How Do You Define "Indie"?

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MikeRox said:

PieToast said:

Sometimes they intentionally make them look as bad as 8bit games for some odd reason.

 

But that looks good? :P

There are various reasons why a lot of  indie devs choose this approach. Some of it is that it's an easy, but also nostalgic and identifyable direction. There's a lot of more complex but far worse looking 2D and 3D art styles that they could replicate.

The game you've chosen, everything is done by 1 person. I think we should be cutting him a bit of slack in the graphics department. As long as they're functional and you know what you're doing, I don't see a problem. In fact, I actually do like the visuals in that game.

I'm closely watching this game and I think the developer choose that style because it's a reimagining of Metroid. Wouldn't have posted a good picture like that if I didn't try to show it some appreciation.