tgirlschierkeGames indrulestry
brucethemooseI mean, the indie/AA scene is incredible. I don’t know what people are on about.
My biggest gripe is that (on average) it sucks to be a small dev right now. Even if your project is good, whether it’s enough to pay rent is a total roll of the dice.
There is a significant shortage of game investment capital at present. You used to be able to grab some industry talent, hit up some venture people, and put something together with a smallish studio and get funded.
AI swallowed up all the investors. When AI finally collapses (assuming there’s an economy anymore), investors will come back to games again. It’s one of the few markets that survives inflation.
I mean, there are a ton of medium-small games being made at present, and quite a few investor groups that funded them.
I think a more existential issue is that there are so many games, and their slice of attention is diluted by heavily marketed mobile stuff and some AAAs.
…And I guess there is a gap of true ‘medium’ sized studios, in what feels like the efficiency sweet spot. It feels like publishers either go too big or too small.