07-04-2018, 01:27 PM
The best mentality for indie games is one word: passion.
Don't make indie games because you want to make money. A huge majority of the time, you will not make any money, unless your game becomes the exception and pushes its way through to the popularity (and this has many factors, a big web of networking, massive advertising, viral capabilities, original idea, and obviously a good game or so-bad-its-good game).
You make indie games because you have a passion for other people to play this world you'll create, and aren't bogged down by mainstream publishing dictating your direction.
Don't make indie games because you want to make money. A huge majority of the time, you will not make any money, unless your game becomes the exception and pushes its way through to the popularity (and this has many factors, a big web of networking, massive advertising, viral capabilities, original idea, and obviously a good game or so-bad-its-good game).
You make indie games because you have a passion for other people to play this world you'll create, and aren't bogged down by mainstream publishing dictating your direction.
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