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We Were Here Forever. Octodad: Dadliest Catch. A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development — the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programming, design, art, testing, etc.
Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games. The video game industry is the industry involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide. Double Fine Productions, Inc. The future of the company was assured when Schafer turned to several in-house prototypes built during a two-week period known as "Amnesia Fortnight" to expand as smaller titles, all of which were licensed through publishers and met with commercial success.
Schafer has since repeated these Amnesia Fortnights, using fan-voting mechanics, to help select and build smaller titles. It was established in March , spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing of video games for Microsoft Windows.
It has since expanded to include games and other interactive entertainment for the namesake Xbox platforms, Windows Mobile and other mobile platforms, and web-based portals. Microsoft XNA is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that Microsoft developed to facilitate video game development. XNA is based on.
Video game development is the process of developing a video game. The effort is undertaken by a developer, ranging from a single person to an international team dispersed across the globe. Development of traditional commercial PC and console games is normally funded by a publisher, and can take several years to reach completion.
Indie games usually take less time and money and can be produced by individuals and smaller developers. The independent game industry has been on the rise, facilitated by the growth of accessible game development software such as Unity platform and Unreal Engine and new online distribution systems such as Steam and Uplay, as well as the mobile game market for Android and iOS devices.
Founded by David Braben in January , it has produced several games in the Elite series, including 's Elite Dangerous. A second studio, Frontier Developments Inc.
In , the company reincorporated as a public limited company and entered the stock market. Michael S. Wilson , is an American business executive, video game producer, and film-maker.
An indie game , short for independent video game , is a video game typically created by individuals or smaller development teams without the financial and technical support of a large game publisher, in contrast to most "AAA" triple-A games.
However, the "indie" term may apply to other scenarios where the development of the game has some measure of independence from a publisher even if a publisher helps fund and distribute a game, such as creative freedom.
Because of their independence and freedom to develop, indie games often focus on innovation, experimental gameplay, and taking risks not usually afforded in AAA games, and may explore the medium to produce unique experiences in art games. Indie games tend to be sold through digital distribution channels rather than at retail due to lack of publisher support.
The term is synonymous with that of independent music or independent film in those respective mediums. The studio was founded in by Gregg Hargrove and Jools Watsham, video game development veterans formerly of Iguana Entertainment. In August , Hargrove and Watsham announced that they had split their operations, which the intellectual property rights distributed between each's own studios, Atooi Watsham and Infitizmo Hargrove.
Xbox Live Indie Games are video games created by individual developers or small teams of developers released on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox The games were developed using Microsoft XNA, and developed by one or more independent developers that are registered with App Hub. Unlike Xbox Live Arcade titles, these were generally only tested within the local creator community, had much lower costs of production, and generally were less expensive to purchase.
The service was released to widespread use alongside the New Xbox Experience, and as of November , over 3, games had been released on the service, many receiving media attention. All Indie Games currently require the user to be logged into their Xbox Live account to initiate the start-up of each game.
Indie Games were not available in Australia, due to the requirement for all games to be rated by the Australian Classification Board, and the prohibitive expenses involved.
The Xbox Live Indie Games program did not continue with the release of the Xbox One, and the marketplace for these games was shuttered in October 7, In the video game industry, digital distribution is the process of delivering video game content as digital information, without the exchange or purchase of new physical media such as ROM cartridges, magnetic storage, optical discs and flash memory cards.
This process has existed since the early s, but it was only with network advancements in bandwidth capabilities in the early s that digital distribution became more prominent as a method of selling games. Currently, the process is dominated by online distribution over broadband Internet. The Indie Fund is an organization created by several independent game developers to help fund budding indie video game development.
The Indie Fund was created in early , its purpose aimed "to encourage the next generation of game developers" by providing them funding for development of these games without the terms that would normally be associated with publication agreements.
Maximum Games, Inc. Originally founded in as a publisher of family-oriented titles for the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii, the company shifted to publishing games of all genres for all ages across all platforms shortly after inception. Those that pay to participate typically help to debug the game, provide feedback and suggestions, and may have access to special materials in the game.
The early-access approach is a common way to obtain funding for indie games, and may also be used along with other funding mechanisms, including crowdfunding. In the video-game industry, AAA is an informal classification used to categorise games produced and distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher, which typically have higher development and marketing budgets than other tiers of games.
SkyBox Labs Inc. Wales Interactive Limited is a Welsh independent video game developer and publisher established in and based in Pencoed, Wales.
