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New AAA game idea: Instead of making 10 games at 100000000 budget, make 1000 games at a 1000000 budget

Submitted by twovests in killallgames

i spend most of my time and money on AAA games. but i get 200 indie games for $4 and have an absolute mindblowing blast that leave me feeling changed. why do i play AAA games?

idea: instead of making some AAA games, make a bunch of indie games until you hit on the next Undertale or FNAF or Minecraft

think of the last time you played a AAA game and you came out thinking "oh that was a new and unique experience"

here are the ones i can think of since 2010:

  • portal 2
  • super mario odyssey
  • skyrim (my first open world game)

i can't think of any other games that felt surprising and new!

and now think of the last time you played an indie game and came out thinking "oh that was a new and unique experience"

here are just some memorable indie games i can think of:

  • undertale
  • celeste
  • minecraft
  • gris
  • outer wilds
  • hellblade: senua's sacrifice
  • Goomba Online (an extremely niche 2D Game Maker MMO where you play as goombas, that died like, 12 years ago)
  • hades
  • hollow knight
  • oneshot
  • deltarune
  • look i swear i am going to play gone home some time
  • so many metroidvanias that somehow bring something new. (Environmental Station Alpha, Ori 1 and 2, Hollow Knight, AM2R, etc)
  • The Stanley Parable
  • Adanaxis
  • Superliminal
  • Super Hot
  • Monument Valley
  • Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy

imagine if the president of videogames said "we are not making any more games. we are instead hosting a huge indie gamedev tournament"/ imagnie. imagine...

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