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列举独立游戏与众不同的5个原因

发布时间:2011-11-24 18:14:38 Tags:,,,

作者:Nigel

1、开发者可以制作他们想做的东西

独立游戏开发者无需向发行商证明他们的游戏将会有很高的销量。他们可以制作任何想要制作的东西。

以游戏《Minecraft》为例,这是款很棒的游戏,也是轰动行业的巨作。想象下,如果开发者尝试将这个创意出售给发行商,表示“这是个可以用各种立方体建造东西的世界”,发行商的反应很可能是“出去,我们不会出售这种游戏!”。

Minercraft(from allmyapps.com)

Minercraft(from allmyapps.com)

还有许多独立游戏都是行业巨作,但是它们永远不会受到发行商的赏识。原因在于,发行商无法冒这种风险——这些游戏创意可能会失败。近期,世界各地有许多游戏工作室不断倒闭,因而他们需要的是能够保证成功的想法。

2、别出心裁的续作

独立游戏如此出众的另一个原因是,AAA工作室钟情于制作游戏续集。如果他们愿意制作续集,就已经确保能够卖出去,因为首部作品已经有了很高的销量。

如果再次成功的话,那么发行商或投资商的想法就是继续进行下去。有些续作的确很不错,但是通常情况下它们的质量都不如初作。

在独立游戏行业中,有些开发者也会制作续集,但是通常都与初作完全不同。他们希望自己的游戏新颖、有趣和独特。

3、充满激情的开发者

独立游戏通常由一小群充满激情的玩家和开发者制作而成。有时候,整款游戏甚至仅出自一人之力。他们的目标是制作出前所未见的绝妙游戏。

我很欣赏他们投入到游戏中的辛勤工作。制作游戏需要大量的工作。想要制作出拥有故事、恰当的控制方式、精妙的敌人和角色这种完整且高质量的游戏,你必须知道如何编程、如何制作音效和音乐以及如何创建游戏中的各种模型。即便是2D游戏,你也要为游戏制作sprite,更不用说3D游戏。

他们需要为各种内容做规划。开发者并非只是将各种想法拼凑起来就能够制成完美的游戏,你需要做规划。

4、令人叹服的作品

找到一款绝妙的独立游戏,那种感觉就像是发现深埋在沙堆中的金子。并非所有人都了解独立游戏。为众人所熟知的是主流主机游戏,如《刺客信条》或《光环》。

当你找到绝妙的独立游戏时,它着实会令你惊叹一番,因为你此前根本没意识到还有这么棒的游戏。尤其是在夏天大型公司发布游戏较少的淡季,这种感觉格外强烈。因为在职业游戏开发领域,发行商通常在年末推出游戏。

当你找到一款极出色的独立游戏时,你会产生“这款游戏难道真是由几个人甚至单个人做成的吗?”和“为何我之前不知道这款游戏?”等疑问,那种感觉确实很不错。因此,找到绝妙的新款独立游戏确实会产生令人惊异之情。

5、访问简单,回应迅速

有些独立游戏是免费的,但情况并不总是如此。我并不反对收费,开发者在游戏中付出了自己的努力,我希望他们能够因此获得回报。有些独立游戏会接受捐赠,但是使用付费销售模式也未尝不可。

通常,独立游戏可以马上下载。我知道许多游戏都可以直接下载,但是独立游戏更胜一筹。

独立游戏的开发者通常会保持更新游戏的进展情况。我的意思是,如果你在游戏开发期间便了解到这款游戏,而且它的质量吸引了你,那么开发者通常会让你知道游戏的开发进程。可能更新速度会慢些,因为某些开发者并非全职开发者,他们需要做其他事情,但是他们确实会尽最大的努力保证信息的更新。而且,独立游戏开发者并非无法与之交流的人,如果你向他们发送邮件,他们通常会很快地做出回应,回答你提出的问题。

