Alternative Paths in Indie Dev

In this GDC 2018 set of microtalks, developers Kaho Abe, Robin Baumgarten, Nathalie Lawhead, Tj Hughes, Heather Flowers and Tammy Duplantis share their experiences taking strange and untrodden paths in the world of indie games.

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[JeffyLB]

Just want to remind the naysayers that Cave Story, one of the earliest pioneers of the modern indie scene, was released for free in Japanese only with absolutely no plans of commercialization. It's now a critical, cultural, and commercial success. Good day to you all

[JonathanGalimore]

Love this! More experimental talks please

[Electrk]

judging by the like/dislike ratio I will assume the comments section will be full of productive and meaningful discussion

[scpayson]

I thought all these talks were great. These people are telling us how they're managing to live their lives according to their principles, so it's no surprise that people with no principles are unimpressed here..

This talk might as well be entitled "how to succeed in life without the approval of the people in the comments".

[ProductofSeebach]

This is a portfolio presentation and advertisement for people who are barely making it.

[EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

Very interested in this topic, but just can't handle being read at in this rapid robotic way... She may have needed a couple of stiff drinks before this talk! :\

[jessenutt]

I may be living out of a fridge box, and stealing wifi from the starbucks whose alley I live in, but MY AAAART.

Success is relative, but bills are finite.

[bahamu]

She sounds exactly like a text to speech program... So much so, it actually seems intentional... Perhaps she considers that performance "art"...

[TheHyBriDI]

Ffs...an other "miss understand" "artist"...bye

[Duckspeak]

Success is relative? That's hilarious.