#Games like terraria and ftl series#

#Games like terraria and ftl series#

Which is natural everywhere, you can't create a new gameplay mechanics or TV series genre too oftenĪ lot of technology and research happens in big studios or to support big studios. I wouldn't be so eager to make fun of AAA space and glorify the indie market saturated with clones. Let be honest, like 95% (percentage out of nowhere, don't get attached to it) of indies don't bring anything new to the table. More than 'innovating gameplay based on the single fresh idea' which isn't even happening for the most indies. There's a lot of 'think out the box' when working on games like Heavy Rain, making a heavily narrative game is extremely production-risky. Sony's Dreams is another example of definitely not-indie which brings one of the most interesting fresh experiences this generation. For instance, Fortnite is the game that finally forced cross-play. The biggest studios create a lof of innovations, not necessarily by designing entire game design/production around some 'fresh idea'.

What's the point about making hard statements on either of the industry sectors? I'm sure most AAA game designers would be happy to take more creative risks on gameplay, but the financial risks around those projects discourage this very efficiently.Ĭlick to expand.I must say, I've seen a lot of generalization in this discussionĮspecially that AAA studio can be independent and the indie guy can simply clone existing genres.

Furthermore AAA usually does have dedicated 'game designers', while the vast majority of indie games has 'programmers that also do gamedesign'. We never get to hear about much of the cool gameplay stuff they tried and had to scrap again. In development they had one that let you run on walls, but they had to scrap that feature because too many players couldn't deal with it (iirc because of motion sickness). Portal 2 had those goo substances for jumping higher or running faster. It just doesn't feel that way to anyone, because on a multi million dollar project 'attention to detail' for gameplay means (among other things) focus testing things to death and filing off all those edges that could make things interesting but would also allow some people to get stuck on. Focus on 'hooks', most don't have the resources to make graphics a hook.īy sheer man-hours spent on 'attention to gameplay', I'm pretty sure all AAA games crush upwards of 99% of indie games. I'm sure most AAA game designers would be happy to take more creative risks on gameplay, but the financial risks around those projects discourage this very efficiently.īut of course I agree that the percentage of man-hours spent on gameplay could, should, and usually is higher on indie games. Click to expand.By sheer man-hours spent on 'attention to gameplay', I'm pretty sure all AAA games crush upwards of 99% of indie games.