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News :: General News : Down and Dirty with the Indie Games Rant
News :: General News : Down and Dirty with the Indie Games Rant
http://games.on.net/article/5411/Down_and_Dirty_with_the_Indie_Games_Rant
Well, we're here at GDC 09 (http://games.on.net/event/12/) in sunny San Francisco (sunny but cold!), and while things may have been overshadowed by the Big Name Announcements, earlier this week I spent a productive morning lurking around at the back of some sessions that are part of the Independent Gaming Festival arm of the Conference.While everything here is interesting to the right sort of person, there was one session that had a little something for everybody. (Well, everybody interested in Indie Games, which is everybody, right?) It was the Indie Games Rant. Over the course of an hour, twelve independent game developers got up and ranted about something - anything - to do with independent gaming. The results were as varied as the developers, covering topics as varied as "Games as Art" to auteur theory, humour in games, ethics of game development, the benefits of making a demo, and even one gentleman who decided to see if he could write a game in five minutes.
More... (http://games.on.net/article/5411/Down_and_Dirty_with_the_Indie_Games_Rant)
News :: General News : Down and Dirty with the Indie Games Rant
News :: General News : Down and Dirty with the Indie Games Rant
http://games.on.net/article/5411/Down_and_Dirty_with_the_Indie_Games_Rant
Well, we're here at GDC 09 (http://games.on.net/event/12/) in sunny San Francisco (sunny but cold!), and while things may have been overshadowed by the Big Name Announcements, earlier this week I spent a productive morning lurking around at the back of some sessions that are part of the Independent Gaming Festival arm of the Conference.While everything here is interesting to the right sort of person, there was one session that had a little something for everybody. (Well, everybody interested in Indie Games, which is everybody, right?) It was the Indie Games Rant. Over the course of an hour, twelve independent game developers got up and ranted about something - anything - to do with independent gaming. The results were as varied as the developers, covering topics as varied as "Games as Art" to auteur theory, humour in games, ethics of game development, the benefits of making a demo, and even one gentleman who decided to see if he could write a game in five minutes.
More... (http://games.on.net/article/5411/Down_and_Dirty_with_the_Indie_Games_Rant)