All articles tagged with #indie development
Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers reject scaling up despite success, preferring a lean, hands-on approach to keep creativity intact; they emphasize quality over size and recently won Game of the Year at the NY Game Awards.
Veteran developer Adrian Chmielarz is stunned by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s AAA-grade quality produced by a ~30-person core team (half first-timers) on under $10M, aided by outsourcing; he calls it 'the biggest mystery in gaming,' noting design tricks like faceless enemies and cutscene-centric sequences as keys, while the game continues to rack up awards.
Untitled Paper RPG, an indie game inspired by Paper Mario, was in development since 2016 but was ultimately cancelled due to scope and development challenges. A short demo was released, giving a glimpse of what could have been, but the developer has moved on to other projects, including an action adventure game and a micro-RPG.