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Game Developer
JANUARY 9, 2024
"If you find yourself a bit bored while playing the next AAA title, thinking something like “I’ve seen this so many times before”, open a search engine of your choice, type “indie games” and press enter."
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
November 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the company behind Gamemaker, a popular game engine for indies.
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Game Developer
MARCH 20, 2024
Longtime developer Rez Graham shares the advantages (and disadvantages) of building your own tech for indie game development.
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
The 2D engine is now free for non-commercial use on all non-console platforms and has introduced a new one-time fee catered towards hobbyists and indies.
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Game Developer
OCTOBER 11, 2023
If UEFN is the future for Epic 5.0, what's it like making games for it? Cabbage Systems co-founders Kevin Cancienne and Margaret Robertson have some ideas.
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
BitCake Studio , an indie game development studio based in Brazil, is celebrating its 10th year in the industry. The company’s engine of choice is Unity 2021 LTS and they use Photon Fusion, a multiplayer technology developed by Photon Engine , the game’s investors. says Lamhut laughing.
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Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Wwise Now Free for Indie Developers In the news that isn’t new category, audio middleware maker Audiokinetic have added a new free “Indie” tier to Wwise.
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Big Games
MARCH 27, 2025
Unreal Engine Here’s an overview of these two dynamic mechanisms that will help you understand what they are, how they work, and the merits they offer to Android programmers: Unity It is a popular game engine renowned for its cross-platform compatibility and intuitive user interface that supports both 2D & 3D game development.
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 9, 2023
They are both well aware of the irony of two engineers developing a parody engineering game, but that hasn’t stopped Cillín Farrell and Neil Mackenzie from devoting the majority of their spare time doing just that. Farrell and Mackenzie form the two-person indie studio Peaty Turf. So we’re doing this in our spare time.
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Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
How to make your own game engine (and why) by Tyler Glaiel Well worth a read. In my 35+ year career in games I’ve never used an off the shelf game engine. It’s hard work and probably cost me more but I love making game engines and writing compilers. Starting with SCUMM I’ve always build my own.
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Game From Scratch
OCTOBER 5, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine Price Change — New Details Yesterday we discussed the new changes coming to the Unreal Engine pricing structure in 2024. This is a move to per seat licensing for non-game development projects, such as automotive industry, movie production, archviz and more.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Since its launch in 2019, the initiativeoriginally backed by a $100 million fundhas supported a wide range of creators, from indie game developers to open-source toolmakers and film studios. Indie game studios behind critically acclaimed titles such as Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Sifu, and Bright Memory. Apply here for a Epic MegaGrant.
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Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
How to make your own game engine (and why) by Tyler Glaiel. In my 35+ year career in games I've never used an off the shelf game engine. It's hard work and probably cost me more but I love making game engines and writing compilers. Well worth a read. Starting with SCUMM I've always build my own. I love the power and the freedom.
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PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. However, once the engine of her boat is restored, she plans on traveling around. Maybe I can work at a small indie company, I guess I havent tried. last year as a solo developer. After renovating it together with her mother, she now lives and works there.
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Game From Scratch
JANUARY 9, 2025
LVE is a popular 2D game development framework, recently made famous for powering the smash indie hit Belatro. GameFromScratch.com LVR 3D Lua Game Development Framework Today we are checking out LVR, a free and open source 3D Lua game and VR development framework heavily inspired by LVE.
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 29, 2024
More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. Also, Unstoppable was crafted using Unreal Engine 5, which can be challenging for a smaller studio.” Plus, various Korean indie games that launched on Steam have experienced considerable success. Unstoppable is available now on Steam.
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Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Re-Logic Make Massive Donation to Godot and FNA In response to Unity’s recent actions, indie game developer and publisher Re-Logic, famous for making the game Terraria, have announced massive donations to both the Godot game engine and FNA.
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PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Set in a beautiful, Slavic-inspired world, Selfloss by Kazakhstan-based indie studio Goodwin Games is an adventure that explores themes of grief, healing, and resilience. The indie game development community here in Almaty is almost non-existent,” he says. However, the lack of a local community hasn’t been a significant obstacle. “I
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Game Dev Unchained
MAY 9, 2023
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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Ask a Game Dev
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The amount of crossover from regular software engineering and game development is not nil, and leveling up in software engineering is a net positive towards making your dream game work out too. and programming generally pays a lot better than indie dev work.
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GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 6, 2024
Ralph and Herber previously worked together at Fall Guys developer Mediatonic, respectively as lead level designer and lead client engineer. They then both worked together again at Land & Sea, an indie studio formed by Team Alto veterans in 2020. Ralph is the firm's design director and Herber its technical director. Read more
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Indie DB
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
In the latest devlog i go through the game development process of adding dismemberment to my indie game Slaughter Cats in Unreal Engine 5.
