PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 10, 2025

Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. When I discovered the indie movement, with games like Machinarium, Braid, Fez, Limbo, I saw that there was a way to achieve this. I started to follow indie developers I admired on Twitter. Naiad is out now of PC and consoles.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

But the Dutch industry is also home to a vibrant community of indie game developers. Dutch Indies Like Paladin Studios. by Paladin Studios Another indie you will find at the Netherlands Lounge is Linx Interactive. We create games that make you smile”, says CEO Stein Damen. Like subscription-based gaming platform Utomik.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the early 2000s, it was PC gaming that was dying. Forget PCs, it was all about PlayStation. Then Steam came along, and the indie scene, and, well, let's just say nobody is predicting the end of PCs anymore. If you've been in this business for more than 15 years, you've probably heard a sentence like that before.

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The Bottom Feeder

MAY 8, 2024

This is the second part of the design/marketing/release process for our newest indie RPG, Geneforge 2 - Infestation. TL;DR: We’ve been making indie games for a living for 30 years. After all, while indie developers like to pretend we're a family, it's still a business. The first part is here. Here’s how we manage it.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 7, 2024

In Creatures of Ava by Spanish indie studio Inverge Studios , players take on the role of Vic, a young explorer stranded on the planet Ava alongside her companion, Tabitha. It took some time, but we finally established an indie studio that has grown to a team of 11 people. Remember, sometimes running alone can actually slow you down.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Developed by UK indie Rubber Band Games, the game has been dubbed 'GTA meets Human: Fall Flat' and has sold over one million copies across PC and consoles already. And, of course, that's something that can translate well to sales, as we have seen with Human: Fall Flat , which now boasts more than 45 million players globally.

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Indie DB

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Pixel-art adventure indie out now with a level editor on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC!

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 18, 2024

Microsoft laid out a slate of five big games for its 2024 software lineup in a Developer Direct video today, capping the event off with the news that MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will arrive on Xbox, PC, and Game Pass "later this year." Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 9, 2023

The project covers developers producing games for PS5, PSVR 2 and PC. The India Hero Project offers developers funding and resources to help developers bring their games to market, including financial help (a minimum of $100,000), marketing, access to dev kits and tech support, plus other promotional opportunities. Read more

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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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Game Development News

MARCH 27, 2025

Pantaloon has announced The Pantaloon Label, a new indie publishing imprint for 'misfit games'

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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

What makes it special is that it is well-liked among indie designers and large studios. Advantage A faster learning curve allows quicker game development, which is ideal for startups & indie developers. Unreal Engine Supports multiple platforms but is more suited for console and PC-level graphics.

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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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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 10, 2025

While Turkish studios have mastered hybrid-casual and puzzle monetization which have clearly very large audiences, genres like RPGs, shooters, and strategy games remain untapped except a few successes such as Hunter Assassin , and Mount and Blade as a groundbreaking PC game from Trkiye.

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Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2025

NEOWIZ has unveiled a new indie game development program called NEOWIZ Quest

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Game Development News

APRIL 3, 2025

A new UK-based indie games publisher called TheCoLab has officially launched

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 12, 2023

The label will be focusing on indie titles releasing on PC and console, with its debut title being turned-based RPG Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson from developer Ritual Studios. Playdigious has announced the creation of a new publishing unit called Playdigious Originals.

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Deconstructor of Fun

AUGUST 26, 2024

This conversation painted a nuanced picture of the current market, particularly the PC/console segment, and offered a glimpse into its future trajectory. PC gaming emerges as a key growth segment, fueled by cross-platform releases and a shift in player preferences.

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Private Division’s Michael Worosz and Blake Rochkind sat down with Vince Pavey to tell him all about Take-Two’s independent - but not indie - developer label

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Game Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A Double Indie Review of Batboy and Strayed Lights Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is a double indie game review of Batboy and Strayed Lights done with press keys provided by the developers. If you would like me to look at your game for a future review, please reach out.…

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 24, 2024

If Triple-A games are the equivalent of Hollywood blockbuster movies and indie games are comparable to independent films, then you could call Indika by Odd Meter an arthouse experience. We really are an indie studio in the classical sense. This is very intentional, according to Founder and Game Director Dmitry Svetlow.

