If the game received financial assistance from other sources, especially a game publisher that exists for just such a thing, it's a straightforward case of not indie. Braid is indie is just wrong by definition and IMO a disservice to developers who actually completed development by risking everything out of their own pocket. To claim that the game is indie in the same sense that e.g. However, the size of the developer is not relevant nor is the definition of "indie" vague. Or more poignantly that the game started as an indie project and intended to finish as one, but then found a publisher serendipitously near the end. The most you could say about the developers is that they self-funded the game's design and core development. These are all non-trivial costs (probably totaling several times the equivalent salary for core programming) and " independent" in any business context is shorthand for "financially independent". QA is part of development and the game isn't finished until QA is done, and if Warner Bros did QA that means they paid for QA and certification, as well as support functions like marketing, on top of likely advances paid to SuperGiant. Pres N 04:06, 23 January 2012 (UTC) Reply That statement is inconsistent. QA'd the game and did the advertising, but that was it- the devs finished and announced the game before they found a publisher. HELLKNOWZ ▎ TALK 22:48, 31 December 2011 (UTC) Reply Warner Bros. It's just one of those times where popular media has twisted a definition that would otherwise not be attributed by those familiar with the subject. Then again, for whatever reason, most of the media calls it "indie", and we cannot really argue against that. provided their huge QA department during testing, which can be hardly called indie. I'm pretty sure they had obligations and deadlines. M ASEM ( t) 23:55, 16 September 2011 (UTC) Reply Having a publisher giving financial support is what makes the game non-indie, even if the developer is indie. If there's a question we follow sources, and many many call it Indie. ![]() The definition is extremely vague but a combination of developer size, money, project depth, etc. Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.176.217.211 ( talk) 23:00, 16 September 2011 (UTC) Reply Basically, we "know" when a game is indie. I imagine Bastion may have started as an self financed project, but if it received funding by WB Games, end result is a regularly published game. Even ID Games would be considered indie developer prior to them being bought out by Zenimax.Īs far as I know the main criteria that is used in various indie competitions like Indiecade is that game does not use publisher money. M ASEM ( t) 00:06, 19 August 2011 (UTC) Reply īy that definition half the games published are indie games. Ergo, the game is considered an indie game. How can this be indie game if its published by the biggest media conglomerate in the world? - Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.176.215.78 ( talk) 23:58, 18 August 2011 (UTC) Reply The developer is independent and not a devhouse under a larger developer (like Chair Entertainment under Epic) or publisher (like Treyarch under Activision). Quote: "Bastion is an action role-playing video game produced by independent Developer Supergiant Games and published by Warner Bros. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as FA-class on the project's quality scale. Video games Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Template:WikiProject Video games video game articles ![]() If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on January 30, 2013. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. Bastion (video game) is a featured article it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community.
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