Mrsilkworm@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoThe studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, which is currently a Steam bestseller, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staffwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1319arrow-down1external-linkThe studio behind Star Wars Zero Company, which is currently a Steam bestseller, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staffwww.pcgamer.comMrsilkworm@piefed.social to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square61fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareI_Jedi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 hours agoThe corpo gaming industry, perhaps. I’ve seen various indie developers have a great time.
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·7 hours agoThe 0.1% who actually hit it big. Let’s not include survivorship bias here :)
minus-squareredwattlebird@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoYou don’t go into indie to hit big though. You do it because it’s your passion, just like any other creative out there.
minus-squareVlyn@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 hours agoYou can’t pay rent or for food with passion. Indie as in making it your job is brutal. Indie as a hobby while having a day job can be peachy (I’m doing it myself).
The corpo gaming industry, perhaps. I’ve seen various indie developers have a great time.
The 0.1% who actually hit it big. Let’s not include survivorship bias here :)
You don’t go into indie to hit big though. You do it because it’s your passion, just like any other creative out there.
You can’t pay rent or for food with passion. Indie as in making it your job is brutal.
Indie as a hobby while having a day job can be peachy (I’m doing it myself).