Indiepocalypse

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Imported from my medium article that I wrote since December 13 2015 which means last year and Orbiz got top 100 indie games via IndieDB. Now It’s a new year and I think too late to celebrate right now but from my deepest heart I want to say HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! and I’m back on writing class.

Indiepocalypse or also known as Indie Apocalypse is a condition when the indies or indie developer are too many in this world. It’s like a zombie apocalypse but on indies. The Indies are writer, artist, game developer, or any creative worker who declare themself as a independent worker. But I’m talking about indie on game developer.
I heard this word by my friend in the middle of his eat. he reffered to an article ongamasutra which tell about an indie developer who just sell his game only 150 copy on his first three months. It’s also let’s played by jacksepticeye and the game called Airscape : The Fall of Gravity.They said the media didn’t notice them but now it feels like their stories is bombing like this video. I don’t know maybe it’s the part of their marketing strategy to raise their player to the galaxy, let’s think positive like we are at the right place.
So this is a new phenomena to me and I think the humble person may know this. I’ll write the signs base on my country, Indonesia below and you better make a decision right now if this is not fair to read or wasted your time, remember.
1. “Make a Game is Easy”, A Mainstream Slogan from The Game Engines Nowadays.
Unity, Unreal Engine, Construct 2, Game Maker, and what else. They are very friendly to use if you learn their campaign or demo tutorial on their website. And of course, make a game is very easy because they keep updating the feature from day to day or month to month for you, indie. Also, the group who call them indie will google the tutorial and think about how to make a great game and becoming indie. That indie are easy to find, maybe only five home next to your home or the boys next door.
2. Publishing Your Game on Marketplace is Very Easy Too, Bro.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 is the one of the simple game which published on steam with only $1. It’s about grabing the child to his original father which taking a bath on shower with many other father (I hope my english well). It’s a casual game made from flash, very easy and fun to play, and also played by pewdiepie. And back again, the group who call them  indie are very easy to publish their own games. Also the google play right now announced their new policy, you can sell your game on google play with Rp3.000,- rupiah (maybe is $0.2) and you don’t need a license when testing your apps to apple device because their new policy too.
3. Game Development Departement on Many Campus Right Now.
In 2014, my campus that I was learn so many things or 2 years ago announcing about a new department called Game Technology. The output is not only make a game, but the framework or engine which can support the development. So maybe all the parents may drop their kid there, and the kid can be indie too. Not only on my campus, there are several campus on Indonesia have that departement. And the lecturers may also change their ability from teaching their competent stuff to the game development stuff, let’s think positive.
So all that things, is that true ?
I don’t know exactly but maybe yes and I don’t wanna be very genius at that. My studio just published two games for android before and not as we expected, they’re drowning between another hits game but now we build a new game called Orbiz. So all of this things is my own opinion based on what I read around this global imaginer world called internet or the offline source like my friend. Sometimes, this industry is so very entertaining and we should straight ahead to our designed track and reach the target. That’s it and bye.