I spoke to over 40 game developers whose companies had been impacted by layoffs in the last year. They shared with me the explanations companies gave them for what was causing the sudden loss of their livelihood, but they also told me why those explanations didn’t always seem to match reality.
Oh no. There is a legion of lazy indie “developers” who see AI as a cheap and easy way to avoid the difficult creative aspect of pushing out whatever half-baked idea floats between their ears. Good indie games created by talented developers let go from AAA studios will certainly exist, but it’s going to be even harder to find them under the massive crush of shovelware than it already is.
Nah, shovelware doesn’t survive very long. We learned this through the “indiepocalypse”, where the number of games that could sustainably release and keep companies afloat eventually leveled out.
In my experience, Steam’s recommendation engine has gotten way better over the years, and there’s a good chance you can find something you were looking for just by filtering by the tags that interest you. I was looking for another co-op roguelike after Streets of Rogue, and those tags were enough to point me to Vagante, which I ended up liking even better.
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They all think they can use generative machine learning to move forward… It will be an ugly few years
Not for the indie space.
Oh no. There is a legion of lazy indie “developers” who see AI as a cheap and easy way to avoid the difficult creative aspect of pushing out whatever half-baked idea floats between their ears. Good indie games created by talented developers let go from AAA studios will certainly exist, but it’s going to be even harder to find them under the massive crush of shovelware than it already is.
Nah, shovelware doesn’t survive very long. We learned this through the “indiepocalypse”, where the number of games that could sustainably release and keep companies afloat eventually leveled out.
Idk, but I still have trouble finding interesting indie titles on my own because of just how many absolutely terrible titles are out there.
In my experience, Steam’s recommendation engine has gotten way better over the years, and there’s a good chance you can find something you were looking for just by filtering by the tags that interest you. I was looking for another co-op roguelike after Streets of Rogue, and those tags were enough to point me to Vagante, which I ended up liking even better.
I’ve never had any luck with algorithmic recommendations actually helping me find anything I’m interested in. I guess it depends on the person.