The weight of the word "independent".

Gennaro 2022-02-04 08:14:08

What works, if you add the word "independent", it will immediately appear so different, so maverick, such as "independent music" and "independent film", the charm of these two words is more and more reflected today. came out. Naturally, since you dare to add the word "independence", the weight it brings will have to be "solely" borne.

I was originally a game lover, and I have also been in contact with some independent games. When I heard that there was such a movie, I immediately looked for it. This film mainly tells the story of the producers of three independent games. These three games are braid, fez and super meat boy. Among them, braid and fez are suitable for all ages, while super meat boy is too difficult.

This film is still a little inspirational, because the sales of these three games are very good. Except the producer of braid is a person with a wealthy family background, the producers of the other two games are ordinary families living in the United States and Canada, belonging to the kind that have just passed the poverty line. The film also tells how they made ends meet and how it took a long time to complete a project. However, although they look average, they also have their own decent houses and decent savings. In China, the actual situation is of course more difficult.

Among them, the two producers of super meat boy occupy the most space, one is a fat wife whose wife is also fat and has a tattoo artist, who is in charge of art, and the other is a typical sheldon-style character, not good at socializing, and has a passion for programming. Very enthusiastic programmer. One of the characteristics of independent games is that there are very few producers, usually two or three people, and the screen story is also very simple, often with very simple operations and very simple pictures, and the charm of the game is that as long as there is a flash point, Even the humble ones can be fun, like throwing a handkerchief as a child.

Another producer of the game fez has a life of ups and downs, and he is also a bit anti-social. It's not easy to do anything well. Since you want to create independently and have won awards, you will naturally have to bear the pressure brought about by these. Which of those celebrities now has not been scolded by people on the Internet? Interestingly, most of the scolding people are not as famous as the scolded ones.

The words of the game braid producer that appeared at the beginning and end of the credits gave me a more practical understanding of the word "independent". Indeed, "independent" means never catering to the mainstream market. Indie games are not commercial games for big companies. , is not a game that polishes the edges and corners purely for profit, but a game that is extremely personal. This point of view applies to any "independent" work. It's easier said than done. After all, copying is easier to do and easier to make money.

I look at games and always put them on the same level as novels, movies, TV and animation. These are all art, they are all forms of people's leisure time, there is no distinction between high and low, and the interesting thing is that in China, games seem to be more than other The form should be a little lower, and it is no wonder that since ancient times, China has always been qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and play and play are only things for children, so games have never been accepted by mainstream ideology in China. Fortunately, as the times change, this view is gradually abandoned by more people like Peking Opera. In the future, the proportion of gamers in the parent group, mainly those born in the 1980s and 1990s, will be more and more, and it should be more than half. The status of the game in China in the future should be able to grow. I hope that there will be more good game producers in China in the future. After all, the international influence and income brought by a good game are no less than that of a movie or a book.

ps, let’s talk about genuine piracy. My point of view is that if you have money, you can make money, but you don’t have money.

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Extended Reading
  • Annamae 2022-03-25 09:01:23

    Some lonely people who want to find themselves and their peers in the game

  • Annamae 2022-03-27 09:01:23

    3.24 I want to play that FEZ~

Indie Game: The Movie quotes

  • Jonathan Blow: If you don't see a vulnerability in somebody, you're probably not relating with them on a very personal level.

  • Edmund McMillen: My whole career has been me, trying to find new ways to communicate with people, because I desperately want to communicate with people, but I don't want the messy interaction of having to make friends and talk to people, because I probably don't like them.