Wales Interactive develop and publish their own original intellectual property as well as third-party titles. Wales Interactive is noted for being part of the mids revival of the genre of FMV games, i. Wikipedia list article. Video game History of video games. List of indie game developers List of video game developers List of video game industry people List of video game publishers List of video game websites. This list related to video games is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items.
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Lists List of indie game developers List of video game developers List of video game industry people List of video game publishers List of video game websites. Anomaly This War of Mine Frostpunk. ACE Team. Zeno Clash Rock of Ages. Akupara Games. Los Angeles. United States. Alec Holowka. Crayon Physics Deluxe I'm O. Capsized Apotheon. Amanita Design [1]. Czech Republic. Samorost series Machinarium Botanicula. Ambrosia Software. New York. Escape Velocity series. Amplitude Studios.
Santiago de Chile. Ankama Games. Anna Anthropy. Dys4ia Mighty Jill Off. Arcane Kids. Arcen Games. North Carolina. Arrowhead Game Studios. Magicka Helldivers.
Artix Entertainment. Land o' Lakes. Aventurine SA. Darkfall Online. Spore Origins Zombies!!! Basilisk Games. Eschalon series. The Behemoth [1]. San Diego. Benjamin Rivers. Big Finish Games. Salt Lake City.
Three Cards to Midnight. Blitz Games Studios. United Kingdom England. Blue Fang Games. Zoo Tycoon series. Bohemia Interactive Studio. Boomzap Entertainment. Bubble Gum Interactive. Little Space Heroes. Capybara Games [1] [2]. CBE Software. Among the Stars. CCP Games. Minecraft Cobalt Scrolls. Faith Fighter Phone Story. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. New Star Soccer. Blitzkrieg Silent Storm. Braid The Witness. The Odd Gentlemen [1]. The Misadventures of P. Polytron Corporation [1].
Playdead [1]. Limbo Inside. Revenge of the Titans Droid Assault. Democracy Gratuitous Space Battles. Space Force. Punch Entertainment. Star Fox Command PixelJunk series. Jets 'n' Guns Larva Mortus. Dreamfall Chapters Draugen. Austin, Texas. Relentless Software. Blue Toad Murder Files. Dementium Moon Dementium II. Ronimo Games [1]. Rovio Entertainment. Savage Savage 2 Heroes of Newerth. Saber Interactive. Will Rock TimeShift. I Expect You To Die. Five Nights at Freddy's series. Semi Secret Software [1].
The Journey Down. Spiderweb Software. Exile series Avernum series Geneforge series Nethergate. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory. Kerbal Space Program. Cave Story Ikachan Kero Blaster.
Subatomic Studios. Bastion Transistor Pyre Hades. SuperVillain Studios. Dungeon Siege Order Up! Little Nightmares. Team Shanghai Alice. Three Rings Design. Puzzle Pirates Bang! Howdy Whirled. Tiger Style [2]. Waking Mars Spider Spider. No Time to Explain. Undertale Deltarune. Tomorrow Corporation. Little Inferno World of Goo.
Trendy Entertainment. Dungeon Defenders. Hero of Many Hackers. Twisted Pixel [1]. The Maw 'Splosion Man Ms. Splosion Man. Uber Entertainment. Windosill Metamorphabet. Vlambeer [2].
New York City. Xona Games [4]. Young Horses. Octodad Octodad. Infiniminer SpaceChem. Zoetrope Interactive. Zendoku Bonsai Barber. Well, sometimes gamers want to support indie developers because the mainstream companies churn out the same type of games over and over examples: 3-tile matching puzzles, FPS , and indie gamers often infuse the market with interesting and refreshing new ideas.
As a big part of App Apes function is to bring attention to indie developers in order to help them obtain users, and also help gamers get hold of great new games and apps, this list is an effort to make things easier for everyone. Gaming should be fun, not a chore, after all. Because of this issue, App Apes has decided to create a page for indie develops to add their company name and website.
This dedicated directory page will serve as an easy way for gamers to find indie game companies, and also for indie developers to find other indie developers with common interests and perhaps strike up a collaborative venture. If you are interested in working with a different indie developer on a collaborative project, please contact them directly, using their preferred method of contact on their company website.
Remember, websites may be a professional, dedicated domain, or simply a social media page Facebook, Twitter. The important thing here is a sharing of ideas and communication.
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