{"id":1501,"date":"2012-10-25T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2012-10-25T16:30:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T16:30:20","slug":"on-indieness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2012\/10\/on-indieness\/","title":{"rendered":"On indieness"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a great blog post<\/a> but here\u2019s where I think \u201cbeing indie\u201d doesn\u2019t really make sense.<\/p>\n

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If there\u2019s no escape from the matrix of Capital -and I agree- and if \u201cindieness\u201d is a gradient then<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no need for *more* autonomous or more indie people. We are already on a gradient, people are free. It\u2019s a bias to think people want, lean toward independence and are more or less capable of doing so due to education, geographic location social class, etc. A lot of people have everything greenlighted to be more autonomous but don\u2019t want to be more autonomous. That\u2019s what Tales of tales expresses in this interview<\/a>, game developers genuinely love to be cozy in a huge team in Montreal and love what they do. They could go their own way but don\u2019t. It doesn\u2019t mean that they don\u2019t try internally to push the medium. Creativity can come from anywhere.<\/p>\n

Independence is a value, a state of mind. I\u2019m strongly independent because being an orphan and adopted built that up in me. But some people grew up in strong communities taking care of things and don\u2019t have the same thoughts as adults about independency, it\u2019s not so important for them. Independence is a direction for some and isn\u2019t for others. We are indeed on a gradient.<\/p>\n

What counts to me in making games is not the\u201d indieness level\u201d or how to go toward more independence: people who need it, will or already are independent. What is important is that the people in the team share something strong. Like a band. It\u2019s the chemistry between members that will create great, interesting, fun, amazing things. Great \u201cAAA\u201d or \u201cindie\u201d games show that all the time: it\u2019s all about the team.<\/p>\n

So at the end where you are or where you go (or not) on the gradient of independence doesn\u2019t matter, output something different. Think about Louis C.K. It doesn\u2019t matter if he\u2019s a TV backed-up artist or if he\u2019s a stand-up comedian or a loner in his apartment or a millionaire. He\u2019s a bit of all of that at the same time.<\/p>\n

He changes TV sitcoms with his team, creating a unique show. And that\u2019s what counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a great blog post but here\u2019s where I think \u201cbeing indie\u201d doesn\u2019t really make sense. If there\u2019s no escape from the matrix of Capital -and I agree- and if \u201cindieness\u201d is a gradient then There\u2019s no need for *more* autonomous or more indie people. We are already on a gradient, people are free. It\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1502,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}