage

Image source: IMDB.com This guide aims to assist you in navigating the crowdfunding landscape and propel your indie film towards success. Here is a top-15 list of favored platforms for independent filmmakers: Kickstarter - A worldwide crowdfunding platform concentrating on creative projects, such as indie films.

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Solo Indie Game Dev RAP

Mnenad

Not worth mentioning, but my code skills are pure magic, If Debug.Logs pop-up - two slashes - that’s the trick kid.     Don’t need to crip walk -  just code in C#,  easy to learn - but to master it is hard. Code snippets coming at you - from StackOverflow-Crew. Check my sprite, check my sprite.

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Introducing Japanese indies to Godot

Mircosoft Game Dev

With Godot, you can code tools the same way you code your games. Also, Godot tries to integrate all tools that you need to make a game almost out-of-the-box, from essentials like the off-line code reference to the new animation state machine in version 3.1. Things like Godot's friendly plug-in API, a big time-saver for teams.

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