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Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Indie Game Dev Fund Just Launched If you are an indie game developers, with a PC or Console game in development with at least a playable demo, the just launched Game Dev Fund might be ideal for you.
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PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important” Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.” Having a solid, realistic plan is everything.”
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Game From Scratch
AUGUST 7, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials by GameDev.TV Humble Bundle The Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers featuring game development courses from GameDev.TV. The bundle contains courses for the 3 major game engines, Unity, Unreal Engine as well as the Godot game engine.
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PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 16, 2024
German indie developer Vivid Storm Interactive is a three person team that started when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for Ascent of Ashes in 2021. ” The decision to switch engines was only made fairly recently. Being a new engine, Godot is still rough in places. And so far, the team is happy they did.
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Juego Studio
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Unity stands out as one of the beginner-friendly and flexible game engines for game developers. Especially, it has become a boon for indie game developers as it is a free-to-use game development tool. What is Unity Engine? Unity engine supports 2D and 3D game development with the use of C# scripting language.
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Ask a Game Dev
MARCH 12, 2024
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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PreMortem.Games
MARCH 29, 2024
The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. “Ah Ah yes those co-pilots!” “We
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iXie gaming
MAY 26, 2023
Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties.
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iXie gaming
MAY 26, 2023
Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties. Indie game makers confront a variety of hurdles, ranging from a lack of funding to marketing difficulties.
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Grumpy Gamer
JUNE 25, 2018
For those of you not in-the-know, FMOD is a cross-platform music and sound middleware engine and it’s quite impressive. They did have Indie pricing where the first platform was free if your budget was less than $500K. So I added to our homespun sound engine. I’ll integrate FMOD into my engine.
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GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 20, 2023
This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software from technology company Move hopes to revolutionise motion capture for AAA and indies alike, as well as beyond games. Read more
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PreMortem.Games
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Young Dutch indie developer Lente is something of a free spirit. However, once the engine of her boat is restored, she plans on traveling around. “I Maybe I can work at a small indie company, I guess I haven’t tried. last year as a solo developer. After renovating it with her mother, she now lives and works there. “I
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PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 8, 2024
During the day he works as a Senior Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment, creating games like Hearthstone, together with a large group of specialized professionals. The advantage of the indie space in general is that we get to work on smaller, more niche ideas. What are the biggest advantages of working solo?
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AWS Games
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Developed using Epic Games Unreal Engine, the game is available for PC as Early Access on the Epic Store, with Steam access and console support coming soon. To ensure the best scalability and address player friction, its team is co-developing a gaming-dedicated Layer 3 blockchain called TOY Chain, which supports indie through AA games.
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PreMortem.Games
MAY 10, 2023
Canadian indie game development studio Excellent Rectangle just launched their debut title Tape to Tape on Steam Early Access. Expressive characters Using Unity as their engine, the biggest challenge was creating a visually distinct 2.5D As Canadians and self proclaimed sport fanatics, hockey is ingrained in their daily lives.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 6, 2019
The engine isn't popular yet in Japan. Almost no one had ever heard about the engine besides the event's organizers. The educational resources are not on par yet and switching engines is an involved job. I met a few professional translators who already like the engine. Also, the community is still small in the country.
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MARCH 5, 2023
This co-op-oriented problem solving indie announces an engine overhaul
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iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
The advancements in GPUs, ray tracing, and game engines like Unreal Engine 5 and Unitys HDRP (High Definition Render Pipeline) have pushed real-time rendering to the forefront of game art innovation. This trend has been fuelled by a desire to create visually striking experiences that stand out in an oversaturated market.
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Indie DB
MARCH 21, 2023
This Source engine commercial PvP indie takes part in the Steam spring sale
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PreMortem.Games
APRIL 12, 2023
First time game developers Max Nielsen and João Martinez form Grenaa Games , a Sweden based indie game studio. “We Nielsen quit his job as a software engineer two years ago and decided to go all-in on game development. “I We don’t take ourselves very seriously.
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Because the fee is based on the number of installs—not monetization like Unreal Engine—developing free-to-play titles is at risk of suddenly becoming much more costly. Unity’s game engine is a popular developer tool and, by comparison, easier to master than Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. It makes other game engines more attractive.
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SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 11, 2020
SOVEREIGN MOON PRESENTS… Game Engine Showdown: Unity vs. Godot vs. Buildbox vs. Unreal Engine. In this game engine faceoff, we’ll explore each game engine’s visual scripting tools to see which engine is the best for beginner game makers and non-coders. . Read the Full Tutorial ?
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