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Game Development News

JUNE 13, 2023

Tandem Events has announced the shortlist of finalists for the Develop:Brighton 2023 Indie Showcase competition - MCV/DEVELOP

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch. Get A Space for the Unbound on PC , PlayStation , Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Video games have the ability to transport users to another place and time. So far, It’s really nice!”,

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Game Development News

MARCH 30, 2023

By making sure no game gets left behind Hooded Horse is pulling ahead of its indie rivals. Richie Shoemaker saddles up with CEO Tim Bender and CFO Snow Rui to find out how the publisher intends to keep up the pace

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 15, 2024

In Guntouchables by Danish indie developer Game Swing , enemies randomly power up from the upgrades that a team of four players can’t lift out of the levels. After coming out of development of their multiplatform debut game OddBallers, the team knew they wanted to make a game for PC first and foremost.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 25, 2018

They did have Indie pricing where the first platform was free if your budget was less than $500K. On the PC side, David and I started to build the game and with that came wiring in sound effects. When Thimbleweed Park pre-production started, I looked into sound systems. The two big choices were Wwise and FMOD.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

I've been writing indie (aka shareware) games as the nearly sole source of my family's income for 30 years. During those decades, I've written a ton about the indie business, for money and on my blog. My most popular article , written wayyy back in 2013, was about the creation of the Indie Bubble. And this is just PC games.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 17, 2023

The brutal and bloody combat game from Slovenian developer Triternion has already been very successful for the last 4 years on PC. Memory limitations meant we needed to rework a lot of the materials from the PC version just to get everything in”, says Dunn. “We So, we had to be smart and make everything dynamic.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. The game is out now for PC and Nintendo Switch. Get A Space for the Unbound on PC , PlayStation , Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Video games have the ability to transport users to another place and time. So far, It’s really nice!”,

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The game is the debut of Swiss indie game studio Naraven Games. Backfirewall_ is now available on PC , PlayStation and Xbox , with Switch following later this year. It’s a tragicomic adventure that really makes you feel for programs that have their code erased and replaced on a regular basis, all in the name of technological progress.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Shadow Warrior 2 is a first-person shooter developed by the indie studio Flying Wild Hog, available for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The first step that you need to take is to verify if your PC meets the minimum system requirements of the game. Restart PC, Windows will be updating. The game works now.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 21, 2024

Additionally, Hollow Home will be at Gamescom, as a part of the Polish Indie Booth, Hall 10.2, With the game Hollow Home , Ukrainian indie studio Twigames shows what it means to live in an occupied city. The team consists of 20 people that provide full-cycle development for mobile, PC, consoles, VR/AR platforms, and porting services.

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The following year, the Norsfell team submitted their concept to the Montreal Ubisoft Indie Series annual competition for local independent game studios—and won. Tracing origins Envisioned as a colorful Viking experience that mixed action roleplaying game (RPG) and survival elements, the idea behind “Tribes of Midgard” was sparked in 2016.

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Grumpy Gamer

JUNE 26, 2018

They did have Indie pricing where the first platform was free if your budget was less than $500K. On the PC side, David and I started to build the game and with that came wiring in sound effects. FMOD changed their license, so it is now it's a flat $5000 for all platforms (and still free if your indie budget is less than $500K).

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

While the significance of platforms like Steam is evident, there’s been a notable evolution in the indie gaming scene. There’s a vast forest of funding options available to budding game creators, ranging from indie publishers to venture capital investments. While funding is one side of the coin, distribution is the other.

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 9, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Epic Games Add Self Publishing to Epic Game Store If you are an indie developer creating PC games, it has just become easier to publish your title to the Epic Game Store thanks to new self publishing features.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 29, 2024

Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024. Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games.

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