Exploring the evolving Japanese indie game scene
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Japanese developers, and the organizations supporting them, on Japan's slow but growing indie scene.
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Game Developer
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Japanese developers, and the organizations supporting them, on Japan's slow but growing indie scene.
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Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Long-serving PlayStation exec and head of the platform holder's Independent Developer Initiative Shuhei Yoshida is optimistic about the possibilities of generative AI – especially for indies.
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I was wondering what good first steps would be to get feedback on your first WIP indie dev game without having to publish it on Steam or your own website. (Is Is the latter even an option nowadays?) Looking forward to your replies! ?
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Shape: Mind of Thinker has a minimalist style inside the puzzle platformer game "Sometimes I overthink a lot and it makes me stuck inside my mind" A Minimalist Style But Inside A Complex-minded With connecting word mechanism, you can make a rule for your rooms and solve the problem. Solve the puzzle and go to the door to the next room.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Very useful info, thank you
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DECEMBER 30, 2022
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Through his personal social media presence and his corporate endeavours he has consistently nurtured the creativity and innovation of the indie games industry, and regularly champions indie games through podcasts, official PlayStation videos, and the wider games media," the organisation added. Read more
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@taby <3 <3 <3 Then you know! lol I was born in Saskatoon.
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I am an indie Linux game developer who need testers for my games. Greetings.
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