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Re: making a livable wage as an indie dev
@eld: Yeah that's a good point about Notch working a day job while creating Minecraft. My point was more that he had the experience of programming and designing games for years before Minecraft (while releasing them for free). I just don't like it when I hear about people spending a year or more on their first game (going… -
Re: making a livable wage as an indie dev
He had, but he was still relatively fresh in game-design, he had enough willpower to see his project through to the point where it hit big though. Even Notch himself wasn't sure at first why minecraft had hit so big. Another example would be Toady-one with dwarf fortress, from what I recall he isn't super experienced with… -
Re: making a livable wage as an indie dev
The way I see it is; if you have a good, innovative idea for a game, a genuinely good one too, not just one you think sounds fun, then do all you can to get it developed and then reap the profits. Anything else just seems like a huge waste of time and money. Coming up with another generic FPS, or some average racer,… -
Re: making a livable wage as an indie dev
I've been following the indie scene for a while now. I'm thinking of "going indie" and no doubt "how do I really make money doing this?" is the first and primary question on my mind. The following are my thoughts on the subject and definitely take them with a huge pile of salt since I don't have any real experience making…
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