When it comes to recent domestic indie games, I believe that many players first think of the "Dyson Ball Project".
A small team of 5 people, works topped the Steam sales list, and many wonderful high-quality works... This series of labels has given it a high evaluation among the player base, and in turn has allowed players to see the huge possibilities of domestic independent games.
For independent game developers, the current era is arguably the best of times: tooling restrictions are reduced, available materials are increased, and the ease of creation is greatly improved. But there is still a long way to go to make a game with high degree of completion and playability, after all, good game works are constantly optimized, rather than relying on a momentary inspiration and talent can be achieved overnight.
Therefore, for independent developers, the sustainability of the team is very important. And this includes not only how to make a living through games, but also how to connect with people in the industry.
The best way to avoid detours in the development process is to connect with the industry. If you blindly "fight alone", it will cause developers to deviate from the current industry. However, judging from many large-scale exchange meetings before, many developers still go their own way and rarely communicate.
This situation shows that there is a certain chaos in the current domestic game industry, the partners are unreliable, and the publishers are not easy to find, which makes small developers have different degrees of insufficient consideration in business cooperation.
Therefore, this kind of competition, exhibition and exchange activities for student groups or small and medium-sized teams is more pure and direct for developers, such as the GWB Tencent Independent Game Grand Prix, Yaheng, Guo Xing and Hanjia Squirrel Studio have won awards, and the prize money is very high. Most importantly, the participation process is very simple for developers, as long as everyone does their part, does a good job of the game, submits it, and wins the prize.
In addition to the support of bonuses, this more standardized and institutional support also gives developers more convenience and security. For developers, game idea contests, salon events, and app gods and channels are the bridges they need.
Externally, we need material support for tools, and internally we need psychological support. The exhibition salon can perfectly solve this need, while also improving the quality of developers. Therefore, the threshold for developing indie games has also risen with the tide, which is a good thing for both the player and the game itself.
In short, the ecology of the game industry can be completely analogous to the ecology of the animal kingdom, there are strong and weak, but also have their own characteristics, and the relationship between them, in addition to competition, there is also cooperation and symbiosis. This is exactly what many big manufacturers are trying to try, and the GWB Tencent Independent Game Grand Prix held by Tencent Game Academy also focuses on relatively mature works and is committed to helping independent teams solve some substantive problems.
Therefore, for developers, GWB can not only give them bonus support, but also solve many substantive technical problems, and with the help of GWB, developers can better and more completely present their works.
At present, the living environment of Chinese independent developers is becoming more and more inclusive, the technology is gradually synchronized with the world, and the space for independent developers is getting bigger and bigger, so the development of domestic independent games is also gradually improving, becoming world-class is already a foreseeable future, let's wait and see, meet this brilliant moment!