他们希望能够得到用户反馈。如果游戏中存在不当之处,他们会改正,因为这是属于他们自己的游戏,他们会特别关心。

以上是为何独立游戏如此伟大的原因。开发者可以尝试新奇独特的方法,而且无需为游戏是否能够赚钱而担忧。许多独立游戏开发者制作游戏只是为了寻求乐趣,娱乐众人而已。他们制作自己认为能够吸引人的游戏,然后将其展示给全世界。如果用户喜欢游戏,这无疑是件很令人高兴的事情。

游戏邦注:本文发稿于2011年8月13日,所涉时间、事件和数据均以此为准。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,拒绝任何不保留版权的转载,如需转载请联系:游戏邦

5 Reasons Why Indie Games Are Great

Nigel

They can make what they want

Indie Game Developers don’t have to prove to a publisher that their game will sell. They can make whatever they want.

Take a game like Minecraft; great game, great hit right? Imagine trying to sell this idea to a publisher and saying “it’s a world with a bunch of cubes”, they’d be like “get out of here we’re not going to sell this game!”.

There’s a ton of other indie games that are great hits, but they would have never gotten approved by a publisher. The reason is that publisher can’t afford to try these ideas. Recenlty game studios are closing around the world, so they need a surefire idea.

Sequels

Another reason why Indie Games are so great is that AAA studios are stuck with making sequels. If they make a sequel they know it’s going to sell because they already sold a lot of the first game.

If it’s worked before then in the publishers or the investors mind they think it will work again. Sequels are great and all, but the thing is they’re usually not as good as the first game.

With indie games some developers make sequels, but usually it’s a different game every time. They want to make something that’s new, fun, and unique.

Passionate Developers

Indie games are usually made with a small group of passionate gamers and developers. Sometimes it’s only one person that makes the entire game. They want to make their great game that nobody else has.

I really appreciate all the hard work they put into their games. It takes a lot of work to make full games. To make full-scale high quality games that have a story, the right controls, great enemies and characters, you have to make all the assets, you have to know how to program, you have to make sound effects and music for the game, and you have to create and texture all the models for the game. Well the models are for 3d games, but even for 2d games you have to create the sprites for the game.

They have to plan everything. They don’t just throw a couple of ideas out, make it, and then it works perfectly; you have to plan it out.

Hidden Gems

Finding a great indie game if like finding a hidden gem. Not everyone knows about indie games. Everyone knows the major console games, like Assassins Creed or Halo.

When you find a great indie game it’s just awesome, because you didn’t think that were any other great games out there. Especially during the summer where there’s a dry spell of big publisher games. That’s just the cycle of the professional game development industry; games tend to be released later in the year.

It’s really great when you do find a great indie game because you’re like “a small group of people or even one person made this?” and “How did I not know about this game before.” It’s quite amazing finding a great new indie game.

Ease of Access and Response Time

Sometimes indie games are free but not always. I’m fine with that, they put a lot of hard work in their game and I want them to get a reward for their hard work. Some indie games have donations but selling an indie game is absolutely fine.

Usually you can download indie games right away. I know a lot of games can be downloaded right away, but usually the ease of access is a lot easier.

The Developers of Indie Games usually keep you up to date. What I mean is if you know about an indie game as it’s being developed and it looks like an awesome great game, the developers usually keep you up to date. It may be a little slow as some developers aren’t full time game developers and have another job to attend to, but they do keep you up to date. Also indie game developers aren’t uncommunicative, if you send them an email they usually respond to you pretty quickly and answer all of your questions.

They like to get feedback from their users. If something isn’t working with the game they’ll fix it, because it’s their game and they care about it.

Those are several reasons why indie games are so great. They can try new unique things and aren’t stuck in the bounds of if their game will make money or not. A lot of indie game developers are doing it just for fun, to entertain people. They create a game that they think would be awesome and they show it to the world. If people like it then it’s a really cool thing. That’s why indie games are great. (Source: Game Nacho)


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