>INDIES ARE GOING TO BE THE FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY Y'ALL!!!
>meanwhile indie games

How do we even begin to fix this dogshit?

>>716156132
By not buying the games you don't want.

>>716156383
but i thought the government should be the ones to do that by forcing in a legislation onto companies because we're too retarded and lack the self control to just not buy dogshit??

>>716156383
But I need to buy every single one to know if they are good. There is no other way

>>716156554
The direction we're going it seems like everyone really does want every minor inconvenience to be "solved" by the highest level of government possible. Don't like the charging cable coming with that phone? Better get an entire continent to ban all but one connector type.

>>716157636
>Better get an entire continent to ban all but one connector type.
Didn't they already do that?

I think it's better to start an indie dev yoitube channel than actually making a game.

I've been really enjoying Phoenotopia Awakening and Blue Revolver the past month or so

>>716156132
By making a game that's actually unique. If that proves to be too difficult then you can't really criticise all the other buzzs for failing as well.

>>716156118 (OP)
Define “quirky”.

If it’s an actually unique and novel premise, it’s fine, but if it’s “Earthbound inspired Retro game that’s an allegory for depression”, then it’s lame.

>>716156383
It's been 10 years, we need a faster solution

>>716156118 (OP)

>>716156118 (OP)
99 percent of indies suck ass and will never be good, no matter how much the liberals try to brainwash people.

>>716157636
Welcome to democracy bro, enjoy your stay.

>>716160368
That's true for everything, just play the 1%

>>716156132
recession to thin the herd

>>716156118 (OP)
There are many indie games that are good.
Unique and quirky indie games? If you don't like Cruelty Squad, then you don't want unique and quirky indie games.

>>716160368
99% of AAA games also suck ass

>>716158516
That dog is dead now.

>hurrdurr i have 500 games in my steam library and have nothing to play

It's almost like everyone knows indie games are utter shit but they hate the fact that triple a companies are the only than can make anything decent

>>716156118 (OP)
You Guys seems to know a lot about indie games, can you recommend me some?
I liked the precinct alot

>>716161261
Wrong. He's with God.

>>716161459
That god is dead

>>716161535
Wrong. He's alive and reigning in Heaven.

>>716161618
Alright i stand corrected

>>716161389
>triple a companies are the only than can make anything decent
HAHAHAHAHA

>>716156118 (OP)
for every creative person there are hundreds of lazy talentless hacks trying to copy something successful
this isn't unique to video games.

>>716161424
Brigador, Nuclear Option, Peaks of Yore, Quasimorph, Westerado, Battle Brothers. Just random picks off the top of my head.

A lot of indie games rely on being quirky in order to be successful. They don't have a big team or resources, so they need that to be noticeable. Take Fez, for example. It was huge when it came out and relied on a gimmick that nobody considers unique or impressive anymore. I'd rather have a lot of options to choose even if most of them are bad than being limited to consuming the slop corporations put out today.

>>716156118 (OP)
What would you rather they be like? Or what do you feel is overdone about them?

Hating indies as a whole is weird. I get hating the common archetypes but all of them are too different to just put in one box.

>>716161424
FIGHT KNIGHT, Duskers, Nova Drift, SYNTHETIK, Angels Fall First, Flywrench, BallisticNG, Starsector, Carrion, Death Road to Canada, Door Kickers 2, art of rally, Reciever 2

>>716156554
Sometimes normalfags really have to be tardwrangled or else the whole medium goes to shit trying to cater to them. Indie being generic are a non-issue as it's not like they sell that much to begin with.

>>716157636
>he's still crying and seething

>>716162598
>>716163457
Thanks fellas

>>716163950
i know a bit more, but decided to post general good all-rounder fun games at first
if you have any specific preferences i might be familiar with the genre

>>716161389
the last good aaa game was released nearly a decade ago
indies are the only place that experimentation happens. paradoxically, the more money you have and the larger your team is the worse your game will be.

>>716156118 (OP)
Now, who's fault could that be?

>>716161424
Outer Wilds

>>716156132
Indie games are cookie cutter because of technical/skill limitations from amateurs who don't know how to organize well enough like AA devs can , with the exceptions being hardcore autism passion projects like Kenshi taking 12 fucking years to make

Most people try pretty hard to accomplish what they want but do not have insane amounts of patience to actually do something different with their limited time. You *think* you want to make something unique until you really understand how much sheer amount of effort and time it takes to do so

>>716165280
desu I don't see that many Undertale-like games.

>>716164486
I like slower pace stuff that's more cut and dry,
And I also like anything with interesting machanics like cairn

>>716161424
Puppet combo games, chilla games, anything by Devolver or New Blood. Also check out Sunless Sea and Sailwind if you're into boat autism

>>716156118 (OP)
>unironically being an industrycuck

>>716165771
You you should check out the hit game Heartbound, the devs are super active in the community

>>716158057
Breaking the fourth wall constantly
Using weapons that are weapons
References that immediately date the dialog

>>716166258
>weapons that AREN'T* weapons
fugg
fixed

>Gimme a minute

I'm trying to learn how SDL works and I'm just going insane

>>716156118 (OP)
>Thousands of good games are bad
Uhhhhhh ok

>>716166706
>good

>>716165925
Rain World. very punishing, one of a kind, focused on both enviromental and mechanical exploration. slow-paced and rewards patience and thinking, but with frantic creature encounters.
Cogmind. one of the best designed roguelikes. a ton of mechanical depth and variety, very steep learning curve and unexpectedly (for the genre) inriguing lore and store that's fed diagetically.
NEO scavenger. unconventional pick, a bit rough around the edges. turn-based postapoc survival game with hardcore design and a lot of room for varied builds and roleplaying. bullshit at times, some text quests have instakill options, so think twice before risking.
Creeper World 4. unconventional (if you aren't familiar with the series), main gimmick is that you fight blob that spreads radially, and most of your buildings are mobile. fun, but can get repetitive if you aren't fan of TD. slow paced and has real time pause.